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The Hejaz Railway
Aug 12, 2026
Photo by Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By: Susie Hayes/Arab America Contributing Writer For hundreds of years, the only way to get to Mecca and Medina from Damascus was on a camel. That trip would have taken around 40(...)
Shrimp Fatteh: A Modern Summer Twist On A Levantine Classic Dish
Aug 9, 2026
By: Blanche Shaheen/Arab America Contributing Writer There are certain dishes that aren’t elaborate or expensive, but they’re popular because they bring together simple ingredients in a way that feels comforting, generous, and deeply satisfying. Fatteh is one of those dishes.(...)
Abdul El-Sayed's Historic Victory Signals a New Chapter for Arab American Political Power
Aug 5, 2026
Photo Credits: MS NOW Former public health official and progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan's Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, making history as the first Arab American and Muslim American to win a major-party nomination for the U.S.(...)
Cairo is Full, Petra is Empty: What the Arab World Loses When Travelers Stay Home
Aug 5, 2026
Source: Wiki Commons By Shayla Frank / Arab America Contributing Writer The Siq opens onto the Treasury as it always has, a narrow corridor of sandstone giving way to open light. What has changed is how many people are standing(...)
Breaking AIPAC’s Grip: How Democratic Socialists Are Changing the Game
Aug 5, 2026
https://www.flickr.com/photos/perspective/53578213191/ Photo By Elvert Barnes By: Megan Guzman Abbott / Arab America Contributing Writer Have you ever wondered how Democratic Socialists are orchestrating their rapid rise in US politics and what their growing power means for the future of Palestine(...)
America's Middle East Policy Needs Reform Before It Bankrupts Its Own Future
Aug 5, 2026
Photo: Wikipedia By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer The real cost of the current US Middle East policy is America's own future. Reforming Washington's politics would benefit the United States first, and only then Israel and the Palestinians.(...)
Makkah’s Thousand-Year-Old Qur’an
Aug 5, 2026
By: Ibn al-Bawwab, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By: Connor J. Buss / Arab America Contributing Writer A Qur'an manuscript written over a thousand years ago by Ibn al-Bawwab has recently been put on display in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The(...)
Caught Between War and Diplomacy: The Arab World Faces Another Dangerous Crossroads
Aug 5, 2026
Photo by Daniel Torok, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Aziz Hellal / Arab America Contributing Writer A few weeks ago, it felt like the Middle East might finally get a brief pause from the headlines. That quiet didn't last(...)
Moroccan Migration to Ceuta: The 5 Mile Swim
Aug 5, 2026
Photo Credit: Diego Delso (Wikicommons) By: Nadia Boughanmi / Arab America Contributing Writer July 30th: The day Ceuta saw a mass of migrants at its border. Over 50,000 migrants from Morocco had swum the 5-mile gap from Morocco to the(...)
(Un)Freedom of Movement in Palestinian Ecosystem
Aug 5, 2026
Photo by: Wikimedia Commons By: Rami Balin / Arab America Contributing Writer Walks Through the Landscape In his memoir “Palestinian Walks” writer and lawyer Raja Shehadeh describes seven walks that he took over the span of a few decades. He(...)
Arab Comic Books and Graphic Novels
Aug 5, 2026
By: Furkan Salihoglu By: Susie Hayes/Arab America Contributing Writer For many, comic books and graphic novels are used as a form of entertainment and pleasure. Most people will immediately associate the genre with superheroes, adventures, and fantasy. But for the(...)
The Result of Michigan’s Senate Primary Election Could Change Everything…
Aug 5, 2026
Photo Credits: Wikimedia Commons By Jahnvi Chopra / Arab America Contributing Writer The Democratic Candidates: A Recap Former public health official and current progressive Democrat candidate in Michigan’s Senate Primary election, Abdul El-Sayed, is making waves in the U.S. political(...)5,179 Results (Page 6 of 432)