By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer While driving through the Algarve region of Portugal with my family, I stopped at a small restaurant in Albufeira. The city’s unmistakable Moorish imprint from the 500 years of Arab rule in Algarve was evident. Its Castelo de Almoàda, with its traces of Moorish architecture along with the surrounding lush countryside-first … Continued
By: Souria Dabbousi / Arab America Contributing Writer In 2022, Arabs achieved new heights in various fields, including space exploration, climbing the world’s tallest mountain, and dominating the entertainment industry. These female power listers are breaking down barriers in the boardroom and beyond. We are pleased to welcome 12 new members to the list this … Continued
By: Ahmed Abu Sultan/Arab America Contributing Writer Ever since the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe fell into a deep dark age, where ignorance and illiteracy prevailed. For the longest time, European dynasties struggled both externally and internally to press their claims as to the real rulers of Europe. However, with the passage of time, … Continued
By: Ahmed Abu Sultan/Arab America Contributing Writer Gaza, also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip. Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC, Gaza has been dominated by several different peoples and empires throughout its history. In Semitic languages, the meaning of the city name is fierce … Continued
By: Ahmed Abu Sultan/Arab America Contributing Writer Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-‘Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari, popularly known as Al-Zahrawi, was an Arab Andalusian physician, surgeon, and chemist. Considered to be the greatest surgeon of the Middle Ages, he has been described as the father of surgery. Al-Zahrawi’s principal work is the Kitab al-Tasrif, a … Continued
By: Ahmed Abu Sultan/Arab America Contributing Writer Ibn Sina is a polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, thinkers, and writers of the Islamic Golden Age, and the father of early modern medicine. Arguably the most influential philosopher of the pre-modern era, a Muslim Peripatetic philosopher influenced by … Continued
By: Grace Friar/Arab America Contributing Writer To the average listener, Arab music strikes an exotic and often disharmonious tone due to a difference in the structure and lack of popularity. Much of the music we hear today is based on Western European traditions of harmony, theory, and structure, but Arab music follows a distinct path … Continued
By: Colby Cyrus/Arab America Contributing Writer So much of America exists in the Arab world: from food chains to clothing stores, and car companies to banks, it is not difficult to find many traces of the United States in this part of the world. Yet, … Continued
By: Emily Becker/Arab America Contributing Writer Arabs and Muslims have long since lived in Germany but since the turmoil in the Middle East began in recent years, Germany has opened their borders to give asylum seekers home. This has created some tension and uneasiness among Germans who are unsure of how this influx of people … Continued
French students learning Arabic By: Yasmina Hage/ Arab America Contributing Writer In recent years, many Arab countries in the process of development have seen their citizens move to destinations with more resources, such as France. This immigration is strongly linked to the history that connects Arab countries to France, to the strong universities for students, … Continued
By Sadek Jawad Sulaiman Al-Hewar The Arabs are defined by their culture, not by race; and their culture is defined by its essential twin constituents of Arabism and Islam. To most of the Arabs, Islam is their indigenous religion; to all of the Arabs, Islam is their indigenous civilization. The Arab identity, as such, is … Continued
Al Jazeera Palermo, the capital of the Italian island of Sicily, at the heart of the Mediterranean, has been a crossroads between cultures for centuries and continues to do so today. Sicily is one of the southern-most points of Europe and the different conquerors and cultures which reigned there have all left a mark – … Continued
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