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Foukara Joins Connect Arab America’s Empowerment Summit, A Role Model for Arab American Journalists in America.

“America has been a land of opportunity. But a community’s success here is neither a foregone conclusion nor an irrevocable result.” By Isra’ Saleh / Arab America Contributing Writer Born and raised in Morocco, Al Jazeera Washington Bureau Chief, Abderrahim Foukara talks to Arab America about the challenges of being an Arab in America. Abderrahim’s … Continued

Tunisia’s Bumpy Road

SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY When Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed the country’s prime minister and closed the Parliament, he said he was doing so to “restore social peace…and save the state.” He was addressing a series of crises that had been plaguing what many viewed as the one “Arab Spring” success … Continued

Roundup of Recent Arab World News: A Mixed Bag

Our first story concerns Israeli Jewish visitors to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound who believe it is acceptable for them to offer Jewish prayers on that holy site. Second is a troubling story about King of Jordan secretly purchasing over $100 million in overseas real estate. Third, and more rewarding, is a story of a Tampa Museum of Art exhibition of Arab abstract art from artists around the Middle East. Last is a disturbing story about a first-person shooter video game set during the Iraq War’s bloodiest battle, called ‘Six Days in Fallujah.. Contributing writer, John Mason, reviews these four stories.

Tunisian Politics: First Woman Prime Minister of the Arab World

Amid political tension in Tunisia, President Kais Saied appointed Najla Bouden Rhomdane as the first female Prime Minister in Tunisia and the Arab world. Romdhane was appointed prime minister after President Saied dismissed her predecessor and suspended parliament in July. While Rhomdane’s appointment is positive for many women in the Arab world, Tunisia has been going through a political crisis that has triggered skepticism around Rhomdane’s appointment. 

Two twisted legacies of the U.S. in Iraq: human rights violations at Abu Ghraib prison and theft of the Sumerian poem, the ‘Epic of Gilgamesh’ tablet

Photos depicting atrocities only describable as appalling and inhumane from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2004 shocked the sensibilities of Americans. Military personnel took the blame, while the perpetrators of the Iraq war got off the hook. A second spinoff of the Gulf war was the theft of a 3,600-year-old-religious clay artefact named the Gilgamesh Dream tablet. Arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby got hold of the tablet in some circuitous manner and placed it in its Museum of the Bible. It was only recently returned to its rightful owners—the people of Iraq. Contributing writer John Mason reviews these two historic events.

Tit for tat or business as usual? AOC vows to block U.S. missile sales to Israel as Prime Minister Bennett says no to a Palestinian state

AOC vows to block U.S. missile sales to Israel as Prime Minister Bennett says no to a Palestinian state
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, congressional representative, along with several other progressive reps., is trying to halt the U.S. sale of missiles to Israel. The claim is that such missiles were used against Gaza the last time around and could be used like that again. This is a harder line of offense than is usual from the U.S. House. Meanwhile, an equally hard line has been taken by Israeli Prime Minister, Neftali Bennett, in claiming to put an end to any idea of a Palestinian state, whether part of a two-state or single Israeli-Palestinian state solution. Contributing writer, John Mason, takes us into the heart of this frayed issue.

New hope for Lebanon? Near collapse, can a new government save the country?

Lebanon faces major challenges as it nears an economic meltdown. As the country slips into chaos, suffering from recent fuel shortages and a blackout, it has managed to get a new Prime Minister and government. This recent news at least suggests some progress following a year of political deadlock and a chance for bringing the country back from chaos and collapse to something like its once formidable self. Contributing writer, John Mason, updates us on Lebanon’s precipitous situation.

Bahbah: The U.S. Botched its Post-9/11 Policies

By: Bishara A. Bahbah / Arab America Featured Columnist The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is a time period to evaluate whether the United States’ reactions and policies to the rare attacks on U.S. soil were effective and what lessons it should have learned. Having emerged, a decade earlier, as the sole superpower following the collapse … Continued

The Six Palestinian Prisoner’s who Escaped Gilboa

By: Leyelle Mosallam / Arab America Contributing Writer ​​Early in the morning on Monday, September 6th, six Palestinian prisoners escaped out of Israel’s highest security prison, Gilboa. Israeli authorities reported that the six prisoners managed to escape by lifting a piece of tile off the floor in their cell and crawling beneath the prison facility … Continued

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