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Go topBy: Jake Harris / Arab America contributing writer The year is 1967, tensions had been building between the State of Israel and its Arab neighbors. Much of this tension can be traced back to the 1956 Suez Crisis in Egypt. The French and British had owned and operated the Suez Canal since 1869. Gamel Abdel … Continued
By: Rena Elhessen / Arab America Contributing Writer A Palestinian writer has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize in a historical first. Mosab Abu Toha, 32, won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his essays in The New Yorker. An immigrant from Gaza currently residing in New York, Mosab’s essays gained attention based on their … Continued
By: Katie Beason / Arab America Contributing Writer Palestinian food has become an integral part of the New York City culinary scene, a reflection of the city’s deep diversity and immigrant history. The history of Palestinian cuisine in NYC, particularly in Brooklyn, dates back to the mid-1900s when Palestinian immigrants arrived in the US following … Continued
By: Jake Harris / Arab America Contributing Writer In 1607, King James VI of Scotland introduced a scheme in which English and Scottish Protestant settlers would receive confiscated land in the Irish county of Ulster. The Protestant Church of Ireland was established in the region, alienating much of the native Catholic population of the county. … Continued
By: Lama Obeid / Arab America Contributing Writer As the crisis in Gaza deepens and the humanitarian needs grow, many have turned to creative and sustainable ways to offer support—moving beyond one-time donations. Writers, poets, and publishers are responding by creating books that document and reflect on the situation through essays, poetry, and art. In … Continued
This is the eighty-second in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series features personalities from various fields, including entertainment, business, sports, science, the arts, academia, journalism, and politics. Our eighty-second pathbreaker, Lila Abu-Lughod, is an American anthropologist, scholar, ethnographic field researcher, and professor. Contributing writer John Mason describes Dr. Abu-Lughod as specializing in the Arab world, including Egypt, and issues of gender, power, and politics, especially as these involve women’s and human rights. She advocates strongly for Palestinian rights.
Your Holiness, On behalf of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF), its President, Board of Directors, and the devoted Palestinian Christian community, I extend our warmest and most heartfelt congratulations on your election as the Supreme Pontiff of the Holy Catholic Church. We lift our prayers with joy and reverence, asking the Lord to … Continued
By: Rena Elhessen / Arab America Contributing Writer It has been a year since the nation witnessed the rise of student protests against the University’s fiscal involvement in the on-going Israel-Hamas war. Following continued discontent with university policy and investments, students turned to encampments as a form of protest. The first of these encampments emerged … Continued
By: Mariam Aburdeineh / Arab America Contributing Writer Maintaining your cultural identity is even more important when you are away from your homeland, says Simon Sakkab, Palestinian American author of the 2023 children’s alphabet book Palestine A to Z. “[Palestinian] survival and existence are bound to our history, heritage, and culture,” he said. “It is … Continued
By: Layan Srour / Arab America Contributing Writer Wanees Zarour is a Palestinian composer, violinist, oud, and buzuq player based in Chicago. Born and raised in Ramallah, he was immersed in music from a young age, surrounded by a family of music lovers. Over the past two decades, he’s become a central figure in Chicago’s … Continued
By: Lina AbiRafeh / Arab America Contributing Writer Sunday, 11 May, is Mother’s Day. We buy flowers, maybe go to brunch, write cards thanking our mothers for being “the best mom ever.” Yeah, that’s great, but as anyone who has ever mothered (literal or figurative) would argue–EVERY day is Mother’s Day. That aside, what’s the … Continued
By: Ralph I. Hage / Arab America Contributing Writer Jaafar Tuqan was born in 1938 in Jerusalem, which was then part of Mandatory Palestine. He was the son of the renowned Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan, who wrote the poem “Mawtini,” now Iraq’s national anthem. Tuqan was also the nephew of Fadwa Tuqan, a prominent Palestinian … Continued
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