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Go topSOURCE: CHICAGO TRIBUNE BY: ZAK KOESKE An Arab American nonprofit has condemned a Republican Congressional candidate with a Nazi past for allegedly using the name and logo of its voter mobilization campaign without permission in an ad he placed this month in a local Arab American newspaper. The top of Arthur Jones’ ad, which appeared … Continued
By Kareem Rosshandler/Arab America Contributing Writer If it was once enough to remind us – as countless folk singers did – that al-‘ard btItkalam ‘arabi (the Land speaks Arabic) then much can be said about the distance between that reality and the laws now governing the land. With all the buzz surrounding Israel’s ‘Nation-State’ law passed … Continued
Gilgamesh–an early Sumerian king (around 2,800-2,500 BC) and one of many monarchs to arise over millennia in the Middle East By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Monarchies are almost as old as time. The idea of a royal personage arising to rule in the name of a deity is ageless. Arab monarchs rule in the name … Continued
Rep. Duncan Hunter (left) and Ammar Campa-Najjar The Arab American Institute (AAI), a non-partisan organization advocating on behalf of the Arab American community, is calling on the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) to condemn Duncan Hunter’s bigoted campaign against Arab American challenger Ammar Campa-Najjar. In a letter to RNC Chairwoman Ronna … Continued
By: Amy Hensler/Arab America Contributing Writer After the terror attacks on the World Trade Center during 9/11, security in the United States changed dramatically in order to protect our population from events like this from ever occurring again. Security policy after 9/11 changed by increasing government surveillance and creating stricter travel rules. With the rise … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE This month’s prize for dangerous moves and disingenuous press releases goes to the State Department for its October 18, 2018 notice, headlined “On the Merging of US Embassy Jerusalem and US Consulate General Jerusalem.” The release was a statement by Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announcing that the US Consulate in … Continued
PA president tells delegation of his ‘appreciation for their efforts to support the peace process within American society’ SOURCE: TIMES OF ISRAEL BY: ADAM RASGON AND TOI STAFF Amid a nadir in US-Palestinian relations, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met Wednesday with the leadership of the liberal Mideast policy group J Street at his headquarters in … Continued
SOURCE: NEWSWEEK BY: SEYED HUSSEIN MOUSAVIAN With the stated aim of containing “Iran’s malign behavior” and bringing “stability to the region,” the Trump administration has proposed a collective security pact tentatively known as “the Middle East Strategic Alliance” (MESA). The MESA would bring about the six countries from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) along with … Continued
By: Bishara A. Bhbah/Arab America Featured Columnist Unlike any other previous elections for the US Congress, the upcoming 2018 mid-term elections fields a record number of Arabs, Muslims, and candidates who identify as Jewish. In our definition of Arab, we include both Christian and Muslim Arabs. In our definition of Muslim, we include only Arabs … Continued
By: Amy Hensler/Arab America Contributing Writer It is commonly believed that throughout the history of the Arab world, women have experienced discrimination. The media and various Western attempts at “civilizing” the Arab world have created the idea that Arab women need saving. However, this view is orientalist in nature, and it ignores the work and … Continued
By: Alena Khan/Arab America Contributing Writer Recently there has been a lot of attention on the University of Michigan as their decision to discipline a professor for his actions has raised many questions and concerns for the institution as a whole. John Lippold, a professor at the University of Michigan (UM) had recently refused to … Continued
SOURCE: WAR IS BORING BY: JUAN COLE It’s hard today even to imagine that, in the late 1980s, the right-wing Christian Voice Magazine published a “candidate’s biblical scoreboard,” urging its readers to rate their politicians by how “biblically” they cast their ballots in Congress. One key measure of this — did that legislator support the … Continued
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