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Feeling Protected by Trump, Israel Announces Largest Settlement Plan in Recent Years

Jan 25, 2017

BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Just days after President Trump took office, Israel announced on Tuesday the construction of 2,500 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on(...)

PART II: Syria - The Fountainhead of Western Civilization

Jan 25, 2017

Note: This is the first chapter to a book that I am in the process of writing about Syria and was written before destruction descended on the country from all over the world. When terrorism is curtailed, hopefully the whole(...)

America's Other Orchestras: Arab American Ensemble Series Final Episode

Jan 25, 2017

The National Arab Orchestra and Living up to the Name BY: Sami Asmar/Contributing Writer When the word national is part of a name, the usual expectation is that the named entity is large and government-sponsored, such as the National Endowment(...)

Featured Poem: The Worry Beads

Jan 25, 2017

BY: Daughter of the Diaspora/Ambassador Blogger The worry beads are set in motion, By steady fingers and buried emotions, By a restless mind still agitating. It keeps the beads tap-tapping, Nudged one against the other, Long enough for thoughts to(...)

Baharat (7 Spice): The Ingredient giving Arab Food its Distinct Flavor

Jan 25, 2017

BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer The famous Arab spice mixture baharat (meaning “spices” in Arabic), also known as 7 Spice, is the flavor behind many popular Arab foods. Baharat is a finely crafted combination of 7-8 spices, whose flavors, when mixed(...)

German Film About Syrian Refugees Nominated For Academy Award

Jan 24, 2017

BY: David DeMaria/Contributing Writer Nominees for the 89th annual Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday. With the Oscars award ceremony only a month away, it’s never to early to start thinking about which film could win in each category. Although(...)

A Tool to Change How We Learn Arabic

Jan 24, 2017

BY: Hossam Abouzahr/Special to Arab America I didn’t expect my life to take the path of developing Arabic learning tools and the first multi-dialect Arabic dictionary. As a Lebanese-American (Lebanese father and white mother) raised in Michigan, I hated Arabic growing(...)

Once Interrogated By FBI, Punk Band Haram Rocks On

Jan 23, 2017

BY: David DeMaria/Contributing Writer Not long after Nader Habibi and his band Haram were investigated by the FBI, an explosion from a pressure cooker bomb in the Chelsea district of Manhattan injured 31 people. The attack, which was also linked(...)

Women’s March Organizer Linda Sarsour Faces Anti-Arab, Islamophobic Hate Speech for Being “Unapologetically Palestinian”

Jan 23, 2017

BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Arab American co-chair of the massive Women’s March that took place on Saturday, Linda Sarsour, is facing a wave of hate speech from alt-right groups. Sarsour, a Palestinian Muslim and executive director of the Arab American(...)

Does Canada have a Lebanese version of Donald Trump?

Jan 20, 2017

BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Does Canada have a Lebanese version of Donald Trump? Kevin O’Leary, a businessman and star of the reality television series “Shark Tank”, announced Wednesday that he is joining the race to lead Canada’s Conservative Party in(...)

American Football Gaining Popularity in Arab Countries

Jan 18, 2017

BY: David DeMaria/Contributing Writer With the NFL playoffs entering the conference finals, fans across the country and around the world will be watching the action, including people in the Middle East. Though basketball and soccer have traditionally been the most(...)

Serving Tea and Bread the Maghrebi Way

Jan 18, 2017

BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer The North African Arab countries of Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia, often referred to as “Al Maghreb,” contribute to the diversifying Arab American identity. Just as the Lebanese and Syrian immigrants of the 1880s did before(...)

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