By: Norah Soufraji/ Arab America Contributing Writer The poet Warsan Shire once wrote, “No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark”. Countless testimonials from refugees who risk the deadly crossing from the Middle East and North Africa in hopes of reaching Europe, echo these sentiments. The gravity of the refugee and … Continued
Arab Americans have been heading to Florida for years, in part to avoid the north’s cold winters. Eventually they began to move there permanently, based in part on job opportunities. During pandemic times, however, such moves to the South, especially Florida, seemed to be linked to the need to be closer to family. Contributing writer, John Mason, tells the story of Arab American snowbirds.
Recent comments by the Archbishop of Canterbury point to the disparities between Arab Christians living in the Holy Land and those living in Israel proper. Contributing writer, John Mason, points to a semantic issue that has arisen between Israeli census counters and Christian leaders that clouds the issue of how many Christians are leaving the Holy Land to greener pastures. Christian Arabs being forced from East Jerusalem is yet another disparity.
By: Khelil Bouarrouj/Arab America Contributing Writer One of the burdens of modern Palestinian life is the denial of the right to a sedentary life. Ever since the Nakba, Palestinian life has been interminably in motion from one expulsion to another, one crisis to another, one tragedy to another. But it is not just the people … Continued
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