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Ziad Rahbani’s Words Still Ring True
Aug 6, 2025
Ziad Rahbani and Fairuz. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain By: Ramsey Zeidan / Arab America Contributing Writer DISCLAIMER: The writer does not seek to endorse or criticize any of Ziad Rahbani’s political stances. Ziad Rahbani, famous Lebanese musician,(...)
The Fired Four: Dissent at CUNY
Aug 6, 2025
By: Katie Beason / Arab America Contributing Writer In late June 2025, the City University of New York abruptly terminated or declined to reappoint four adjunct professors at Brooklyn College—professors whose only common denominator: vocal support for Palestinian rights and(...)
Pathbreakers of Arab America—Heather Raffo
Aug 6, 2025
Photo: Heather Raffo By: John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer This is the ninetieth 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,(...)
Threads of Resistance: The Keffiyeh & Dabke
Aug 5, 2025
A man wearing a keffiyeh at a protest, Source: Pexels By: Laila Ali / Arab America Contributing Author In response to the attacks, Arab American culture has persisted and resisted. Symbols like the keffiyeh and practices like dabke have been(...)
Saudi Arabia’s Recent Cultural Changes
Aug 5, 2025
Photo Credit: World Flag Map "Saudi Arabia" via Wikimedia Commons By: Amir Kobeissi / Arab America Contributing Writer The Push For Modernization When Mohammed bin Salman became the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia on June 21, 2017, he planned to(...)
Silent Struggles: The Emotional Toll of Migration on Arab-Americans
Aug 5, 2025
Photo Credit: Pexels By: Layla Mahmoud / Arab America Contributing Writer Moving to America is often painted as the ultimate dream: freedom, opportunity, and success. For many Arabs, however, this journey is far more complex. Beneath the surface of new(...)
Iraqi Sumac Salad
Aug 4, 2025
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Sumac, with its lemony flavour, is a favourite spice of eastern Arab world. As a seasoning, it lends a tarty taste to barbecues, chicken, savoury pies, fish, salads, sauces, dips, stews, stuffings and vegetables. (...)
Hot Honey Crispy Fish: A 10th-Century Arab Dish for Today’s Table
Aug 4, 2025
By: Blanche Shaheen/Arab America Contributing Writer If you trace the origins of the Mediterranean Diet along the historical path of Arab countries, you will find that food was considered far more than sustenance. In the Medieval Arab world, meals were(...)
Pro-Palestine Advocacy and Freedom in U.S. Universities: The Case of Columbia
Jul 30, 2025
Pro Palestine Protest at Columbia University - Photo Credits: Wikimedia By: Layla Mahmoud / Arab America Contributing Writer In the wake of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, U.S. college campuses have become a battleground for speech, protest, and political expression.(...)
Arab Americans Who Have Never Been “Home”: Inherited Displacement
Jul 30, 2025
Source: Pexels By: Laila Ali / Arab America Contributing Writer A Home You Know by Heart Second and third-generation Arab Americans experience “home” as an elusive, half-remembered place. Home is family stories around the kitchen table over mint tea, old(...)
Cairo's New Administrative Capital - Landmark or Lavish?
Jul 30, 2025
Photo Credits: Wiki Commons By: Taim Al-Faraje/Arab America Contributing Writer As of mid-2025, Egypt’s New Administrative Capital (NAC) has entered its second phase of construction. What this means for the new capital is thousands of families moving into newly built(...)
Arab Makeup Is Taking Over TikTok
Jul 30, 2025
Photo Credit: Pexels By: Fayzeh Abou Ardat / Arab America Contributing Writer TikTok has become a worldwide beauty stage, and Arab-inspired makeup is stealing the show. Creators use hashtags like #ArabicMakeup and #KhaleejiMakeup to display traditional looks upgraded with modern(...)5,022 Results (Page 28 of 419)