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The Prospect of UN Multinational Troop Deployment in Gaza
Jul 9, 2025
The Allee des Nations with the Flags of Member Countries at UN Office, Geneva, Switzerland. Photo Credit: Pexels By Jake Harris / Arab America Contributing Writer Dire Humanitarian Situation The humanitarian situation in Gaza is desperate. The United Nations estimates(...)
Palestinian Film Release - To a Land Unknown
Jul 9, 2025
By Rena Elhessen / Arab America Contributing Writer A new film from Watermelon Pictures will soon be available in theatres nationwide. A year after its premiere, To A Land Unknown will arrive in theatres on July 11th. From Palestinian filmmaker(...)
Pathbreakers of Arab America—Mikhail Naimy
Jul 9, 2025
Photo: Mikhail Naimy, Wikimedia By: John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer This is the eighty-ninth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series features personalities from various fields, including entertainment, business, sports, science, the arts,(...)
Swingin’ Through the Cedars: When Louis Armstrong Visited Beirut
Jul 9, 2025
Louis Armstrong playing Trumpet in 1947. Photo in the public domain By: Ralph I. Hage / Arab America Contributing Writer In April of 1959, the Lebanese capital of Beirut welcomed a musical legend whose visit would resonate for decades. Louis(...)
A New Round of Negotiations in the Middle East
Jul 9, 2025
Photo: Wikimedia Commons By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Following the devastating 12-day Israel-Iran conflict, the Middle East faces an extraordinary moment. Multiple peace processes are unfolding simultaneously, each holding the potential to impact the geopolitical landscape significantly.(...)
Lemon and Walnut Salad
Jul 8, 2025
Photo Credit: Pexels By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Walnuts, regarded as the oldest tree-food, appear to have originated in Persia from where they spread eastward and westward. In Mesopotamia, inscriptions from 2,000 B.C. have been found on clay tablets(...)
Arab America Foundation Announces 40 Under 40 Awardees--Class of 2025
Jul 2, 2025
For Immediate Release Washington, DC (July 2, 2025): The Arab America Foundation announced today the awardees of their 40 Under 40 initiative--Class of 2025. Forty Arab Americans from various fields and disciplines were announced. The awardees are: Hia Abdelqader, Salma(...)
We Need Justice-Based Peace, Not Diplomatic Accords
Jul 2, 2025
Photo: Wikmedia Commons By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer The dust has barely settled over Iran's bombed nuclear facilities, yet voices are already heralding a "new opportunity" for Middle East peace. In a troubling example, renowned British journalist Adam(...)
Pathbreakers of Arab America—Huda Zoghbi
Jul 2, 2025
Photo: Wikipedia By: John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer This is the eighty-eighth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series features personalities from various fields, including entertainment, business, sports, science, the arts, academia, journalism,(...)
Unity Amid Tragedy: Church Attack Unites Syrian Identities
Jul 2, 2025
Photo Credit: Ahmed akacha By: Laila Mamdouh / Arab America Contributing Writer On the evening of June 22, 2025, tragedy struck Saint Elias Greek Orthodox Church in the Dweilaa neighborhood of Damascus. What should have been a peaceful Sunday Mass turned(...)
"Art is a Universal Language": 40 Minutes with Mona Miari
Jul 2, 2025
By: Layan Srour / Arab America Contributing Writer Mona’s musical journey is deeply rooted in heritage, resistance, and a relentless drive to push artistic boundaries. An internationally renowned Palestinian-American artist, singer, and songwriter, she is known for her pioneering projects(...)
A Fourth of July Letter from the Arab American Community
Jul 2, 2025
The Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull (1819). Public domain image, Wikimedia Commons. Private Nathan Badeen, an immigrant from what was then Ottoman-controlled Syria, is widely recognized as the first known Syrian and Arab to give his life to the(...)4,892 Results (Page 21 of 408)