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Go topBy: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Trump’s initial statement, “I am the chosen one,” last Wednesday, August 21, was uttered from his mouth in response to a reporter’s question that took place on the White House driveway about China and the trade war he started. His response, in Hollywood fashion, was to preen his head … Continued
“ …Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses to Breathe Free…“ –From Emma Lazarus 1906 poem engraved on the Statue of Liberty By John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Here we look at the wide variety of contributions Arab Americans have made to many aspects of American society over two centuries and more: a … Continued
By: Bishara Bahbah/Arab America Featured Columnist Last week will go down in history as one of Israel’s worst weeks ever in its relationship with the United States dating back to its establishment in 1948. For Israel, it was a terrible week that wreaked with unprecedented criticism from friend and foe over its decision to deny … Continued
By Katie Teague/Arab America Contributing Writer On August 9th, the United States lost 11-term Republican congressman Paul Findley. He was 98 years old and suffering from congestive heart failure when he passed away in his hometown of Jacksonville, Illinois. As a leader in government for the support of Palestinian rights, Mr. Findley will be remembered … Continued
The main author of the resolution that limited a president’s ability to wage war, he also made overtures to the Arab world and earned the opposition of the pro-Israel lobby. By Katharine Q. Seelye The New York Times Paul Findley, a moderate Republican congressman from Illinois who sought to limit presidents’ power to wage war and … Continued
By Heba Mohammad/Arab America Contributing Writer On August 12th, the country remembered the tragic deaths of Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer, who were both killed in hate-motivated crimes. Jabara was shot on the porch of his Tulsa, Oklahoma home by a neighbor in 2016, and Heyer was killed in 2017 when a white supremacist drove … Continued
By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer As we get closer to the 2020 election, international and national issues have begun to crystallize for Arab Americans. Some of these rank higher than others. For foreign policy, there is the general role of the U.S. in the Middle East: Syria, Israel-Palestine, Afghanistan, and Iran. Of course, Arab … Continued
On the anniversary of the 2016 murder of Khalid Jabara in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the 2017 murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia, Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry issued the following statement: “August 12 is a day indelibly seared in our memories. In 2016, Khalid Jabara was murdered on his front porch by … Continued
BERLIN, Friday, August 09, 2019 (WAFA) – The family of Kamal Boullata, who passed away in Berlin at the age of 77, has declared that it seeks to bury him in his birthplace, Jerusalem. Boullata’s family said in a statement, posted on the Facebook page of the Lebanon-based Palestinian novelist Elias Khoury, that Kamal wished … Continued
By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Republicans in Congress vote almost as a bloc in favor of Israeli issues and that’s why people of the Arab World don’t trust the U.S. as a broker of peace. Traditionally, Congress has been strongly pro-Israel, including both Republicans and Democrats. Recently, however, Democrats, especially in the House of … Continued
Arab America Stands Unified Murder and mayhem in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio within 24 hours of each hate-killing have once again wracked our souls in pain and sorrow. 31 killed and many wounded; these people are sacrificial victims of what is in the case of El Paso, most probably a white supremacist hate … Continued
His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph received the news of the most recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, on the heels of the shooting in Gilroy, California, while making pastoral visits to the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West. His Eminence strongly condemns these evil acts of violence against innocent people and … Continued
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