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Rewriting the Music Playbook: Harget Kart’s Art of Fusion

By: Yara Marei / Arab America Contributing Writer Imagine a band that takes the ordinary, lights it on fire, and from the ashes creates something extraordinary. This is Harget Kart—a name that, in the Arabic Jordanian dialect, means “to burn a photo card.” Just as their name suggests, Harget Kart has set the conventional boundaries … Continued

Chickpeas and Checkpoints: Hummus in the Shadow of Arab-Israeli War

By: Yara Marei / Arab America Contributing Writer Food has a unique way of bringing people together, and celebrating it will make you enjoy your meal and feel grateful to receive grandma’s recipes generation after generation. So can you imagine that this great moment of grace and pleasure can be easily stolen, just like the … Continued

Yalla Bye: Why Does It Take so Long To Say ‘Bye’ at Arab Gatherings?

By: Sara Tawfik/Arab America Contributing Writer We’ve all been there sometime in our childhood — our parents are talking to their friends at any social gathering and we wait around for them to finish saying goodbye, which usually takes around two hours. Arab gatherings usually consist of really big dinners, after-dinner conversations, platters of fruit, … Continued

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