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Go topThe American Civil Liberties Union, New York Civil Liberties Union, and Arnold & Porter filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of immigrants’ rights groups challenging the Trump administration’s plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The groups charge that Trump’s order intentionally discriminates against immigrants and thwarts the constitutional mandate to … Continued
By: Manal Itraish/Arab America Contributing Writer The crowd cheered loudly when a band of ambitious Code Pink activists, led by Tighe Barry, unfurled a huge Palestinian flag from the roof of a parking lot (see picture below) overlooking the Plaza at Tysons Corner Center, a teeming shopping mall in the suburbs of Washington DC. These … Continued
By: Bishara A. Bahbah/Arab America Featured Columnist Strategic thinking requires the weaker party to think of ingenious ways to overcome the strengths of their stronger party. Those ways might appear on the surface of it to be simple and logical. Thus, when one is faced with an adversary who is by far more superior in … Continued
By: Alena Khan/Arab America Contributing Writer The misconceptions and challenges that nearly all Muslim-Americans face in their daily lives affect you no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Whether you’re a student or a professional, as an Arab or Muslim-American, you’re constantly subjected to defend yourself against the bias around Muslims and Arabs … Continued
By: Michael Springmann/Arab America Contributing Writer Introduction. Following a surprise invitation to attend an all-expenses-paid trip to the 6th International New Horizon Conference (about al-Quds, i.e. Jerusalem), I arrived in Mashhad, Iran on May 11, 2018. From the 12th to the 14th, the conference covered an extremely broad range of subjects, such as U.S. … Continued
By: Haya Bacharouch, Arab America Ambassador/Blogger The Arab America Ambassador Network represents an effort to connect Arab and non-Arab communities through collaborative efforts while amplifying Arab America’s effectiveness as a resource that offers accurate information on Arab Americans and the Arab World. Through their writing and research, AAA ’s have reached thousands of readers and … Continued
By: Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer BDS supporters of a boycott against Israel were jubilant on social media yesterday as it was announced that pop superstar, Shakira, will not sing in Israel this summer. Lebanese over the top hitmaker, Shakira, faced a dilemma; Is it righteous to perform in Israel or not? The news about her show … Continued
By: Alena Khan/Arab America Contributing Writer Just a few days ago a bill was introduced to Congress that challenges our First Amendment protected right of free speech. The bicameral bill known as the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018 aims to restrict criticism of Israel and pro-Palestinian advocacy. The bill sparks up a lot of controversies … Continued
By: Udochi Esomonu/Arab America Contributing Writer On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, New Jersey’s third largest city, Paterson, elected its first Arab mayor ever named, Andre Sayegh. Sayegh is a child of immigrants from Lebanon and Syria, thus making him a man of Lebanese and Syrian descent. He was born, raised, and currently resides in the city … Continued
By: Bishara Bahbah/Arab America Featured Columnist May 14, 2018, will go down in history as an infamous day that witnessed the United States opening of its embassy in Jerusalem thus recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the city. The move represents the US flaunting of international law, multiple UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions that the … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer The first time that I tasted musakhkhan, the king of Palestinian cuisine, was in the early 1960s in Jerusalem that part of Palestine that was a part of Jordan. We had traveled to the most magnificent city to visit Ahmad, a family friend in Toronto, Canada. The morning after … Continued
By: Mike Enayah/Arab America Ambassador Blogger Nakba means “catastrophe” in Arabic; Al Nakba means “The Catastrophe.” Palestinians’ life is marred with many catastrophes, and in the Palestinian lexicon, they refer to May 15th, 1948 as Al Nakba, the day that “Israel” declared its creation on Palestinian land. Although Al Nakba marks the biggest catastrophe that … Continued
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