Author Archives: Arab America

Over the past 2 years, Visualizing Palestine (VP) has harnessed visual storytelling to bring public attention to the daily injustices facing Palestinians, from demolition of homes to mothers forced to give birth at military checkpoints. VP wants to start 2014 by raising global awareness around two key issues. First, they’re targeting Israeli military detention. The world needs … Continued

After a new mayor takes office in New York City next year, schoolchildren could very well have an additional two days off in observance of Muslim holidays. Both mayoral candidates, Democrat Bill de Blasio and Republican Joe Lhota, say they support the idea. If such a measure were to come to pass, the New York … Continued

Prominent civil rights activist and Christian minister Jesse Jackson urged America’s Arab community on Wednesday to stand up and fight for their rights. “We are the new America,” said Jackson, speaking at the second annual banquet of the Arab-American Civil Rights League, according to U.S.-based daily Detroit Free Press. “Love yourself. Stand up and fight … Continued

Celebrating “A Decade of Funny,” the 10th Annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival will take place October 24th – October 27th. The annual weekend-long series will feature over 30 comedians over the four days and will mount six shows which will take place at two New York City locations. Founded by Maysoon Zayid and Dean … Continued

As more revelations come to light about the National Security Agency, we speak to civil rights attorney Abdeen Jabara, co-founder of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. He was involved in a groundbreaking court case in the 1970s that forced the NSA to acknowledge it had been spying on him since 1967. At the time of the … Continued

Speaking to hundreds of people in Livonia on Wednesday night, the Rev. Jesse Jackson slammed discrimination against Arab Americans, urging the community to stand up and fight for their rights. “We are the new America,” Jackson said at the second annual banquet of the Arab American Civil Rights League, a Canton-based group formed in 2011 … Continued

ANERA is pleased to announce the election of Joe Saba as chairman of its board of directors for a three-year term. Jean Newman Glock will serve as vice chair. The board also welcomes six new members who represent a range of experience and knowledge of the Middle East where ANERA provides humanitarian and development services. … Continued

Civil rights groups and members of Congress are pressing the Justice Department to renew its investigation of a 1985 office bombing that killed Palestinian-American civil rights leader Alex Odeh and injured seven people. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Jewish Voice for Peace and others have launched a … Continued

Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) joined Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.); Warren David, president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC); Ben Jealous, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; and Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director of the Jewish Voice for Peace, in calling for the Department of Justice to bring … Continued

There are some four million people calling themselves Arab Americans, and almost two thirds of them in the United States are Christians. That is a lot more than the number of Americans living in, say China or Japan, and both those countries have channels such as CNN International, BBC and CNBC broadcasting. With the upheaval … Continued

In light of the completion of its recent investigation of allegations against its former Michigan Director, Imad Hamad, the board of directors of The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is calling for community healing and unity in Michigan and pledges a renewed focus on its mission of protecting the civil rights and civil liberties of Arab … Continued

Earlier this year, Myrlie Evers-Williams spoke at the Mississippi house where she lived in 1963 — the very spot where her husband, NAACP leader Medgar Evers, was shot to death in his driveway. Ms. Evers-Williams asked the somber crowd to remember her husband as an activist who sacrificed his life for his work, and she … Continued