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Heritage Month: The Neighborhoods We've Built
Apr 20, 2016
BY: Husayn Hosoda/Contributing Writer and Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Arab Americans began migrating to the U.S. in the late 1800s and have continued to do so through today. The first migrants were mostly from Syria, including the areas part of Lebanon(...)
Heritage Month: Arab Americans as Educators
Apr 20, 2016
BY: Patrick Nahhas/Contributing Writer Nothing is valued more highly in Arab culture than education, which is regarded as the cornerstone to success in life. There are many Arab proverbs that signifies the seriousness of getting education, one of them translates(...)
Mediterranean Cooking from the Garden with Linda Dalal Sawaya—How to make Lebanese vegan chard rolls!
Apr 20, 2016
red chard in my spring garden © linda dalal sawaya 2016 By: Linda Dalal Sawaya/Arab America Contributing Writer Flourishing this week in the garden with our cherished spring rains, having overwintered with ease like Italian parsley, also a biennial—is chard. It's(...)
Arab America Picks a President: Super Tuesday--Interstate 95 Version
Apr 20, 2016
BY Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer New Yorkers have spoken. For more than a week, the spotlight was on New York. No other states conducted elections for a week before or after. All candidates have been barnstorming New York(...)
Ibn Hazm - Medieval Arab Scholar – Codifier Of The Art Of Love
Apr 20, 2016
Ibn Hazm statue in Cordoba, Spain. BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing Writer Described by historians as one of the most distinguished and literary personalities in Arab Spain, Ibn Hazm, whose name is sometimes found in its Europeanized form, Abenhazam, was a(...)
Heritage Month: Arab Americans as Visual Artists
Apr 18, 2016
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer The visual arts are a hub for Arab Americans who express themselves through paintings, drawings, sculptures, and more. Art does not play the same role in society as it did just 50 years ago, but its(...)
Heritage Month: Arab Americans in Journalism
Apr 18, 2016
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Arab Americans have much to say about anything and everything, which is why they make excellent writers. Those who enter the field of journalism are of particular importance because they take on the responsibility of objective(...)
Another Arab kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight #HummusHaters
Apr 18, 2016
With all the anti-Arab bashing we see in the news every week, Arab America is determined to expose those who discriminate against our community. We will recognize those who vilify the positive influence and contributions Arabs have made to the(...)
Heritage Month: Arab Americans as Scientists
Apr 15, 2016
BY: Patrick Nahhas/Contributing Writer Just like with medicine, Arab Americans have been involved in the field of science since the first arrivals from the Arab World at the turn of the century. During the Middle Ages, Arabs were known as(...)
Bernie Sanders gets Massive Applause: Treat Palestinians with 'respect and dignity'
Apr 15, 2016
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer During last night's Democratic presidential debate hosted by CNN, Wolf Blitzer asked Bernie Sanders if Israel had the right to defend itself during the 2014 assault on Gaza. The Vermont Senator defended his previous statements of(...)
Amal Clooney: A Figure of Hope for Everyone but the Palestinians
Apr 14, 2016
Photo from www.alaraby.co.uk BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer In a shocking move, everyone’s favorite human rights activist couple is throwing a fundraiser for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with Haim Saban – an Israeli-American mogul and who considers himself a “protector of Israel.”(...)
Heritage Month: Arab Americans in Fashion
Apr 14, 2016
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer No prominent American industry is without notable Arab American contributions. The fashion industry that developed about a century ago in U.S. and European markets is a place many Arab Americans call home. There are many well-known(...)4,284 Results (Page 342 of 357)