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Grassroots Efforts Help Houston’s Arab Studies Programs Thrive

March 22, 2019

By Ani Karapetyan

SOURCE: HOUSTON CHRONICLE BY: MASSARAH MIKATI Houston’s higher education landscape is uniquely fertile ground for Arab studies. Houston is the only U.S. city with two endowed chairs — at Rice University and the University of Houston — in modern Arab history and studies. And this month, UH announced the completed fundraising and imminent launch of … Continued

In Houston, a healing festival for deeply divided Lebanon

April 4, 2017

By Arab America

By Margaret Kadifa Houston Chronicle I could hear the music three blocks away. The same warbling strains of Arabic played in Beirut taxi cabs or sung at clifftop weddings along Lebanon’s coast. Only this time, the music came from a stage at Jones Plaza, played by a live band to a crowd of dancers ranging … Continued

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