By Mehdi El Merini / Arab America Contributing Writer Thanksgiving is a cherished time for reflection, gratitude, and togetherness. For Arab Americans, it offers a unique opportunity to celebrate the values of family and hospitality while blending cultural traditions from both sides of the Atlantic. This year, however, as we gather around tables filled with … Continued
By: Nissrine Bedda / Arab America Contributing Writer While many Western countries align with the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, often appearing to act in support of Zionist agendas, the nations of Latin America show strong solidarity with the Palestinian people. This connection goes beyond political alliances and reflects a shared history and … Continued
By Mehdi El Merini / Arab America Contributing Writer “Men in the Sun” is a novella written by Palestinian author Ghassan Kanafani in 1962. It stands as one of the most significant works of Arabic literature, capturing the despair, struggle, and ultimate tragedy faced by Palestinian refugees. The book tells the story of three Palestinian … Continued
By: Leyelle Mosallam / Arab America Contributing Writer Palestinian embroidery, known as “tatreez” in Arabic, is a unique style of stitching for the purpose of designing traditional Palestinian abayas, thobes, and keffiyehs. In an effort to protect the Palestinian identity, heritage, and history, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added traditional Palestinian … Continued
By: Qaïs S. Ahmadī / Arab America Contributing Writer “Edward Said is one of America’s most distinguished literary scholars and critics. He is an exile in the very particular sense that the country in which he was born, spent his childhood, no longer exists.” Exiles (1986 BBC Documentary) Exiled This quote is from the 1986 … Continued
By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer With the Biden-Harris victory, Arab Americans, Palestinians, and Muslims around the world can be proud to be seen in a totally new perspective in this post-Trump era, مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰ. The Biden-Harris campaign has been very sensitive to issues confronting Arabs, Palestinians, and Muslims worldwide. Our new leaders have … Continued
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY: NOURA ERAKAT Noura Erakat is a Palestinian American human rights attorney and assistant professor at George Mason University. She is the author of “Justice for Some: Law as Politics in the Question of Palestine,” which will be published next year by Stanford University Press. The Trump administration’s decision to end … Continued
Cuts to UNRWA will mean refugee children have less access to education. Cuts to an East Jerusalem hospital will mean less treatment. Why? Why go out of his way like that? SOURCE: DAILY BEAST BY: DEAN OBEIDALLAH Cruel. To me, that one word best sums up Donald Trump. We’ve seen Trump’s cruelty on display time … Continued
SOURCE: HAARETZ Kushner raised the issue with Jordanian officials during a visit to Amman, Foreign Policy reports ■ Move appears to be part of broader effort to halt UNRWA, which Kushner allegedly called ‘corrupt and inefficient’ Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, has reportedly pressured Jordan to strip the refugee status … Continued
SOURCE: TAMPA BAY TIMES CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is asking Arab nations for funds after the Trump administration cut tens of millions of dollars of aid money. UNRWA’s chief, Pierre Krähenbühl, spoke to an Arab League meeting of foreign ministers Thursday in Cairo, saying the U.S. cut “is the most … Continued
By Dr. Swee Chai Ang/Contributing Writer This September will be the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Sabra-Shatila Massacre in West Beirut. Three thousand unarmed refugees were killed from 15-18 September 1982. I was then a young orthopedic trainee who had resigned from St Thomas Hospital to join the Christian Aid Lebanon medical team to help those … Continued
By: Ani Karapetyan/Contributing Writer No one knows about the value of the Hope Fund than AMIDEAST president Ted Kattouf, a former U.S. Ambassador. “Hope Fund scholars provide some of the best stories about Palestinian youth which almost no one is familiar.” he says. The Hope Fund program is producing some of the next generation of … Continued
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