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Pathbreakers of Arab America—Alia Shawkat

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This is the sixtieth of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Our sixtieth pathbreaker is Alia Shawkat, actress, producer, singer, and painter. Her father is an Iraqi Christian and her mother is American. As John Mason, contributing writer, reports, Alia is best known for her role in ‘Arrested Development,’ a popular, long-running Fox/Netflix TV sitcom series. Joining that series at age 14, she has spent more than half her adult life as a professional actor.

Rewriting the Music Playbook: Harget Kart’s Art of Fusion

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By: Yara Marei / Arab America Contributing Writer Imagine a band that takes the ordinary, lights it on fire, and from the ashes creates something extraordinary. This is Harget Kart—a name that, in the Arabic Jordanian dialect, means “to burn a photo card.” Just as their name suggests, Harget Kart has set the conventional boundaries … Continued

Capernaum review: Living a Zero-Sum End Game 

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By: María Teresa Fidalgo-Azize| Arab America Contributing Writer  Sara Aridi: Some critics may see the film as “poverty porn”  Nadine Labaki: All I can tell them is: “Get real. Get out of your cage where you’re writing your critique and go out into the world and see what’s happening around you.” What you see in … Continued

Four Daughters Review: Revolt Against a Broken Home

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By: María Teresa Fidalgo-Azize| Arab America Contributing Writer  Olfa: It’s a tragedy. I hate girls. I didn’t want to have daughters.  Hend Sabry: What I understand, is that for you, their bodies are dangerous.  Olfa: There’s no doubt about it. The body, it’s really where the line is drawn. It is the   private property of one … Continued

Sa’eedi Fi Al Jami’a Al Amrikia Stays Relevant 26 years later. 

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By: Malak Hassouna / Arab America Contributing Writer   The 1998 hit Sa’eedi Fi Al Jami’a Al Amrikia starring Mohamed Henedi, Ahmed El Sakka, Mona Zaki, Hani Ramzi, Gadaeh Adel(Abla), and many more depicts Khalaf Dahshouri(Henedi) as an upper Egyptian student who received a scholarship at the American University in Cairo, altering his life after falling … Continued

Pathbreakers of Arab America –Jehan Noujaim

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This is the fortieth of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. John Mason, contributing writer, reports on our fortieth pathbreaker, Jehan Noujaim, a renowned Arab American documentary filmmaker, born to a Lebanese father and American mother. Jehan is widely known for the art of storytelling, through film, especially in revealing the complexities of the lives of specific people living under conditions of strife and conflict. These are often Arab peoples.

Adel Emam: A Man of No Party, Just a Patriot 

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By: Malak Hassouna / Arab America Contributing Writer  On January 21, 2024, the fourth annual Joy Awards in Saudia Arabia took place, bringing together artists from all over the Middle East to celebrate their achievements. One of the moments that stole the night was the tribute video to Adel Emam and his receiving the Arab … Continued

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