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Go topSOURCE: HAARETZ Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday, the first such visit by an Arab leader since the start of the Syrian conflict, Syrian state media said. Syria President Bashar Assad welcomed him at the airport, official photos showed. Many Arab countries have shunned Assad since the conflict that … Continued
SOURCE: WASHINGTON REPORT BY: SHIRL McARTHUR After the November mid-term elections that swung control of the House from Republicans to Democrats, there will be seven Arab Americans in the House of Representatives, four Republicans and three Democrats, including two Muslim women, Somali-American Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). In addition, Arab-American Chris Sununu … Continued
American Herald Tribune Since the start of his presidential campaign in mid-2015, then-candidate Donald Trump presented scattered ideas on a variety of issues with no coherent strategy on what he would do if elected president. As a successful deal maker in the real estate business, he called his proposed solution to the sensitive Israeli-Palestinian conflict … Continued
SOURCE: GULF NEWS BY: SARAH DIAA Dubai: Egypt is expected to have the strongest economic growth in the Arab world in 2019, economists said on Wednesday, with World Bank forecasts pointing to a rate of between 5 and 6 per cent. Mahmoud Mohieldin, senior vice president of the World Bank Group, said Egypt’s economic growth … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY US supporters of Israel are in a bind: public opinion is changing; there are more actors publicly challenging Israel; and the crude, heavy-handed tactics they have successfully used in the past to silence criticism now only aggravate the situation. A few examples: A few weeks back, Airbnb … Continued
SOURCE: FOREIGN POLICY BY: SHIBLEY TELHAMI The firing of Professor Marc Lamont Hill as a CNN contributor after his speech at a United Nations event commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People has generated considerable debate about free speech that goes beyond the case itself—what is legitimate criticism of Israel, and what constitutes … Continued
By: Ivey Noojin/Arab America Contributing Writer In a time wrought with fear of the Arab World and the Islamic faith, many college students in the United States have decided to learn Arabic in spite. They are reacting to the harsh rhetoric of the current political climate in the opposite way it was intended. These college … Continued
By: Cait O’Connor/Arab America Contributing Writer Known as the “Voice of Palestine,” Mahmoud Darwish is one of the most beloved poets both within and beyond the Arab World. As a political activist and literary icon, he wrote prolifically and received enormous praise. His reading in Beirut in 2008, shortly before his death, drew a crowd … Continued
SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: CHEMI SHALEV 1. Spinelessness: Many Republicans know that Donald Trump is an erratic U.S. president who acts on impulse. They realize that he is corrupting U.S politics and inciting one American against the other. Some of them surely understand that even if one relies only on what is known, there are valid … Continued
By: Mohamed Mohamed/Arab America Contributing Writer Rashida Tlaib, Democrat-elect to the US House of Representative from Michigan’s 13th Congressional district, recently made history when she became the first Palestinian-American woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives. She also made history being the first Muslim woman Representative-Elect along with Ilhan Omar, the Somali-American … Continued
Nazareth in the Roman Period–during Jesus’ boyhood By: John Mason, Arab America Contributing Writer Nazareth is the largest Arab Palestinian city inside of Israel’s northern district, the Galilee. It is the childhood home of Jesus. This is why we know him as ‘Jesus of Nazareth.’ The city is known as the Arab Palestinian capital of … Continued
By: Kareem Rosshandler/Arab America Contributing Writer Two events this past week shook the impasse on public discussion of Palestine, Rand Paul’s defiant hold up of the Senate ‘United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act’ and Marc Lamont Hill’s bold UN speech for the world to support Palestinians in their struggle for freedom and human rights. Paul … Continued
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