As the war rages on Gaza, Palestinian American activists told The Arab American News about the severity of the humanitarian situation, urging the community to organize and mobilize for the Palestinian cause. Political science professor Abdelhamid Siyam, who writes for the Arabic daily al-Quds al-Arabi and teaches at Rutgers University in New Jersey, spoke to … Continued
One of the few regrets I have in not being a member of the 113th US Congress is that I was not present in the House chambers to oppose H.Res.657, which passed by a voice vote, supporting Israel without mentioning the Palestinians. Congress missed a huge opportunity to stand for peace in the Middle East, … Continued
Kinnan Dowie, 12, lives the life of most average boys his age. Active and well rounded, he loves sports, especially soccer; he is on a swim team; plays the piano; and enjoys acting. He is proud of his Australian and Syrian roots, and has also taken up studying Arabic. But there is something significantly striking … Continued
The Western media’s obsession with Middle Eastern conflict has made it easy for American audiences to mistake war and crisis as components of Arab identity. But if there’s anything that the New Museum’s newest exhibition, “Here and Elsewhere,” works to dispel, it’s the fallacy that any single portrayal can summarize the many cultural landscapes around … Continued
A Palestinian-American woman charged with immigration fraud for failing to disclose she spent nearly 10 years in an Israeli prison after being convicted of a pair of bombings in Jerusalem almost half a century ago is asking that the judge assigned to the fraud case recuse himself because of his activism on behalf of the … Continued
Dwight Howard, the star center on the Houston Rockets, one of two NBA teams with an Israeli player, briefly waded into the digital discourse on the ongoing battle between Israel and Hamas. He then very quickly jumped out. The offending (depending on your take) tweet came late on Saturday afternoon, reportedly in response to a … Continued
David Ayyash, owner of Chickpea in the D in downtown Detroit, appears on WOTV 4 “Live in the D” to promote his business. With the two hosts, Ayyash gives a live demonstration on how to make the perfect homemade hummus.
Muslim-American leaders said Friday that a new poll showing the community’s sky-high approval rating of President Barack Obama stems partly from its disdain for the Republican party. “I think [Muslim-Americans] see the president sympathetically, but they also see his opponents to be, for lack of a better term, just damn awful,” said James Zogby, the … Continued
A central premise of US media coverage of the Israeli attack on Gaza – beyond the claim that Israel is justifiably “defending itself” – is that this is some endless conflict between two foreign entitles, and Americans can simply sit by helplessly and lament the tragedy of it all. The reality is precisely the opposite: … Continued
Even before the deaths of the three Israeli settlers were confirmed, an Israeli military operation had begun in the West Bank. It was then, with a bookbag on my back and a rip in my jeans, that I crossed the Jordan River on a bus and arrived in Jericho after almost thirty six hours of … Continued
Michigan Radio is launching M I Curious – a news experiment where we investigate questions submitted by the public about our state and its people. Our first installment of M I Curious originated with Jeff Duncan, a firefighter from Sterling Heights. He submitted this question: Why is there such a large Arab American community in … Continued
It might seem like we just had a Census, but the government is already gearing up for 2020 because planning a Census is serious business. It doesn’t just involve training thousands of temporary workers, printing millions of forms, and preparing to process a considerable volume of data. The Census Bureau also has to think about … Continued
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