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Go topSOURCE: THE NEW YORKER BY: YASMINE AL-SAYYAD When one first sees the promotional imagery for Netflix’s newest Arabic series, “AlRawabi School for Girls,” which shows two girls in pink button-ups glaring at each other in a pink-tiled bathroom, one expects a teen-age drama with teen-age consequences. And yet the series, which is set at a … Continued
OMAR KAMAL Monday, October 18, 2021 The Appel Room–7 pm Jazz at Lincoln Center Omar Kamal has a voice that transcends borders and decades. Kamal’s honest, pure power and capacity for connection is the same genius that has defined the careers of the greatest singing legends – influences felt in his eclectic catalog and captivating performances from Sinatra’s jazz … Continued
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By: Blanche Shaheen / Arab America Contributing Writer While Arab food and Indian food have distinct differences, their ancient past reveals a common thread shared by their love of spices. According to historical texts, both India and the Arab world shared a love for spices for cooking, food preservation, medical purposes, and even ointments and … Continued
By: Bishara A. Bahbah / Arab America Featured Columnist The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is a time period to evaluate whether the United States’ reactions and policies to the rare attacks on U.S. soil were effective and what lessons it should have learned. Having emerged, a decade earlier, as the sole superpower following the collapse … Continued
By: Omar Mansour / Arab America Contributing Writer Yale University is the third-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, established 320 years ago in 1701. Part of a select group of private, mostly out of reach institutions for many, one might be inclined to gamble on Yale having had at least a single … Continued
By: Lyric Ludwig/ Arab America Contributing Writer Middle Eastern fashion and clothing are often subject to stereotypes throughout various forms of media. In movies and TV especially, Arabs and Muslim people in general are often depicted in the same manner, with men wearing long white tunics and banded head scarves, and women being extensively covered … Continued
SOURCE: AL-FANAR MEDIA BY: AYAR JAHCHAN When it comes to humor, Arabs don’t shy away from joking about themselves. But Arab women comedians still face barriers to a film or stage career. This year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe again welcomed women of Arab heritage hoping to make waves on the stand-up comedy scene. The program in August included … Continued
By: Waverly Nohr/ Arab America contributing writer The ancient Egyptians were notorious for making a candle-like product, known as rushlights. The Romans and Egyptians first made rushlights out of animal tallow-soaked reeds. The modern candle has evolved when the Romans started to use papyrus to create a wick more similar to the kind we have today. From animal tallow, the wick … Continued
By: Lyric Ludwig/ Arab America Contributing Writer Reigning from 260 to 272 CE as Queen, Zenobia is well known in the Arab world and by people in general for being one of many influential women rulers and generals of antiquity, alongside the likes of Cleopatra or the lesser known Mavia of the Tanukhid tribe. However, … Continued
By: Christian Jimenez/Arab America Contributing Writer Today Egypt is the largest country in the Arab World, and besides some minority religions such as the Copts, most of the country follows the Sunni branch of the Islamic faith. However, this fact was not always the case as Egypt was once controlled for centuries by the Romans … Continued
By Waverly Nohr/ Arab America Contributing Writer It is without fail that anytime a large event is held that requires innovative, elegant, and eye-catching gowns, Zuhair Murad will have dressed at least a handful of the women there. The Lebanese fashion designer has made quite an imprint on the world of fashion and couture in … Continued
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