By: Uffe Gjerding / Arab America Contributing Writer Arab America contributing writer, Uffe Gjerding, explores Denmark’s crucial role in advocating for peace and international law amidst the ongoing war in Gaza. With a forthcoming seat on the UN Security Council and an upcoming EU chairmanship, Denmark will have a unique opportunity to make a meaningful … Continued
By: Arwa Almasaari / Arab America Contributing Writer As the 2024 presidential election draws near, it’s more important than ever for the Arab American community to make their voices heard. The message of Salom Rizk, a mid-20th-century Arab American author, remains strikingly relevant today—particularly in discussions around immigration and civic duty. In his 1943 autobiography, … Continued
By: Liam Nagle / Arab America Contributing Writer Like many colonial constructs in the Middle East, the border between Israel and Lebanon is relatively new. Created to separate portions of the British and French mandates, this territory has almost always been a battleground between Israeli forces and guerrilla groups. With tensions between Israel and the … Continued
By: Arwa Almasaari / Arab America Contributing Writer In a world where visual records of daily life in 19th Century Greater Syria (or Bilad al-Sham) are scarce, autobiographical accounts become indispensable for understanding the period. Abraham Mitrie Rihbany’s A Far Journey stands out as a pioneering work in this context, being the first Arab American … Continued
This is the forty-third of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Our forty-third pathbreaker, Anthony (Tony) Shalhoub, was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin on October 19, 1953. His father was an immigrant from Lebanon, while his mother was Lebanese American. Contributing writer, John Mason, describes how the family was raised in the Lebanese Maronite (Christian) faith. Tony was a budding actor by the sixth grade and from there he rose to stratospheric fame on both screen and stage.
As we move into the Holy Week of Easter and the Jewish celebration of Passover, it is timely to ponder Jesus’ place in the geography and history of the Holy Land. John Mason, contributing writer, wonders with us that if Jesus were alive today, he would probably want to shed a light on injustice, resist authority, defend the oppressed and poor, and, generally, raise some Cain. But that is a philosophical, religious cut at how the expected Christ figure might act. History, ethnicity, language, religion, and politics would have circumscribed Jesus’ behavior in ways we can’t know. But we can suggest how these might have shaped our perception of the historical Jesus.
By: Sophia Segal/Arab America Contributing Writer The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been an issue for many decades. Israel is the world’s only Jewish state. Palestinians are the Arabs that hail from the land that Israel now controls, although some refer to the land as Palestine. The Palestinians want to establish the state of Palestine on the … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES BY: JONATHAN WEISMAN The events of the past year brought American and Israeli Jews ever closer to a breaking point. President Trump, beloved in Israel and decidedly unloved by a majority of American Jews, moved the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May, with the fiery evangelical … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: OLIVER HOLMES Israel is in the throes of political upheaval as the country’s ruling party seeks to pass legislation that could allow for Jewish-only communities, which critics have condemned as the end of a democratic state. For the past half-decade, politicians have been wrangling over the details of the bill that … Continued
SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST BY: DIMA ABUMARIA/THE MEDIA LINE An opinion piece published in the Israeli daily Haaretz has publicly articulated what many have expressed privately: that it is problematic that the Trump administration peacemaking team is comprised of “American Jews” who are “committed right-wing Zionists.” Referring to Jared Kushner, Jason Greenblatt and Ambassador David … Continued
SOURCE: ALJAZEERA BY: ALI YOUNES Israel’s Knesset disqualified a bill that called for all citizens to be treated equally, rejecting the argument it must recognise the rights of its Arab minority as equal to the Jewish majority. The text of the bill stated its objective was “to anchor in constitutional law the principle of equal … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: BEN LYNFIELD Relations between Jewish Israelis and citizens of the Arab minority are plummeting, with each side losing faith in coexistence and becoming less tolerant of the other, according to a key survey. The latest poll overseen by Haifa University sociologist Sammy Smooha, who has chronicled the attitudes of Israeli Arabs … Continued
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