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

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

Palaestinum Species: The Role of Taxonomy in Geographic Identity

Author: Yara Marei / Arab America Contributing Writer In a regular class of the phytotherapy course for medical students, the topic of organism classifications was explored, rekindling interest first sparked in their 10th-grade O-Level biology classes, where they learned the classification hierarchy: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Setting politics aside, this course … Continued

Cuisine of Comoros

By: Claire Boyle / Arab America Contributing Writer Introduction: Comoros is a nation of islands, and it is also the only country in the Arab League that is in the Southern Hemisphere. Comoros has beautiful tourist sites, lots of interesting histories, and cultures behind it, but did you know because of its multicultural heritage, it … Continued

8 Amazing and Beautiful National Flowers of the Arab World

By: Claire Boyle / Arab America Contributing Writer Introduction: Did you know that countries throughout the world have their own official and national state flower? Well, the Arab World is no different. Today, in this article, let’s explore eight flowers that represent some of the countries in the Arab World. Come and join us on … Continued

Socotra: “The Most Alien Place on Earth”

By Evan Ploeckelman / Arab America Contributing Writer Socotra, an island off the coast of Yemen, has a reputation as “the most alien place on Earth.” Home to around 700 animal and plant species found only on the island, Socotra is definitely an oddity in the Arab World. While tourism is currently restricted due to … Continued

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