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Go topBy John Mason, Contributing Writer/Arab America A new census of Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, and the diaspora is only a fresh reminder to observers and policymakers involved in the Israel-Palestine conflict, that the unrelenting population growth in the Israel occupied territories will come home to roost if a single-state solution becomes the option. … Continued
By: Laila Shadid/Arab America Contributing Writer “I am proud to be Palestinian,” supermodel Bella Khair Hadid posted on her Instagram story after the social media platform flagged a photo of her father’s old passport—his birthplace, Palestine. On July 2, 23-year-old Bella Hadid posted the photo above with the words, “My baba and his birthplace of … Continued
By: Mackenzie Ricca/Arab America Contributing Writer The conflict between Israel and Palestine has escalated in recent years, resulting in several peacebuilding efforts between the two warring nations. These efforts have been implemented for years and supported by several countries such as the United States and many European nations. There is hope that peace can eventually … Continued
By: Laila Shadid/Arab America Contributing Writer It is illegal to be gay in 71 countries—12 of them are in the Arab World. On June 13, Egyptian LGBTQ+ activist Sarah Hegazy committed suicide at 30-years-old. Three years earlier, Hegazy attended a Mashrou’ Leila concert in Cairo, the lead singer of which is openly gay. With a … Continued
For decades I argued for separation between Israelis and Palestinians. Now, I can imagine a Jewish home in an equal state. By Peter Beinart/New York Times Israeli soldiers interacting in the West Bank last month with a Palestinian woman protesting the demolition of an unapproved animal shed.Credit…Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA, via Shutterstock I was 22 in 1993 … Continued
By: Laila Shadid/Arab America Contributing Writer “Un país para su gente”: “A country for its people.” This was the slogan Luis Rodolfo Abinader used for his 2020 presidential campaign in the Dominican Republic. On Monday, the Lebanese-Dominican businessman won with 53 percent of the vote. Since 2004, the center-left Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) was in … Continued
SOURCE: THE JORDAN TIMES BY: DR. JAMES J. ZOGBY In William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”, Mark Anthony’s eulogy for the fallen Emperor includes this oft quoted line, “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” I thought of this quote when Princeton University voted recently to remove former … Continued
By Dr. Lina AbiRafeh/Arab America Contributing Writer Syria continues to see no end to its protracted crisis, ongoing since 2011, in addition to an economic crisis and a coronavirus lockdown. Under such conditions, women in Syria have borne the brunt of violence and insecurity. And Syrian refugee women in neighboring Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey face … Continued
By: Arab America Contributing Writer The Arab Spring was a sequence of anti-government protests and uprisings across the Arab world involving the nations of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, and others. In the early 2000s, there were many armed rebellions, riots, and even insurgencies across the Arab world. The Arab Spring consisted of groups of protestors … Continued
By: Bishara A Bahbah/Arab America Featured Columnist Today is July 1st, a day that will go down in history books as the day when Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to begin the process of annexing up to 30 percent of the occupied West Bank – as mapped out in the Trump peace plan. However, … Continued
By MacKenzie DiLeo/Arab America Contributing Writer It has proven difficult to find a poll that accurately reflects the political beliefs of Arab Americans. Specifically when it comes to their party affiliation and who they voted for in recent elections. The assumption is that Arab Americans are mostly left-wing voters, as are other minority communities within … Continued
By: Noah Robertson/Arab America Contributing Author The region of the world, referred to by most as the Middle East (ME), is culturally a diverse and rich area with a complex history and an even more complex problem with how to describe it. Upon closer inspection of the name, one could wonder what this region is … Continued
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