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A Reflection: Ziad Rahbani: The Genius Composer and Political Satirist
Jul 30, 2025
Ziad Rahbani, Photo: Wikimedia Commons By: Sami Asmar / Arab America Contributing Writer Lebanese composer, playwright, and political satirist Ziad Rahbani passed away at the age of 69. The son of Fairuz, the legendary singer that many generations grew up listening(...)
From Nomadic Verses to Abbasid Courts: How Persian Influence Revolutionized Arabic Poetry
Jul 30, 2025
Photo Credits: Courtesy of the Author By: Laila Mamdouh / Arab America Contributing Writer Arabic poetry has long served as a mirror for Arab identity, thought, and beauty. From its early days in the harsh deserts of the Arabian Peninsula(...)
International Frustration Grows as Gaza Starvation Reported
Jul 30, 2025
Crowd of Protesters with Palestinian Flags. Photo Credit: Pexels By Jake Harris / Arab America Contributing Writer International Aid groups are quite unanimous in stating that the food situation in Gaza has reached a dire state. The Integrated Food Security(...)
How Climate Change Threatens Arab Archaeology
Jul 30, 2025
By: Ramsey Zeidan / Arab America Contributing Writer Anthropogenic climate change is by no means a new issue. As of recent, however, scientists are sounding the alarm on a new facet of global warming: archaeology. Industrial activity and urban development(...)
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(...)
The Arab American Politics of Superman 2025
Jul 30, 2025
Photo from 2025 Superman Trailer By: Katie Beason / Arab America Contributing Writer James Gunn’s 2025 Superman is causing quite a stir on the internet, with praise for its timely portrayal of international armed conflict, government overreach, and American exceptionalism,(...)
Pathbreakers of Arab America—Simon Shaheen
Jul 30, 2025
Photo - Alma Artist and Booking Management 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,(...)
Israel’s Trajectory is not Sustainable
Jul 30, 2025
Photo: Wikimedia Commons By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing WriterThe international community's failure to address Palestinian suffering is no longer morally defensible. On Monday, the United Nations convened an international meeting to remind the world that the neglected two-state solution is still(...)
A Breakthrough? Will There Be a Palestinian State?
Jul 30, 2025
Photo: ABC News We’ve heard it all before—calls for peace, for a two-state solution, for an end to the violence. And yet, here we are. But something feels different this time. France recently announced support for recognizing a Palestinian state,(...)
Mahmoud Khalil Visits D.C.
Jul 29, 2025
Photo Credit: Mahmoud Khalil (2025) (cropped) via Wikimedia Commons. By: Amir Kobeissi / Arab America Contributing Writer Mahmoud Khalil’s recent visit to Washington, D.C. represents a great moment and has strengthened the connection between Arab American leaders and U.S. politicians.(...)
Beets in Yogurt
Jul 29, 2025
Photo Credit: Pexels By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer The years of drought that hit us hard during our homesteading and farming years in southwestern Saskatchewan, were difficult and enduring times. My parents who had immigrated from Syria, survived those(...)4,713 Results (Page 3 of 393)