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Go topThe incomparable Im Hussein has her sights set for Washington DC on Saturday, April 9th at the Lincoln Theater. BUY TICKETS HERE Playwright Najee Mondalek sets up Im Hussein for another crisis, dealing with the ignorance of her know-it-all husband Abou Elias. Tucked in between the lines of the main story are other issues that … Continued
Years of surviving the Syrian civl war and struggling to obtain refugee statuses has made this family grateful for their new lives in Houston. Texas state lawmakers pushed back against helping refugees, but this family is a perfect example of how refugees are good for the community. With the help of Houston’s Syrian American Club, Kamal was able to get his children into school, obtain licenses and Medicaid, and help open a Mediterranean restaurant where he is now a head chef. With the dream of returning to regular lives, the Syrian refugees of Houston are making a positive impact on the city’s economy and ignoring the anti-refugee rhetoric that is permeating the media.
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Artscoops.com, the online platform for MENA art, is set to unveil its first ever auction on 9 April 2016, featuring the most exciting modern and contemporary Lebanese and Middle East artists. With over 80 works of art from artists such as Safwan Dahoul, Huguette Caland, Hanaa Malallah, Etel Adnan, Hiba Kalache, Rima Amyuni and Oussama … Continued
Philadelphia | Sun, April 3, 2016 | 1:00-4:30pm Smith Memorial Playground, East Fairmount Park Storytelling is an important oral tradition in Arab culture. Hakawati is the storyteller who weaves embellished tales, often improvising in response to an attentive audience. Storytelling permeates throughout everyday life, in homes and in public gatherings for children and adults. Smith … Continued
BY: Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer It’s March Madness time! Across the country, thousands of fans have packed arenas to support their favorite competitors. Week by week, would-be winners have fallen aside and only a few are remaining. They will continue to travel across the country in contest after contest until we reach the finals. … Continued
BY: Leila Diab/Arab America Contributing Writer In the heat of moments in trying times and in the course of chain events that resonate within many of our global and national communities, playwright Jamil Khoury cleverly sought to convey in Mosque Alert several theatrical oracles as his avant guard rebuttal to xenophobia, Islamophobia and intolerance. … Continued
Secretary Kerry has used the power and moral authority of his office to proclaim the truth about the crimes that national, ethnic, and religious minorities including Christians have suffered at the hands of ISIS. He used the word that has the moral authority to raise the international consciousness and compel the international community of … Continued
BY: Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer What a week this has been! It started with Arab Americans uniting behind Bernie Sanders and awarding him a win in Michigan. Next, we had a civil and informative Republican candidates’ debate from Miami on Thursday. On Friday, Marco Rubio asked his supporters to vote for John Kasich in … Continued
Florida Senator Marco Rubio suspends his candidacy. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) BY: John Zogby/Forbes Magazine The Republican Party, known by its nickname as the Grand Old Party, died on March 15, 2016. It was 162 years old. The party, born in the strife of the 1850s, succumbed to internal strife, sources said. The GOP had … Continued
BY: Fred Shwaery/Contributing Writer Our weekly column, Arab America Picks a President, has been about providing information you can use to get involved in this election. We’ve left the late-breaking news to the major news outlets and one-sided comments to the political influencers. What happened last night in Michigan changed things. Did our community move … Continued
BY: Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer Here we are, just a few states into the primaries and caucuses and most of the candidates have suspended their campaigns. The Democrats are down to two candidates and the Republicans are down to four. These remaining candidates are fighting through the heart of primary season. On Tuesday, March … Continued
DEARBORN, Mich. (March 8, 2016) – Pioneering social scientist and researcher Dr. Alixa Naff set out in 1962 to document the personal experiences of Arab immigrants to the United States with only her reel-to-reel tape recorder, a grant of $1,000, her blue Volkswagen Beetle nicknamed “the camel” and a team of graduate students … Continued
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