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Go topA representation of al-Kahina By: John Mason, Arab America Contributing Writer A female leader from a Berber or Amazigh tribe in North Africa, al-Kahina, has a long history going back 14 centuries. She supposedly led the North African resistance to the Arab-Islamic invasion of that region in the 7th century A.D. Al-Kahina is known over … Continued
SOURCE: GULF NEWS BY: MARY ACHKHANIAN Dubai: A Moroccan girl, 9, has won this year’s Arab Reading Challenge, beating 10.5 million participants from across the Arab region and the world. Mariam Lehsen Amjoun, the youngest of five finalists, was crowned during an award ceremony held at the Dubai Opera House and will take home Dh500,000 … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: MELISSA GRONLUND When the Abraaj Group announced it was selling off part of its significant collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian art, and that its chairman, Arif Naqvi, appeared to be offloading works from his collection, the news wasn’t just about the attempt to raise cash – it was also about … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: SYMA MOHAMMED Displacement, trauma, grappling with multi-hyphenated identities and Arab-American activism, are some of the themes explored by this year’s Arab American Book Award winners. Hala Alyan, Safia Elhillo and Pamela Pennock picked up awards for their works of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction respectively. The awards, which were established in 2006 … Continued
The challenge this year has attracted Arab students living in 30 foreign countries across Europe, Asia and Africa. SOURCE: KHALEEJ TIMES BY: SHEROUK ZAKARIA Reaching over 10.5 million students around the globe, the Arab Reading Challenge (ARC) has empowered Arab students fleeing war zones to preserve their culture and strengthen their language. The challenge this … Continued
The singer says she is ‘very, very, very happy’ and thanks Muslims for welcoming her SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: BEN BEAUMONT-THOMAS The singer formerly known as Sinéad O’Connor has converted to Islam, changing her name to Shuhada’. She made the announcement on Twitter, saying her conversion was “the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian’s journey. … Continued
SOURCE: GULF NEWS BY: MARWA HAMAD Dabbir Aklek, the Arabic version of a BBC action-adventure cooking contest titled No Kitchen Required, is coming to Quest Arabiya on October 28. The series takes five prominent chefs from the Arab world out of the comfort of their kitchens and drops them into remote areas around the world. … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: JONATHAN JONES British Museum, London Two new rooms present an alternative history of the world, beginning with works with a geometric sophistication and abstract calm that western art could not achieve for another 10 centuries Inner harmony … a detail from The Hamzanama (c 1558–73, India) in the new Albukhary Foundation … Continued
Souqs are the ancestors of today’s shopping malls. They exist since ancient times and prove that the concept of having fun while buying goods has been around for ages. Evidence of the presence of first souqs in the Middle East and North Africa points to 6th Century BCE. Initially, this kind of Oriental traditional bazaars … Continued
Gilgamesh–an early Sumerian king (around 2,800-2,500 BC) and one of many monarchs to arise over millennia in the Middle East By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Monarchies are almost as old as time. The idea of a royal personage arising to rule in the name of a deity is ageless. Arab monarchs rule in the name … Continued
Introduction From my early youth when I first read the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, I have been enthralled by the verses of that world- renowned Persian poet and his type of poetry. Of course, it was not the poet himself but rather Edward Fitzgerald who first translated his stanzas into English thus making this mathematician-astronomer … Continued
SOURCE: CNBC BY: CATHERINE CLIFFORD Emmanuel Jal doesn’t know how old he is. He tells people he’s 38. “I don’t know exactly when I was born, just because I was born when my country was at war,” says the chart-topping hip-hop musician, who is from South Sudan, Africa. “There’s no birth certificate so it was … Continued
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