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Go topSOURCE: BBC NEWS The only Arab to be awarded Israel’s highest honour for saving Jews during the Nazi Holocaust has posthumously received his award. Egyptian doctor Mohamed Helmy hid a young Jewish woman and helped her family in Berlin, where he lived and had worked before World War Two. A descendant of Dr Helmy, who … Continued
SOURCE: BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE BY: PAULA KATINAS Linda Sarsour left her job as executive director of the Arab American Association of New York (AAANY) earlier this year to take on a larger role as a progressive activist on national issues, but she is returning to her roots next month for a special reason: She is … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY: JOSEPH BRAUDE At least 55 police were killed in a shootout during a raid on a militant hideout 80 miles from Cairo … Washington Post: “The militants, according to local media reports, belonged to Hasm, which Egypt’s security forces say is the armed wing of the Muslim Brotherhood.” … while a New York woman cheers the … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: SAEED SAEED Samuel Shimon left his native Iraq nearly four decades ago with the aim of reaching Hollywood in the hopes of becoming a filmmaker. Instead, he ended up in Paris and wrote a book. It was journey that took in Damascus, Amman, Beirut, Nicosia, Aden, Cairo, Tunis and the French … Continued
SOURCE: ARTNEWS BY ALEX GREENBERGER The Institute of Arab and Islamic Art in New York has added five artists, writers, and curators to its advisory committee. The committee is designed to help the IAIA develop its programming and overall creative vision. The advisory committee’s new members are Bidoun‘s senior editor, Negar Azimi; Omar Berrada, the director … Continued
By Habeeb Salloum/Contrubuting Writer “I hope that you will enjoy our fado. A good number of tourists rarely appreciate this authentic Portuguese type of singing.” Maria do Carmo Norqueria, a Portuguese tourist official, went on, waxing poetic about this most renowned of her country’s folkloric songs, ending with the words, “As for me, it … Continued
Women who wear headscarves are oppressed in male-dominated societies, according to popular belief in the West. While Rim Dawa says her home country of Syria is too patriarchal, the issue is not that simple. SOURCE: DW “You are oppressed!” That is the stereotype people in the West have about women in the Arab world. … Continued
By: Ani Karapetyan/Contributing Writer The term Arab American describes Arabs who are citizens or permanent residents in the U.S. Although Arab Americans are an integral part of American society, many in the mainstream are still confused about the Arab culture and their identity. In fact, there are numerous misunderstandings and misconceptions about Arab Americans. Below … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY BRIAN STONE Long beards? Dance music? Tea, coffee and nuts of 30 varieties to cure any ailment? Move over, hipsters – Dearborn’s Arab business owners are here to take the crown back. While Whole Foods and the upscale arugala-kale-bespoke-fresh-vegan-veggie insanity has hit it’s zenith in Metro Detroit, Dearborn, Mich. is seeing an explosion … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY OMAR EL AKKAD On 26 May, a white supremacist stabbed two people to death in my adopted hometown of Portland, Oregon. Ricky John Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche confronted their killer when they saw him shouting Islamophobic slurs at a pair of teenage girls on a city train. In response, he slashed their … Continued
SOURCE: STEP FEED BY LEYAL KHALIFE American University of Beirut graduates and undergraduates … listen up! QS – a higher education think tank – recently released its 2018 ranking, listing universities in order of graduate employability. When it comes to the Arab region, AUB ranked No.1 – meaning finding and getting a job is a bit less … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY JOSEPH BRAUDE As a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Task Force on Countering Terrorism and Ideology, I interviewed its co-chairman, Governor Tom Kean, as part of an effort to spread the message of the report to an Arab audience. It was published in Majalla, Saudi Arabia’s flagship news magazine, and included an open invitation … Continued
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