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SAG-AFTRA Panel: Arab Stereotypes in Film and TV

  The SAG-AFTRA Foundation hosted a panel of Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian actors. Arab American actors are often faced with the difficult choice of portraying Arabs in film and television as a terrorist or convenience store clerk. Arabs aren’t offered regular roles that offer complexity and diversity. Rather, Arabs are often just playing … Continued

Practicing your Arabish/Arabizi

BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Arab Americans are fortunate enough to be exposed to two languages in everyday life. While not every Arab American is fluent in both English and Arabic, there are some words that can’t be avoided. By mixing Arabic and English in conversations, Arab Americans have created a whole new language lovingly referred … Continued

Arabic Influences Remain In All Aspects Of Spanish Culture

  BY Habeeb Salloum/Contributing Writer Throughout the ranks of the travelling public in the Western world the name of Spain, especially Andalusia, is synonymous with dark haired beauties, flowers, splendid processions, light-hearted gaiety, the halo of enchanted patios and romance. Visitors roaming this delightful part of southern Spain searching for these attributes will be able … Continued

How to be an Arab

This hilarious video has been gaining a lot of attention and for good reason. Watch this young Arab American explain what it takes to be an Arab from drinking tea, decorating the house, and dancing to music. How to be an Arab LOL Posted by Palestinian Vines on Friday, March 18, 2016 Compiled by Arab … Continued

Hikayat Wa Fan | Storytelling & Art

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

AANM Selected as National Performance Network/Visual Artists Network Partner

DEARBORN, Mich. – The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is proud to announce its recent selection as a partner of The National Performance Network, including the Visual Artists Network, (NPN/VAN) and will join NPN/VAN on July 1, 2016. NPN/VAN is a relationship-based network of presenters and exhibitors that serve and connect diverse cultural organizations, artists … Continued

One Breath, One Soul: Sufi Poetry and New Music

Vocalist Dalal Abu Amneh, Composer Kinan Abou-Afach, and Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble Philadelphia | Sat, April 16, 2016 | 8PM Trinity Center for Urban Life (2212 Spruce St.)  Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture presents an evening of Sufi poetry, reviving poems from Rumi, Ibn Arabi, Rabi’a and Al-Hallaj, with new music composed by Kinan Abou-afach. The concert … Continued

Smithsonian, Arab American National Museum unite to digitize 1960’s oral history sound recordings of Arab immigrants

    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

Nemr Proves Laughter Transcends all Ethnic Boundaries on his U.S. Comedy Tour Debut at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston

  “SMART… SOPHISTICATED… POWERFUL… and HILARIOUS” ~ Rolling Stone On Saturday, March 19th the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, MA brings Nemr to the stage on his debut U.S. Stand-Up Comedy Tour. Nemr is a Lebanese/American Stand-Up Comedian who is credited with establishing and pioneering the stand-up comedy scene throughout the Middle East where he performs in … Continued

Sheikha Hind named new CEO of Qatar Foundation

Teach for Qatar, Sheikha Hind By LESLEY WALKER/Doha News In what appears to be a shakeup of senior leadership at Qatar Foundation (QF), Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al-Thani has been named the new chief executive of the organization. She will serve this role, effective immediately, in addition to her previously held title of vice-chairperson, QF announced this morningin … Continued

The American University in Cairo Announces Arabic High School Summer Program

Arabic High School Summer Program: Where Language, Culture, Study and Entertainment Meet The Program will help with obtaining a deeper knowledge of Arabic, enrich the understanding of contemporary Egypt, and give insights into the country’s role in the Arab world and Middle East. Through a combination of coursework, community engagement, and excursions, learners will be … Continued

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