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10 Arab Americans Urging you to Vote: Sofian Hassan

By: Diala Ghneim/Arab America Contributing Writer I spoke with ten Arab Americans about voting. These individuals come from different age groups, industries, and political orientations. They are teachers, lawyers, students, stay at home mothers, IT professionals, etc…. They are active members of American society and they are all voting on November 3rd. This article is … Continued

10 Arab Americans Urging you to Vote: Hanan Kashou

By: Diala Ghneim/Arab America Contributing Writer I spoke with ten Arab Americans about voting. These individuals come from different age groups, industries, and political orientations. They are teachers, lawyers, students, stay at home mothers, IT professionals, etc…. They are active members of American society and they are all voting on November 3rd. This article is … Continued

10 Arab Americans Urging you to Vote: Keenan Kassar

By: Diala Ghneim/Arab America Contributing Writer I spoke with ten Arab Americans about voting. These individuals come from different age groups, industries, and political orientations. They are teachers, lawyers, students, stay at home mothers, IT professionals, etc…. They are active members of American society and they are all voting on November 3rd. This article is … Continued

10 Arab Americans Urging you to Vote: Vivian Khalaf

By: Diala Ghneim/Arab America Contributing Writer Vivian Khalaf, 54, attorney at law Drums of the next US presidential elections are sounding, and America holds its breath as it anxiously waits for its four-year future. Major news outlets have started their daily election coverage and political analysts began their weekly predictions on which candidate will win. … Continued

An Open Letter to Fellow Chaldeans: Vote Blue in this Election

By: Mona Hanna-Attisha/Arab America Contributing Writer I am a proud first-generation Iraqi American. Specifically, I am Chaldean, an Iraqi Christian. We are part of the international diaspora of Iraqi immigrants displaced over generations, and particularly after the rise of Saddam Hussein. Many of us settled in the Detroit area. There are over a hundred thousand … Continued

Democracy Destroyed: Stories of American Sponsored Coups – Iraq

By: Noah Robertson/Arab America Contributing Writer Iraq under King Faisal II was the perfect situation for the U.S.: He was amenable to their wishes and was willing to support them in their attempted coups in Syria, also forming the Baghdad Pact with them. Unfortunately for Iraq, as soon as American interests were threatened with a … Continued

Arab Americans Endorse Biden for President

Washington, D.C. – A diverse group of Arab American public servants, professionals, and advocates launched a support committee endorsing Vice President Joe Biden for President. Arab Americans for Biden will serve as an organizing committee to engage the Biden/Harris supporters among the 3.7 million Arab Americans across the country. Situated in some of the most … Continued

Who Are the Arab American PAC Organizations for This Election Season?

By: Sophia Segal/Arab America Contributing Writer PACs are very prominent in American politics, and Arab American PACs are not different; they have been around for years and giving the Arab American community a voice. This article doesn’t include every Arab American PAC in the United States but it presents key ones that have been inclusive … Continued

Bahbah: Today’s Arab World: Divided, Conflicted, and in Disarray

By: Bishara Bahbah/Arab America Featured Columnist A look at the Arab world today makes you want to scream in agony.  Even though a League of Arab States exists consisting of 22 Arab countries, it cannot be compared, by any stretch of the imagination, to the European Union (EU) countries who have fought bloody wars against … Continued

Biden Drops Arabic Phrase, Insha’Allah, to Mock Trump on his Tax Returns, Lighting up Arab Twitter—Is it Praiseworthy or Pandering?

By: John Mason/ Arab America Contributing Writer Presidential candidate Joe Biden’s usage of the phrase Insha’Allah during a chaotic debate with President Trump lit up Arab Twitter. For those who recognized the Arabic phrase during the debate, its usage implied any number of different meanings, good, bad, and indifferent. Since Insha’Allah is a heavily freighted … Continued

Prime Minister-Designate Steps Down in Lebanon – What’s Next?

By: Lindsey Penn/Arab America Contributing Writer After the devastating blast in Beirut on August 4, 2020, Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, resigned. The blast killed nearly 200 people, wounded thousands, and left hundreds of thousands without homes. For many, the blast was a tipping point. The government was corrupt, and even before the blast happened, … Continued

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