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Go top“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
BY: Habeeb Salloum The Moroccan wedding feast had been sumptuous and now we were enjoying an evening of music with its gripping melodies whose history could be traced back to the Moors in Spain. The dozen musicians clothed in the traditional Moroccan dress were playing ancient instruments — many of which were the ancestors … Continued
“There Is A Field epitomizes what politically engaged art should be.” -Ari Wohlfeiler, Deputy Director, Jewish Voice for Peace Feb 29, 2016, Brooklyn, NY——There Is A Field is a new play by Jen Marlowe about the police killing of a 17-year old Palestinian citizen of Israel (Aseel Asleh), told mostly through the eyes of … Continued
Arab America Television (AATV) is the voice of Arab America, streaming education and culture across America, and bridging the gap of prejudice and negative stereotypes directed against Arab Americans. We are seeking creative producers, musicians, and artists who are interested to share their video content on AATV. Get your message out to our audience via … Continued
BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing Writer Some two decades ago at Toronto’s O’Keefe Centre’s concert hall as the captivating voice of Fairouz, Lebanon’s unchallenged diva, revered across the Arab world and beyond, echoed in waves of beauty, it held me as well as most of the audience mesmerized as she sang in her concert of Arab-Andalusian poetry: … Continued
DEARBORN, Mich. (Jan. 28, 2016) – Prepare to be captivated through musical experiences like no other consisting of Mauritanian, Irish, Egyptian and Yemeni genres. Tickets are now on sale for The Arab American National Museum’s Global Fridays 2016 Winter/Spring Season – a celebration of musical traditions from around the world – offering engaging musical … Continued
This morning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the Jordanian film Theeb by director Naji Abu Nowar, was nominated as one of five films for Best Foreign Language Film. The winner being announced at the 88th Academy Awards on February 28th. Abu Nowar’s film is a quietly gripping adventure tale that … Continued
BY: Adrian Tafesh/Contributing Writer Like many of D.C.’s finest artists, Huda Asfour has come from elsewhere. An Oud and Qanoun player, Asfour has lived in many different places, and she instills her music with that air of transience, the same that permeates the city she ended up studying in. Born in Lebanon in 1982 during the … Continued
BY: Adrian Tafesh/Contributing Writer Documentary filmmaking is an art that is first and foremost engaged in truth-seeking. We want to see real stories told in narrative so that the new perspective may provide us with some previously unseen truth. There are those documentaries who take that truth and actively use it to dismantle some accepted notions, … Continued
BY: Adrian Tafesh/Contributing Writer In so far as the Arab American community is concerned, Steve Jobs is one of our most successful and noteworthy native sons. Half-Syrian, Jobs has become something of a symbol to Arab Americans, in more than just the typical ways. As for Jobs himself, it was always a more nuanced story. One … Continued
Theeb director Naji Abu Nowar BY: Adrian Tafesh/Contributing Writer Theeb opens with scenes of Bedouin life in the early part of the twentieth century, during the Arab rebellions against the Ottoman Empire. Though the desert setting provides plenty of rich imagery for the eye to feast on, the opening moments are not so much about … Continued
THEEB – Exclusive Clip “Where’s the Bullet?” from Film Movement on Vimeo. Arab America is excited to show this exclusive clip from THEEB, Jordan’s official Academy Award submission for the best foreign language film Oscar by director Naji Abu Nawar. The year is 1916. While war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger … Continued
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