By: Joanna Sawtari / Arab America Contributing Writer The writer’s strike has been an ongoing issue for weeks, with protests spanning all over Los Angeles demanding better pay. It has impacted many aspects of the entertainment industry. From shutting down the production of movies and TV shows to barring actors from promoting their work. Arab … Continued
By Alison Norquist / Arab America Contributing Writer Women, of course, have been around since the beginning. Without women, humans would cease to exist. Everything about them was created to give and sustain life. To nurture. But women are more than just mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters. They are the strong foundation upon which civilization … Continued
By: Anthony Bayyouk / Arab America Contributing Writer Introduction: Did you know about the amount of Arab-Americans in the production and film industry? The Middle East has a long history of entertainment from the Egyptian singer-songwriter umm Kulthum to the current Lebanese singer Fairuz. There has never been a dull moment in Middle East entertainment. … Continued
By Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer This month we praise Arab American women and their contributions in different facets of life. Arab American women are passionate about their families, careers and social environments. Their drive makes them excellent communicators and storytellers. We picked talented writers whose work reflects on their Arab past and roots, as … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: SAEED SAEED Samuel Shimon left his native Iraq nearly four decades ago with the aim of reaching Hollywood in the hopes of becoming a filmmaker. Instead, he ended up in Paris and wrote a book. It was journey that took in Damascus, Amman, Beirut, Nicosia, Aden, Cairo, Tunis and the French … Continued
Photo by Nina Subin BY: LINCOLN MICHEL SOURCE: VICE Osama Alomar’s ‘The Teeth of the Comb’ is a surreal story collection about human dignity in the face of hatred and absurdity. Osama Alomar is, in many ways, living the dream he’d had since he was a teenager. In April, the Syrian-born author published his second … Continued
photo: Susan Abulhawa By: Miriam Abdollahi Source: Qantara.de With ″Mornings in Jenin″ and ″The Blue Between Sky and Water″, Palestinian American writer Susan Abulhawa has had two bestsellers in Germany. She writes about misery and trauma, love and the Palestinians′ joie de vivre. In interview with Miriam Abdollahi, she talks about the way literature is … Continued
BY: STEVE INSKEEP Source: NPR- Morning Edition At the very start of Hala Alyan’s novel Salt Houses, a woman buys a coffee set — a dozen cups, a coffee pot, a tray. It’s a simple act that unexpectedly becomes painful. The woman is Palestinian — part of a family displaced after the founding of Israel … Continued
By ASHARQ AL-AWSAT The English translation of Lebanese-American writer Ameen Rihani’s letters along with some selections of the letters he had received from authors have been published in New York. The book included letters he wrote to writers like Khalil Mutran, Naoum Moukarzel, Gibran Khalil Gibran, Mikhail Nuaimi, and many others. The book also featured … Continued
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