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Bahbah: Arabs, Jews, and Muslims in America’s Midterm Elections of 2018

By: Bishara A. Bhbah/Arab America Featured Columnist Unlike any other previous elections for the US Congress, the upcoming 2018 mid-term elections fields a record number of Arabs, Muslims, and candidates who identify as Jewish. In our definition of Arab, we include both Christian and Muslim Arabs.  In our definition of Muslim, we include only Arabs … Continued

12 Actions Arab Families Do When They Get Together!

By Meriam Helal/Arab America Contributing Writer What do Arab Americans do when they get together? Getting together may be an understatement as Arab Americans unabashedly love to party, eat, and argue all at the same time. 1) EAT, EAT, EAT!!! Family gathering in Arab families focus on food and inviting each other to eat. Between … Continued

Why Arab Americans Use Olive Oil: 10 Beneficial Uses

By: Sarah Chaudhry/Arab America Contributing Writer Olive oil is deeply rooted in the Mediterranean and Arab culture, where it was developed and sold more than 4000 years ago. Even today, Arab Americans value the importance of olive oil, and purchase it constantly, not only as food intake but also for many other purposes. Here are … Continued

Ministerial Meeting on UNRWA Raises Remarkable US $122 million

SOURCE: UNRWA New York 28 September 2018 On 27 September, the Foreign Ministers of Jordan, Sweden, Turkey, Japan and Germany, as well as the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Union, hosted a Ministerial Meeting in New York, with the aim of mobilizing financial and political support for the United Nations Relief and Works … Continued

Food, art and literature: How Israel is stealing Arab culture

Israel has expanded the reach of its cultural theft beyond the historic borders of Palestine, to various Arab countries around it SOURCE: MIDDLE EAST EYE BY: NADA ELIA As a settler-colonial country, Israel has industriously sought to erase the existence of the people indigenous to the land it occupies, so as to better appropriate aspects … Continued

12 Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Were Syrian

SOURCE: ONEDIO BY: CHELSEA WROTS Millions of people have had to migrate from Syria since 2011. It was a country that people had to migrate from because of wars and other reasons in the past. So we collected 12 celebrities that you’ll be surprised to know that they were Syrians. 1. The famous actress from American Pie, Shannon Elizabeth … Continued

Letter from Rasmea Odeh: I’ve Been Away Now for a Full Year

Arab American activist Rasmea Odeh reflects her thoughts on the one-year anniversary of her deportation from the U.S to Jordan. Today is the one year anniversary of my deportation, and I miss you all very much. I miss the colorfulness of my life with you, and the value that you added to it! My life now … Continued

A Small Museum with Big Dreams!

By: Nizar Farsakh/Arab America Ambassador Blogger Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP) is an initiative to establish a space in Washington D.C., where Palestinians can tell their stories their own way. For far too long, the Palestinian story has been reduced to a single story, either of victims or of terrorists, a story told by … Continued

House Democrats Condemn Trump Administration’s Actions Harming the Palestinian People

On September 13, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Betty McCollum (MN-04), Raúl Grijalva (AZ-03), and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) today released the following statement condemning the Trump Administration’s recent actions harming the Palestinian people. “We are alarmed by the Trump Administration’s blatant attempts at exacerbating the ongoing humanitarian crisis in … Continued

Michigan Groups Renew Fight over Trump Travel Ban

SOURCE: DETROIT NEWS BY: MARK HICKS The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, advocacy groups and separated families are renewing a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order barring travelers from some countries with majority Muslim populations. The amended complaint filed Thursday in Detroit’s U.S. District Court argues that the restrictions are unconstitutional and … Continued

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