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Architect Profile: Grégoire Serof
Apr 16, 2025
Serof (far right) while working on the Master Plan of Beirut and its suburbs, c. 1960.Photo credit: Michel Écochard Archive, Aga Khan Documentation Center, MIT Libraries By: Ralph I. Hage / Arab America Contributing Writer Grégoire Serof was a distinguished(...)
Arab American Authors to Watch for NAAHM
Apr 16, 2025
Source: WikkiCommons By: Rena Elhessen/Arab America Contributing Writer Literature is an outlet for creativity and offers a safe space to express social, personal, and mental struggles. In America's shifting environment, Arab American authors use the written word to express their(...)
National Arab American Heritage Month: 2025 Celebration Recap
Apr 16, 2025
https://vimeo.com/1078393622 Compiled By: Arwa Almasaari and Rena Elhessen / Arab America Contributing Writers On Wednesday evening, the Banquet Center at Saints Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church in Potomac, Maryland, came alive with energy, pride, and resilience as hundreds gathered(...)
The Art of Arab Storytelling: One Thousand and One Nights
Apr 16, 2025
Image of a Page from One Thousand and One Nights : Photo Source : Wikimedia Commons By: Fedal Hanoun / Arab America Contributing Writer Storytelling has deep roots in Arab society, stretching back thousands of years through oral traditions, poetry,(...)
America’s Return to Negotiations with Iran — A Bit of Good News?
Apr 16, 2025
Photo: Steve Witkoff, Wikimedia Commons Photo: Abbas Araghchi, Wikimedia Commons By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing WriterIran has recently backed away from the brink of a major regional war. The US and Iran are starting formal talks to resolve(...)
"I Always Return to My Roots": 40 Minutes with Dina Amin
Apr 16, 2025
Dina Amin By: Layan Srour / Arab America Contributing Writer Dina Amin is a Palestinian filmmaker and musician whose work explores identity, memory, and home. Rooted in her experiences growing up in Palestine, Dina blends documentary, experimental film, and genre-fluid(...)
The Unsung Heroes of the Titanic –"Abtaal Majhuuluun"
Apr 14, 2025
Photo Credit: Wiki Commons By: Leila Salloum Elias / Arab America Contributing Writer For the Syrians who set sail on the Titanic, the promise of economic prosperity and a secure future lay beyond the Atlantic. Hailing from various villages, towns,(...)
Chickpea and Burghul Kubba
Apr 12, 2025
Photo Credit: Wiki Commons By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Kubba is one of the best-known dishes in the eastern Arab world and the Arabs of the Middle East consider it, in all it various types, as the epitome of(...)
When Lebanon Manufactured Its Own Vinyl Records
Apr 9, 2025
Mosaic of the Orient by Elias Rahbani (Released in 1972 in Lebanon) – From the Hage Family Collection By: Ralph I. Hage / Arab America Contributing Writer Before the Lebanese Civil War began in 1975, Lebanon manufactured its own vinyl(...)
Keeping Sudanese Folktales Alive in the Diaspora
Apr 9, 2025
By: Hana Baba / Arab America Contributing Writer Growing up in the U.S. as a Sudani kid, like most diaspora kids, we lived with feet in two worlds. At home, it was very Sudani- from the food to the smells(...)
"Connect with Your Roots": 40 Minutes with Firas Zreik
Apr 9, 2025
Photo Credit: Felicia Abban By: Layan Srour / Arab America Contributing Writer Firas Zreik’s musical journey is one of passion, tradition, and exploration. A Palestinian composer and qanun player, he blends the rich sounds of Arabic music with influences from(...)
Gibran Kahlil Gibran 94 Years After His Death
Apr 9, 2025
Gibran Kahlil Gibran. Source: WikkiCommons By Rena Elhessen / Arab American Contributing Writer Gibran Kahlil Gibran continues to be one of the most popular names in the Arab world despite his passing over 94 years ago. Known for his contributions(...)4,865 Results (Page 30 of 406)