With the intense challenges of the situation in Gaza, protecting humanity and attempts to achieve peace in the forefront of many minds, Arab America sought to receive insight from those presently working to diffuse the state of affairs with high-level discussions. One world leader who is striving to shift current talks toward building peace, no … Continued
While bombs rain down on Gaza, ANERA’s in-kind team managed to deliver two shipments of food parcels to Gaza families. The first shipment was distributed in Deir Al Balah, Gaza City, and Beit Lahia. The second went to the southern Khan Younis and Rafah areas. With help from the Bayader Society and other local partners, … Continued
Palestinian-American teen Tariq Abu Khdeir tells Chris Hayes about the moment his cousin disappeared in East Jerusalem before being burned alive in a revenge killing.
Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal points to the overwhelming bias in US media against the Palestinians, calling NBC to account for having tried to remove an Arab-American reporter from Gaza after he reported the Israeli navy’s deliberate killing of children on the beach. She also points to the stranglehold the American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobby … Continued
The most important thing to understand about Iraq today is also the hardest. The country has fallen once more into civil war, a recurrence of the civil war of 2006-2008. In 2007-2008, the United States committed tremendous military and economic resources to pull Iraq out of that first instance of civil war. This time around, … Continued
Some Muslims in Brooklyn are feeling a backlash from the unrest in the Middle East. The NYPD’s Hate Crime Unit is investigating several incidents, including racial slurs and even eggs being thrown at worshippers wearing traditional Muslim clothing. Muslim worshipers gathered for Ramadan prayers after sundown Monday night. Some will pray until sunrise. But as … Continued
Tonight an Illinois College student from Gaza is worried for the safety of her family. The sophomore lived through two wars growing up in Palestine. Now safe in the United States, she can’t stop thinking about her family as they fight to survive another round of conflict between Israel and Palestine. The day after Fatima … Continued
Gazan singer Mohammed Assaf released his latest song “Raise Your Head High” on Thursday in solidarity with his home country of Palestine while it is under attack. The song had almost half a million views on YouTube only two days after its release. Amid the ongoing Israeli attack on Gaza, Palestinian singer and 2013 Arab … Continued
Dr. Lisa Rosenberg was removed from JFK-bound flight in Florida after accusing woman of being ‘a Palestinian murderer,’ according to internal JetBlue documents, reports say. The doctor also allegedly accused the woman of having explosives in her luggage. A Jewish New York doctor was thrown off a JetBlue flight bound for JFK after she ranted … Continued
Eric Thompson said among the first challenges in his Arab immersion class was learning the Arabic word for “yes.” To the Arnold resident, it sounded a lot like the English word, “no.” “So when teachers are congratulating you, you’re saying, ‘Oh, I have messed up,’” said the 17-year old, who is among dozens of foreign … Continued
NEW YORK CITY FC – it is a name that has been doing the rounds in footballing circles over the past year. A team that will scheduled to start playing only in 2015 was getting a share of the headlines two years prior to that. Not all new clubs begin in such a manner. But … Continued
For the first time in nearly 2000 years, there are virtually no Christians in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. The community is reported to have fled en masse after the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) of radical fundamentalists warned them that they faced the choice of converting to Islam, paying a poll tax, fleeing … Continued
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