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Go topOK, Coffee Achievers…it’s time to test your knowledge. Sure, you know the difference between an iced single venti mocha, no whip and a double tall cappuccino, extra dry at Starbucks. But what do you REALLY know about the history of your favorite bean, the second-most commonly traded commodity (after oil) on planet Earth? Here’s a … Continued
“I am actually really proud that my best friend in the whole world is Jewish,” Palestinian-Canadian Eman Husseini told a captivated audience at a stand-up comedy festival in Amman, only the second of its kind in the Middle East. “We grew up together. It was very cute, instead of playing cowboys and Indians, it was … Continued
The Dearborn City Beautiful Commission has selected the Lebanese American Heritage Club to receive its 2009 Business “Standard of Excellence” Award Decal. The award highlights businesses which have outstanding year round exterior beautification and maintenance programs and display civic pride and maintain high efforts to improve the beauty of the city. The LAHC thanks the … Continued
For most people, the United Arab Emirates means just one place: Dubai. The glitter on the world’s most famous city state may have faded a little recently, but the mix of ambition, money and outright hubris has created a 21st-century playground that has become impossible to ignore. But what lies beyond the hotels and the … Continued
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will open its long-awaited new gallery of Islamic art on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. The new gallery includes works of art from the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, Central Asia and India, and spans the 7th–early 20th-centuries. The gallery was initially to be part of the museum’s renovation and … Continued
Lebanese hospitality has not gone unnoticed by Helen Eddé. “It’s amazing you know, even people who do not have a lot, they open their doors to you and invite you in,” she said over coffee at the family’s Beirut villa on Wednesday. It is perhaps no surprise that such values sit well with the Brazilian-born … Continued
Marking its 10th anniversary, the International Oud Festival has just finished on a crescendo of success. Since its inception, the budget has increased tenfold and the audience has grown to around 10,000 enjoying the cultural richness of the two-week programme in Jerusalem and Nazareth. The festival, whose crowning glory is the oud, symbol of Arabic … Continued
When Bassem Souwaidan opened up Al Wissam clothing shop on West Vernor in Detroit, he never imagined that a small family-run business would catapult to success not only in Michigan, but far, far beyond. Today, the Al Wissam brand is sold in 30 different states, along with major cities in both Canada and Germany, and … Continued
For 2009, UNESCO and the Arab League designated Jerusalem as the year’s Arab cultural hub. Asserting their control over predominantly Arab East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities forbade events associated with the Arab Capital of Culture program. In response, the festival was driven underground. One organization that coordinated a series of indoor performances in East Jerusalem last … Continued
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Alia Malek, a successful Syrian-American civil rights attorney, was shocked by what she saw as a dangerous and misguided public backlash against Arab-Americans. Malek was confident that somebody would write a book that would put a human face on the Arab-American community and educate … Continued
An IMF mission visited Rabat from November 2 to 13, 2009. The mission took place in a global context that has deteriorated significantly since 2008, even if some signs of recovery have begun to appear. As noted below, Morocco has not escaped the effects of the global crisis, but these effects have been relatively limited … Continued
Skype today announced its website is now available in Arabic. The website will make it easier for the hundreds of millions of Arabic speakers around the world to download and start using Skype to connect with their loved ones no matter where they are in the world. Skype software, also available in Arabic, is used … Continued
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