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Rising from the Sands: Saudi Arabia's Vibrant Future 2030
Sep 18, 2024
Source: Wikimedia Commons. This picture shows the logo of the Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Author Yara Marei / Arab America Contributing Writer Imagine a vast desert, its golden sands stretching endlessly under the blazing sun. For(...)
Rita... Love Me - A Poem by Mahmoud Darwish
Sep 18, 2024
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, Source: Wikimedia Commons By Luke McMahan / Arab America Contributing Writer Luke McMahan has been a student of Arabic for two and a half years, and throughout this time, he has been told how wonderful Arabic(...)
Can the Gentrification of Moroccan Riads Tarnish Morocco’s Global Identity?
Sep 18, 2024
Photo of a Moroccan riad in Meknes, Morocco. Source: Wiki Commons By: Nissrine Bedda / Arab America Contributing Writer Riads can date back to the 11th century in Morocco. The exclusive real estate was home to Morocco’s wealthiest families, including(...)
Qahwah is Everywhere: The Rise of Arab Coffee Houses and Where to Find Them
Sep 18, 2024
Arabic Coffee Being Served. Source: Wikimedia Commons By: Monica Haddad / Arab America Contributing Writer Coffee, or Qahwah, in Arabic, is a drink that for Arab Americans is not only for fueling a busy morning, but an important part of(...)
The Foods of Eternal Damascus
Sep 17, 2024
Syrian meal: Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer The Byzantine Emperor Justinian called it `the light of the Orient'; the writer Maurice Barres is reported to have said `Damascus is not a mere area of land,(...)
Resisting Erasure
Sep 11, 2024
By: Samira Rafidi Meghdessian with Joseph Eric Cadora / Arab America Contributing Writers When I first picked up A History of the City of Ramallah (its original Arabic title), it had been on my parents’ bookshelf for years and was(...)
The US Obsession with Ceasefire Terms in Gaza Camouflages the Roots of Injustice to Palestinians
Sep 11, 2024
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer For two months now, the White House has been announcing that a ceasefire in Gaza is just around the corner. By all indications, it is not. Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu still insists(...)
Troubling Terminology
Sep 11, 2024
By: Miko Peled / Arab America Contributing Writer Palestine has been dissected and every region within it separated from the rest of the country. This was planned and executed by the Zionist state very early on. This separation has given(...)
Al-Zahawi: Iraqi Anti-Establishment Poet
Sep 11, 2024
Iraqi Poet Al-Zahawi, Source: Wikimedia Commons By Luke McMahan/ Arab America Contributing Writer Jamil Sidqi Al-Zahawi (جميل صدقي الزهاوي) was born in Baghdad in 1863 to a religiously conservative family, with his father serving as the Grand Mufti of an(...)
Rami Khouri, Palestinian-American Academic and Journalist, to Speak at Connect Arab America Empowerment Summit 2024 in Dearborn, Michigan
Sep 11, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE REGISTER HERE (WASHINGTON, D.C., September 10, 2024) The Arab America Foundation is excited to announce Rami Khouri will speak at the CONNECT Arab America: Empowerment Summit, which will be held on Friday, October 25, and Saturday, October 26,(...)
Transforming Futures: How The U.S. Department of State Empowers Arab Youth
Sep 11, 2024
Source: WikiCommons. This picture shows a photography portrait of the State Department headquarters building. By: Yara Marei / Arab America Contributing Writer For many young people in the Arab world, the idea of studying or participating in an exchange program(...)
Urban Warfare and Resistance: The Battle of Algiers and the Fight for Algerian Independence
Sep 11, 2024
Photo: Wikipedia Commons By: Rania Basria / Arab America Contributing Writer The Battle of Algiers, fought between 1956 and 1957, remains one of the most crucial and terrible battles of Algeria's War of Independence (1954-1962). The National Liberation Front (FLN)(...)5,005 Results (Page 66 of 418)