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The Common English Mistakes that Arabs Make
Mar 7, 2018
By: Randa Necola/Arab America Contributing Writer There are many things in life that are very different like: men and women, hot and cold, or left and right. English and Arabic are different languages that do not share a common alphabet(...)
Middle Eastern Foods that Kept Us Healthy During the Depression Years: Part 2
Mar 7, 2018
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer The following dishes are a few of those we enjoyed during the Depression years. The spices and herbs that I include in the ingredients were often not available and my mother had to substitute(...)
Bahbah: After 50 Years, AIPAC is Becoming Less Effective in Supporting Israel and Fighting Palestinian Rights
Mar 7, 2018
By: Bishara A. Bahbah/Arab America Featured Columnist Even as 20,000 members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) meet in Washington, D.C., for its annual policy conference, AIPAC is on the path of becoming less relevant and less effective(...)
Arab Americans Take Proactive Stance on Gun Control
Feb 28, 2018
By Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer After the Women's March became a worldwide protest advocating for multiple civil rights reforms, now it's the turn of March for Our Lives--a powerful stream demanding urgent changes in gun control legislation. Student organizers are(...)
Who are the Christian Arabs? Some Facts about Who they are and their Place in the World
Feb 28, 2018
Photo: A Procession of Priests in Bethlehem in Palestine: the Birthplace of Christianity By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Arabs represent different branches of the Christian faith Historically, as we know, Christians Arabs were well established in the Middle East(...)
Middle Eastern Foods That Kept Us Healthy During the Depression Years: Part 1
Feb 28, 2018
By Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer During the 1930's Great Depression, the hot winds were fierce as they blew across the western Canadian prairies. No more than eight years old, I was struggling with a pail of water, half as(...)
Queens of Arabia Felix (The Happy Yemen)
Feb 28, 2018
By: Noor Almohsin, Arab America Contributing Writer The Yemen Republic today was a piece of heaven on earth. Historically, the southern of the Arabian Peninsula was known as Al-Yemen Al Saeed (The Happy Yemen). It was called so because of(...)
In Arab Culture, Your Reputation is Everything
Feb 28, 2018
By: Randa Necola/Arab America Contributing Writer Arabs and Arab Americans care about their reputation almost more than anything in life. One of the most important pillars of the Arab culture is to keep a super reputation. Arab Americans bring this(...)
Diversity: The Struggle and the Celebration of Arab-Americans
Feb 28, 2018
By: Judge William J. Haddad (Ret.)/Arab America Contributing Writer In 2009 I chaired the implementation of The Council of Arab Religious Leaders of Chicagoland (ARC) which consisted of Christian and Muslim Clerics. At our June 20, 2009 "Unity Celebration" I(...)
Peace Organizations Stand in Solidarity for BDS Nobel Prize Nomination
Feb 21, 2018
By Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer On February 2, BDS received a nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize by MP and leader of the Norwegian Red Party Bjørnar Moxness. The Norwegian Nobel Committee will prepare a shortlist of the candidates for a prize(...)
Who Else Occupies the Holy Land?
Feb 21, 2018
By: Bishara Bahbah/Arab America Contributing Columnist It is high time that another occupation of many parts of Jerusalem and other areas of the Holy Land end! I am referring to the occupation of the Greek occupation of the Orthodox Church of(...)
What Arab Americans Should Know if the FBI Comes Calling
Feb 21, 2018
Michael Springmann Arab America Contributing Writer For many years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, the Bureau) has made surveillance of Arab Americans its policy. This is a policy bordering on, if not intended as, harassment. It’s not new. It’s(...)5,200 Results (Page 340 of 434)