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Arab America Picks a President: What a Week!

Mar 16, 2016

BY: Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer What a week this has been! It started with Arab Americans uniting behind Bernie Sanders and awarding him a win in Michigan. Next, we had a civil and informative Republican candidates' debate from Miami(...)

Mediterannean Cooking from the Garden with Linda Dalal Sawaya—Falafel, oh yes!

Mar 16, 2016

BY: Linda Dalal Sawaya/Contributing Writer Oh, yes, falafel! A vegetarian and vegan's favorite Arabic food; and they may not even know it is Arabic. falafel and condiments © linda dalal sawaya 2016 Yesterday I was out in the garden in search(...)

Cruising Through The Land Of The Pharaohs

Mar 16, 2016

BY: Habeeb Salloum For two days we had toured the ancient Egyptian ruins at(...)

Arab Americans in Michigan: Did We Do That?

Mar 9, 2016

BY: Fred Shwaery/Contributing Writer Our weekly column, Arab America Picks a President, has been about providing information you can use to get involved in this election. We've left the late-breaking news to the major news outlets and one-sided comments to(...)

Arab America Picks a President: Winning the Nomination

Mar 9, 2016

BY: Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer Here we are, just a few states into the primaries and caucuses and most of the candidates have suspended their campaigns. The Democrats are down to two candidates and the Republicans are down to(...)

Mediterranean Cooking from the Garden with Linda Dalal Sawaya—spanokopita with gluten free pita

Mar 9, 2016

BY: Linda Dalal Sawaya/Contributing Writer A couple of weeks ago I wrote about making Greek spanokopita without the pita, and that was delicious. It is a close cousin to our Lebanese spinach pies. Yet I promised to make an attempt at(...)

The ‘Ud - Once Its Music Captivated Europe

Mar 9, 2016

BY: Habeeb Salloum "Oh ‘ud! If it was not for consolation, I wouldn't have touched thee, that I declare. To my heart , I wouldn't have pressed you, And none would've heard my songs anywhere." The(...)

Mediterranean Cooking from the Garden with Linda Dalal Sawaya—easy to make springtime lentil soups

Mar 2, 2016

lentil soup ingredients © linda dalal sawaya 2016 BY: Linda Dalal Saway/Contributing Writer Portland days already feel like early spring with sunshine, blustery wind, rain showers, hail, and clouds swiftly passing, opening the sky to the sun once again for a(...)

Arab America Picks a President: What happens at the conventions and how can you be a part of it?

Mar 2, 2016

By Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer The candidates have been picking up convention delegates from the state caucuses and primaries. Super Tuesday has come and gone. Whew! There are more states still to vote before the conventions. What happens at(...)

Government Says: iSpy on American Muslims and Arabs

Mar 2, 2016

BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer The War on Terror implemented by President George W. Bush in 2001 has often been defined as an international military front against terrorist organizations from al-Qaeda to ISIL. However, the seedy underbelly of the War on(...)

Umm Kalthum - Legendary Songstress Of The Arabs

Mar 2, 2016

BY: Habeeb Salloum The Moroccan wedding feast had been sumptuous and now we were enjoying an evening of music with its gripping melodies whose history could be traced back to the Moors in Spain. The dozen musicians clothed in(...)

Sanders' Visit in Dearborn Appeals to Arab Americans

Feb 24, 2016

(Photo: Evan Vucci, AP) Sanders’ visit to UAW local 600 on Monday paid homage to southeast Michigan’s auto workers and unions that comprised a considerable share of the candidate’s constituency. His visit to Dearborn garnered a following from college students(...)