By: Arwa Almasaari / Arab America Contributing Writer Salom Rizk’s Syrian Yankee (1943) has largely been avoided in Arab American literary discussions, not only due to its assimilationist rhetoric but also because of its promotion of problematic views, such as anti-Arab racism and Islamophobic tropes. However, understanding Rizk’s personal history and the historical context in … Continued
By Arwa Almasaari / Arab America Contributing Writer The tragic events of September 11, 2001, led to a rise in Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism in the U.S. However, it is important to recognize that these attacks were not the beginning but rather one of several turning points in the history of discrimination against Arabs and … Continued
By Arwa Almasaari / Arab America Contributing Writer Arab American studies as a field owes much to the groundbreaking work of many pioneers. We are indebted to numerous professors, but for the scope of this work, we will focus on the lives and legacies of five pioneering Arab American scholars: Alixa Naff, Evelyn Shakir, Jack … Continued
Photo Credit: Wiki Commons By: Arwa Almasaari / Arab America Contributing Writer Kawkab America is widely recognized as the first Arabic newspaper, founded by members of the Greek Orthodox Church (Mehdi 5, 7). What is less commonly known is that this groundbreaking publication was bilingual, non-sectarian, and transnational. Its efforts to forge connections and promote … Continued
This is the fifty-second 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 fifty-second pathbreaker is Najla Said, a Palestinian American author, actress, playwright, and activist. Contributing writer, John Mason, writes about Najla, the daughter of noted postcolonial scholar and public intellectual Palestinian American Edward Said and of writer and activist, Lebanese American Mariam C. Said. Najla Said’s literary and academic work addresses racism, stereotyping, and social and economic inequality, focused on the challenges that face immigrant and second-generation Americans.
By: Menal Elmaliki / Arab America Contributing Writer How the Arabic Language is Represented in West Hollywood’s Persistence of Arab Stereotypes From the earliest Hollywood portrayal of Arabs, The Sheik (1921), to oriental’s interpretation of the East in Aladdin (2019), where you’re not sure whether its Indian, Arab or Persian, to America’s beloved t.v series … Continued
By: Malorie Lewis / Arab America Contributing Writer Dungeons and Dragons, or as it is commonly abbreviated D&D, was first published in 1974. What is D&D? Well, it is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG), created by Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax. A group of players come together to cooperatively build a story through improv, … Continued
SOURCE: ALJAZEERA BY: HAMID DABASHI The recent release of Dune: Part One (2021), an American science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve, has once again raised the vexing question of Hollywood mis/representation of Arabs, Muslims, and Islam. Film critics particularly from the Arab and Muslim world are up in arms and back on their hobbyhorse … Continued
By: Qaïs S. Ahmadī / Arab America Contributing Writer The loss of Arab culture in America is not only the concern of Arabs in this country. Anyone of MENA and SWANA heritage mourns and suffers the loss. At the heart of the matter is the semitic language of Arabic, which is spoken by Arabs and … Continued
The author analyzes the timing of the offensive on Gaza. There are still places in the world in which Muslims have been constant victims of ongoing war. They spend the holy month of Ramadan in conditions that the conservative media censors. Furthermore, the Eid festivals are celebrations that are observed in conflict. Humanity can longer neglect the Palestinian genocide and America has been an accomplice to Israel’s brutality for over half of a century.
By: Kat Chow Source: NPR Jack Shaheen, a researcher and writer who spent his life battling stereotypes of Arab-Americans and Muslims in pop culture, died Sunday in South Carolina. He was 81. One of Shaheen’s notable victories came in 1993, when he helped persuade Disney to change some original song lyrics in the movie Aladdin, on the grounds … Continued
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