Author Archives: Arab America

Just recently, key members of Congress took action to obtain justice for Alex Odeh, by petitioning the House Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing and the Department of Justice to provide information on the FBI investigation. Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez and Congressman John Conyers, a ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, <a href=”http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aORaADcxPXUiRPtAI%2BgINrQmRVlr8Rvw”>wrote a letter … Continued

The movie, Detroit Unleaded, set and filmed in Detroit, has its Red Carpet Premiere next week at the Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit Film Theatre. In anticipation of the Premiere and Limited Theatrical Run, I got to talk to the stars of the movie, who are all originally from Detroit. I could have asked them … Continued

All of the women who worked in the national office of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) resigned this week in protest of the group’s recent dismissal of its national communications director after he spoke out against sexual harassment, according to current and former ADC members. The ADC also has put on probation its national president, … Continued

Detroit Unleaded will have its official theatrical release at the Detroit Film Theatre, November13th. – 19th. Director Rola Nashef’s charming romantic dramedy Detroit Unleaded opens theatrically in Detroit at the Detroit Film Theater on November 13th. Detroit Unleaded premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival where it won the Grolsch Film Works Discovery Award. … Continued

Coinciding with the seventieth anniversary of Lebanese independence on 22 November 2013, the George and Lisa Zakhem Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace at the University of Maryland is inaugurating The Charles Malik Annual Lecture on Human Rights. The establishment of the Malik Lecture is a prelude to the planned launch of a related … Continued

The National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC) will present its annual nonprofit leadership conference Quwa: Strengthening Nonprofit Leadership at the DoubleTree Hotel in Dearborn on Nov. 15-16, 2013. Quwa means strength or empowerment in Arabic. The conference will provide workshops on professional development, community networking, and renewal for leaders of Arab American organizations, such … Continued

Coachella Valley High School has everything you’d expect on a Southern California campus: palm trees, sunny walkways, outdoor lunch gazebos and a seemingly endless stream of chatty teenagers to soak it all in. What might catch you off guard, though, are its towering murals that depict scenes more likely to be found on the pages … Continued

The number of Arabs living in North America today is greater than ever. If you don’t believe this, notice the well-educated individuals from the Middle East or North Africa who’ve joined your company in the past five years. Or pay attention when you register for a hotel room or grab a taxi. Do you like … Continued

Twice in the course of the last month, the New York City Police Department has been forced to defend its Muslim surveillance program in court. Police documents show that at least since 2003, the NYPD’s Intelligence Division intensively monitored the daily lives of law-abiding American Muslims in the city and surrounding areas. The department’s argument … Continued

On Tuesday, October 22, Rasmieh Odeh, a Palestinian-American activist, was arrested by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at her home in Evergreen Park, Chicago. According to the FBI and DHS, she lied on her immigration documents. They say she omitted mention on her citizenship application of having served 10 years as a political prisoner … Continued

  The First Coast has one of the largest Arab American communities in the country. In today’s Voices of the First Coast interview, WJCT’s Melissa Ross speaks with Syrian American physician Dr. Yazan Khatib. In collaboration with the program Arab American Stories, which is airing on WJCT TV on Friday’s at 6:30 p.m., WJCT is … Continued

For Palestinians, the olive tree has a special significance. Perhaps more than anything else, it symbolizes their connection with the land, rooted in centuries of Palestine’s fertile soil and tended to by generation upon generation of Palestinian farmers. The autumn, which brings with it the olive harvest, is a highly anticipated and celebrated season for … Continued