Author Archives: Arab America

Mr. Hashim Hani Shawa, President and Chairman of the Board, Bank of Palestine, will receive the 2014 HCEF (Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation) Corporate Social Responsibility Award on Friday, October 17, 2014 at the HCEF Awards Banquet, held in conjunction with the16th International Conference, Friday and Saturday, October 17-18, 2014. Mr. Shawa is a successful … Continued

Dear George, Congratulations. Mabrook. You’re marrying Amal Alamuddin, an international award-winning barrister (for us Americans, “barrister” means lawyer, but I wrote “barrister” because it just sounds so much cooler). And on top of that, she is one of us. You hit the jackpot. CNN has called her “discreet.” It looks like you found the only … Continued

ACC is proud to announce that its 12th Annual Scholarship Awards Program is now accepting applications. ACC’s Scholarship Awards Program is available once a year to graduating high school seniors. Education is a fundamental part of a youth’s social and personal development. ACC’s Scholarship Award Program financially assists graduating high school students as they pursue … Continued

If there’s no two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict soon, Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state,” Secretary of State John Kerry told a room of influential world leaders in a closed-door meeting Friday. Senior American officials have rarely, if ever, used the term “apartheid” in reference to Israel, and President Obama has previously rejected the … Continued

The US secretary of state, John Kerry, has apologised for warning that Israel risked becoming an “apartheid state” if it did not reach a peace deal with the Palestinians, following a barrage of criticism in America. In a statement, Kerry hit back at what he described as “partisan political” attacks against him, while stating that … Continued

As The Post’s Anne Gearan reported Saturday, Israel has long hoped to be added to a list of countries that get special consideration for visas to enter the United States. However, there’s a problem: The alleged mistreatment of Arab Americans at the Israeli border. It’s a snag that Israeli officials and their U.S. allies hoping … Continued

George Clooney’s bachelorhood used to be one of the few things you could count on in Hollywood. Not so much anymore. People and US Weekly are reporting that the the Oscar winner, 52, is engaged to British human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin, 36, whom he began dating last fall. They’ve been spotted together in London, … Continued

The international reality TV show “Your Face Sounds Familiar” which has been hugely successful in countries including the United Kingdom and Spain debuted this Saturday on MBC. Similar to the global format, “Your Face Sounds Familiar” or Shaklak Mish Ghareeb will see some of the Arab world’s famous faces impersonate the region’s biggest stars. Every … Continued

Past the towering tridents that survived the World Trade Center collapse, adjacent to a gallery with photographs of the 19 hijackers, a brief film at the soon-to-open National September 11 Memorial Museum will seek to explain to visitors the historical roots of the attacks. The film, “The Rise of Al Qaeda,” refers to the terrorists … Continued

Four Muslim men have launched a legal case in the US to have their names taken off a no-fly list, which they say was used to force them to become FBI informants. One of the men, Naveed Shinwari, claims he was banned from flying in the US after he returned from Afghanistan, where he got … Continued

The faltering Middle East peace process was thrown into further jeopardy on Wednesday, with Israel and the United States harshly condemning a new deal announced by feuding Palestinian factions, including the militant group Hamas, to repair their seven-year rift. Israel canceled a negotiating session scheduled for Wednesday night shortly after leaders of the Palestine Liberation … Continued

The National U.S. – Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) participated in two green economy events in Dubai last week, the 16th Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) and the World Green Economy Summit (WGES), the first gathering of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The two events, part of … Continued