Subscribe
to receive news by email
Poll
Will the Trump Administration Shift U.S. Policy in Favor of Palestine?
Loading ...Copyright © 2026 Arab America
Go topPhoto: Yahoo There has been much talk about this weekend’s chemical weapons attack in Syria and President Trump’s intent to retaliate. The Institute for Public Accuracy reported on Tuesday that a U.S. strike would clearly violate the War Powers Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Francis Boyle is a professor of international law at the University of Illinois … Continued
By Bishara Bahbah/Arab America Featured Columnist Who is charting U.S. foreign policy under Trump? That is a puzzling question on the mind of most leaders around the globe. Among the vast majority of world leaders, except notably the Israeli prime minister, there is a growing apprehension at the thought that the future of the free … Continued
Syrian Migration Series, #7 by Helen Zughaib, 2017 © By Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer April is National Arab American Heritage Month. It’s this wonderful time of the year when joy and optimism become contagious. While flowers are blooming and birds are returning to their homes, we are reminded of one other spring which started … Continued
By: Karim Nagi/Arab America Contributing Writer Two weeks after September 11, 2001, I was contacted by a friend. Stagnating at home, I was nervous to interact with American society. I was afraid of more terrorist attacks, like all Americans. But I was also wary of reprisals and backlash for being an Arab, worried that the … Continued
By John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer When my family and I arrived in Cairo, my new American colleagues at the university where I’d be teaching were tossing about the acronym ‘IBM,’ as if it were a bromide all their ills of living in a new, different cultural environment. Besides denoting the acronym of the behemoth, … Continued
By: Mohammed Alhammami/Arab America Contributing Writer Eight months ago, I achieved a dream: I was admitted to the graduate program at Southern Illinois University and actually “escaped” the blockade of Gaza—unlike so many hundreds of others who try and fail. But these days, it is hard to feel happy about it without feeling angry and guilty … Continued
Compiled by Arab America America wishes all celebrating a blessed Easter. Easter is the most important annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to Christian scripture, Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day of his crucifixion. Christians celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday two days after Good … Continued
By Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer The fast-expanding city of Damascus, with its 5 million inhabitants, was behind us on our way to the holy Christian town of Saydnaya, known in Greek and Roman times as Danaba. Our route took us through a narrow green gorge crowded with villages hanging on the hillsides, spilling onto … Continued
COVER LETTER Re: April is National Arab American Heritage Month Dear Mayor/Superintendent/Representative (insert last name here), I am writing you as a resident of (insert your city name here) and a proud ambassador for National Arab American Heritage Month awareness. Arab Americans have been embedded in the fabric of our community for over a century. They are small … Continued
By: Emran El-Badawi/Arab America Contributing Writer America is angry. Over a decade of post-9/11 right-wing propaganda and years of Trump-style populism have taken a toll on us. And there is a litmus test to grade America’s anger problem—hate crimes. By 2016 hate crimes reached a five-year high after the election of Donald Trump to the … Continued
By: Myrna Daher/Arab America Contributing Writer Through it all, wars and suffrage, Arab women somehow tend to keep their heads high and their morals even higher. Residing in America doesn’t undermine the strength of Arab women. These qualities emerge from their roots and are embedded at a young age. The majority of American society has … Continued
By Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer What would Egypt be without Gamal Abdel Nasser? This year marks the centenary of his birth and we look back at history to determine the legacy the prominent politician left behind. Nasser will be remembered with the fundamental irreversible innovations he introduced to his country, such as the nationalization … Continued
2,860 Results (Page 224 of 239)
