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Go topPope Benedict XVI has met a group of Palestinian Catholics who brought him a traditional Palestinian scarf as a gift. The 27 faithful from a Bethlehem parish were among thousands attending the pope’s weekly Wednesday audience in St. Peter’s Square. At the end of the audience, two youths from the group were brought to Benedict … Continued
Last week’s AANM panel discussion on Abraham Lincoln’s legacy as it relates to Arab Americans will be highlighted in a program to be aired by Detroit Public Television (Channel 56) this Tuesday, April 28, at 9 p.m. In the program, Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall, Abraham Lincoln’s impact on race relations is discussed by a panel … Continued
A hilarious new book—the first of its kind—by Arab-American and native Pittsburgher, Dalel B. Khalil, examines with humor and candor the stark differences between the Arab and American cultures. Using insightful, sharp humor to tackle sensitive cultural issues and foster cross-cultural understanding, Khalil comically instructs how to retain one’s sanity in the battle of the … Continued
The Arabesque Music Ensemble announces its residency at the University of Florida, April 2-5. Residency activities include a strings workshop/master class and ethnomusicology lecture at the School of Music; an open ensemble rehearsal; and participation in “Project Downtown,” a Gainesville community program. The residency will conclude with a concert at University Auditorium on Sunday, April … Continued
Director of al-Raqqah Department of Archeology Mohammad Sarhan al-Ahmad said the findings include chinaware plates, lanterns, chinaware and clay cups and glasses, clay pots painted green and turquoise, clay pegs, and furnaces for making pottery and glass. Al-Ahmad noted that this discovery points out to the role of al-Raqqah in metallurgy, the production of pottery … Continued
Mariam Wehbe learned about a program offering home-delivered meals made according to Islamic law at a good time — poor health made cooking impossible and a grandson who helps her had to cut back to devote more time to school. Plus, as a Muslim, she could keep halal. Wehbe, 70, who lives in the Detroit … Continued
A series of children’s textbooks on Islam contains misleading and inflammatory rhetoric about the religion, inaccurately portraying its followers as inherently violent and deserving of suspicion, according to a Muslim civil liberties group. Quantcast The Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations began what it calls a public awareness campaign Wednesday against the “World … Continued
The United Arab Emirates’ capital is spending $100 billion to diversify its oil-reliant economy into a tourist hub, which it hopes will attract 2.3 million visitors by 2013. At roughly half the size of Bermuda, Saadiyat Island is the centerpiece of the emirate’s cultural efforts. The $27 billion, 27-square-kilometer, natural island will house the world’s … Continued
I did not really understand Umm Kulthum’s mystique. That’s because I grew up in the U.S. listening to Bob Dylan records with my dad, who came here from Syria as a young graduate student. For his part, my dad, Fawwaz Ulaby, grew up listening to one of the Arab world’s most legendary vocalists. When I … Continued
Walk in the footsteps of Jesus on the streets of Bethlehem and Jerusalem! · Ride in a boat on the Sea of Galilee! · Discover the presence of the risen Christ in the midst of the present struggle for justice, peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land! When: –May 5-19, 2010 – St. Andrew Pilgrimage … Continued
Denise Hazime, a Muslim woman, contacted food services officials here last July with what she thought might sound like a preposterous proposal: She wanted to open an Arabic food stand on the largest Marine base on the West Coast. It turned out to be an appetizing idea. Marines returning from Iraq and the Persian Gulf … Continued
Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu, who this week topped the Forbes magazine list of the world’s richest billionaires, held talks in Beirut Friday aimed at boosting investments between the two countries. Slim, the son of Lebanese immigrants who arrived in Mexico in 1902, and his delegation met Lebanon’s premier Saad Hariri at his residence … Continued
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