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Criticism of Israel: Rand Paul and Marc Lamont Hill Crossing the Red Line in America

Dec 5, 2018

By: Kareem Rosshandler/Arab America Contributing Writer Two events this past week shook the impasse on public discussion of Palestine, Rand Paul’s defiant hold up of the Senate ‘United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act’ and Marc Lamont Hill’s bold UN speech(...)

Albaicín - A Living Reminder of Moorish Granada

Dec 5, 2018

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer "There is no more beautiful city in the world than Granada. Not even Cairo, Baghdad or Damascus with their wealth and splendour can compare with Granada." These words inscribed on the emblem of one(...)

Middle Eastern Holiday Baking--Barazek

Dec 5, 2018

By: Blanche Shaheen/Arab America Contributing Writer Some cookies have the power to take you to distant lands with one bite. Whenever I travel to other countries, I love to visit their local bakeries, where I can experience the taste, smells,(...)

U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce Recognizes Jordan's Dina Kawar as "Ambassador of the Year"

Dec 3, 2018

The National U.S. - Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) announced today that Her Excellency Dina Kawar, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States, has been selected as NUSACC’s 2018 “Ambassador of the Year.” This award, begun(...)

Arab American Civil Rights League Calls for Action Against the Firing of CNN Contributor Marc Lamont Hill for Support of Palestinians

Nov 30, 2018

CNN on Thursday fired contributor Marc Lamont Hill for denouncing the oppression of Palestinians and endorse "a single secular democratic state for everyone" over the failed two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.The move was made just 24 hours after he(...)

Are Arab Americans Responding to the Disaster in Yemen?

Nov 28, 2018

By Amy Hensler/Arab America Contributing Writer This week US Senator Bernie Sanders will go to the floor of the United States Senate to try and stop U.S. support for the war in Yemen. The Yemen crisis has been an international(...)

Amazon Helps Government Tap Alexa's Accent Recognition

Nov 28, 2018

Michael Springmann/Arab America Contributing Writer According to The Intercept, Amazon's Alexa voice recognition software might be used to track different ethnicities based on their speech. The "in home" assistant would use information gleaned from "language accent, ethnic origin, emotion, gender, age,(...)

Bahbah: Can the U. S. Elections be Bought?

Nov 28, 2018

By: Bishara A. Bahbah/Arab America Featured Columnist I will let you be the judge based on facts and figures. Let us begin with the most recent 2018 US midterm elections to find out how much was raised and spent and(...)

November 29th is World Solidarity for the Rights and Freedom of the Palestinians

Nov 28, 2018

By: Leila Diab/Arab America Ambassador Blogger In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B). On that day, November 29,1947, the Assembly adopted(...)

Stuffed Stomach - For Me, the Epitome of all the Stuffed Foods

Nov 28, 2018

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Even though, year after year, our family enjoyed a bounty of stuffed vegetables during late summer and early autumn, it was the time when the frost came and my father killed a few sheep(...)

The PLO, Hamas, and Likud: A Bad Recipe for Arab-Israeli Peace

Nov 21, 2018

Signing of the Oslo peace accords by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the PLO’s Yasser Arafat, facilitated by U.S. President Clinton in Washington D.C., 1993. By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer The existing political mix of the Palestinian-Israeli omelet(...)

Celebrating Thanksgiving, is America Following their True Values?

Nov 21, 2018

By: Amy Hensler/Arab America Contributing Writer Thanksgiving is a holiday that was celebrated by the Pilgrims and Native Americans long ago. It was prompted by the values of generosity, charity, unity, and humanity. In November 1621, the newly arrived Pilgrims(...)