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Prairie Rubaiyat: Part II

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer CHAPTER I Where the Breezes Blow The wind blowing across Saskatchewan’s desert waste Blew me misery and hardship and a bitter taste, Made me forget my youthful thrills and joys After I grew in years and worldly ways embraced.   In past years, I hunted on the cold western … Continued

16 Cool Arab Names For Your Children!

By: Annika Wolfe/Arab America Contributing Writer One of the most exciting things about expecting a new addition to your family is choosing a name. There are millions of names to choose from, making the process of choosing a name for your child incredibly difficult. If you are looking for suggestions or inspiration, then this article … Continued

Syria Showcases Hundreds of Cultural Relics Salvaged during Conflict

SOURCE: RUDAW ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — An exhibition in Damascus is displaying artifacts which have been preserved through the Syrian conflict in a bid to preserve and showcase Levantine history. “At least 9,000 archaeological artifacts have been recaptured. We brought 500 of them to this exhibition as examples,” Mahmoud Hamoud, antiquities chief, told AFP on … Continued

When an Alawite Man and a Sunni Woman Put Love to the Test

We should opt for a more genuine and balanced approach to identity, beginning with acknowledging differences and their importance for our social composition. العربية SOURCE: OPEN DEMOCRACY Translated by Pascale Menassa This article forms part of a special series focused on Oral Culture and Identity in Syria. It is the outcome of an ongoing partnership between SyriaUntold and openDemocracy’s … Continued

Do Dialects Threaten or Nourish Standard Arabic?

SOURCE: MIDDLE EAST ONLINE CAIRO – In nearly every modern novel in Standard Arabic there is bound to be dialogue written in dialectical Arabic. This style feature feeds the feud between supporters of the sole use of Standard Arabic and those who favour injecting local dialects. Even though a new round of the battle is … Continued

Best Arab American Books of 2018

By: Ivey Noojin/Arab America Contributing Writer Only recently has there been a push for more Arabic literature in the United States, and therefore celebrations of Arab American writers are also a new development. The first and only museum devoted to Arab American culture opened in 2005, called the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, … Continued

Yasmine Hamdan’s Arab Signature on World Music

By Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer It’s hard and unfair to label music nowadays, artists are taking influences from endless and diverse sources, and yet, one thing is clear – what is on the surface is not what is under the ground. Yasmine Hamdan is popular but certainly not part of the mainstream. Her career … Continued

The Prairie Rubaiyat

By: Habeeb Salloum, Arab America Contributing Writer PART I INTRODUCTION TO THE PRAIRIE RUBAlYAT 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 … Continued

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