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The Baghdad Pact: NATO of the Middle East?

By Liam Nagle / Arab America Contributing Writer During the Cold War that took place in the aftermath of the Second World War, many countries around the world had to pick sides between the two contenders – the United States and the Soviet Union. The Arab world was no exception, with Arab Nationalist movements often … Continued

Arab America Announces Spring 2025 Virtual Internship Opportunities

Arab America, the leading provider of digital media regarding the Arab and Arab American identity, announces Spring 2025 virtual internship opportunities. Application Deadline: Open until all positions are filled. Term: 4 Months–Beginning December/January (Flexible) Responsibilities: Interns selected will be asked to focus on four or more of the following areas: *Applicants with marketing and digital … Continued

Voices in the Shadows: The Political Influence of Religious and Ethnic Minorities in the Arab World

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons By: Rania Basria / Arab America Contributing Writer In the Arab world, a diverse tapestry of cultures, languages, and faiths coexist with the dominant Arab identity. Religious and ethnic minorities, including Christians, Druze, Kurds, and Berbers, have made major political, social, and economic contributions, influencing the region’s past and future. Arab … Continued

The Danish Muslim Who Defended Libya

By: Mehdi El Merini / Arab America Contributing Writer Knud Holmboe was a Danish journalist, author, and explorer whose life journey took him from the Lutheran faith of his upbringing to Islam and led him across the deserts of North Africa. His travels, especially his eye-opening experience in Libya during the brutal Italian occupation, became … Continued

Arab America Announces Fall 2024 Internship Opportunities

Arab America, the leading provider of digital media regarding the Arab and Arab American identity, announces Fall 2024 internship opportunities. Application Deadline: Open until all positions are filled. Term: 4 Months–Beginning August/September (Flexible) Responsibilities: Interns selected will be asked to focus on four or more of the following areas: *Applicants with marketing and digital communications … Continued

 The Return Review: Grief Has No Due Date 

By: María Teresa Fidalgo-Azize/ Arab America Contributing Writer Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons, And The Land In Between Joseph Brodsky was right. So was Nabokov and Conrad. They were artists who never returned. Each had tried, in his own way, to cure himself of his country. What you have left behind is dissolved. Return … Continued

Arab America Announces Summer 2024 Internship Opportunities

Arab America, the leading provider of digital media regarding the Arab and Arab American identity, announces Summer 2024 internship/externship opportunities. Application Deadline: Open until all positions are filled. Term: 4 Months–Beginning May (Flexible) Responsibilities: Interns selected will be asked to focus on four or more of the following areas: *Applicants with marketing and digital communications … Continued

Pathbreakers of Arab America—Leila Fadel

This is the thirty-fourth 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 thirty-fourth pathbreaker is Leila Fadel, who was born in Lebanon in 1981 and grew up there and in Saudi Arabia. Educated in journalism in the U.S., Fadel has held many prestigious reporting and anchor positions, most in Arab countries or in the context of Middle East news. Contributing writer, John Mason, reports that Leila is presently a co-host of the NPR show, “Morning Edition.” She has received numerous rewards for her journalism and is presently involved in reporting about the Hamas-Israel war.

Arab America Announces Spring 2024 Internship Opportunities

Arab America, the leading provider of digital media regarding the Arab and Arab American identity, announces Spring 2024 internship/externship opportunities. Application Deadline: Open until all positions are filled. Term: 4 Months–Beginning December (Flexible) Responsibilities: Interns selected will be asked to focus on four or more of the following areas: *Applicants with marketing and digital communications … Continued

Etymological Exploration: The Indigenous Language of North Africa, Tamazight

By: Maryem Bouatlaoui / Arab America Contributing Writer Tamazight Language  Tamazight derives from the Afroasiatic language family, indigenous to the North African region. Over 14 million people in Morocco and nearly 7 million people in Algeria natively speak Tamazight, as do minor populations in Libya, Tunisia, northern Mali, western and northern Niger, northern Burkina Faso … Continued

Cultural Wear in the Arab World

By: Yaara Aleissa / Arab America Contributing Writer A sense of identity The Arab world comprises 22 countries. Divided into four regions: the Levant, the Gulf, North Africa, and Sudan. Each country identifies itself with a unique sense of style. The differences in each country’s form of dress influenced by factors such as weather, traditional … Continued

Arab America Announces Fall 2023 Internship Opportunities

Arab America, the leading provider of digital media regarding the Arab and Arab American identity, announces Fall 2023 internship/externship opportunities. Application Deadline: Open until all positions are filled. Term: 4 Months–Beginning August/September to December (Flexible) Responsibilities: Interns selected will be asked to focus on four or more of the following areas: Writing content on the … Continued

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