Author Archives: Arab America

A US Muslim alleges he was held illegally for 106 days by FBI agents and was subjected to severe beatings. The plaintiff said he was abused when he refused to become an informant at the Portland Mosque he attended while living in the US. Yonas Fikre, a Sudanese man of Eritrean descent has filed a … Continued

One-and-a-half million Americans today claim Arab ancestry, according to a new Census Bureau report. That’s less than 1 percent of the total U.S. population. Still, Maryam Asi, a demographer at the Census Bureau who co-wrote the report, says the Arab-American community is “growing,” with a 76 percent increase since 1990 and 25 percent increase since … Continued

The Arab population in the United States has grown more than 75 percent since 1990, more than triple the rate nation’s overall growth, a Census Bureau report released Wednesday shows. Yet Arabs represent a tiny fraction of the entire population in the United States, estimated at just 0.5 percent. The Census Bureau’s five-year American Community … Continued

In a study, Assistant Professor Sonia Ghumman from the UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business found that Hijabis (Muslim women who wear headscarfs) encountered discrimination when seeking employment. “We conducted a field experiment to investigate the extent to which individuals wearing religious attire encounter discrimination during the hiring process,” said Ghumman. “We asked students (ages … Continued

She left, but she’ll return, so it’s not goodbye. She’s done working, but not really, so it’s not quite retirement. Not for the hard-working Dr. Anan Ameri, who called May 15 her official last day as founding director of the Arab American National Museum. Ameri announced her decision in November, to give ample time to … Continued

The Teen Grantmaking Initiative – a group of 20 young grantmakers sponsored by the Center for Arab American Philanthropy (CAAP) in Dearborn – has announced four grants to benefit organizations in metro Detroit that serve youth. Based on a youth-led needs assessment conducted in the community, TGI focused its grantmaking specifically on education and health … Continued

News from the Middle East is dominated by conflict, whether the stories come from Syria, Libya, Iraq, or other states in the region. Blood is plentiful; hope is scarce. But beyond the lurid viciousness that dominates daily journalism are long-term challenges to the region’s future that are impervious to solutions that rely on the weaponry … Continued

A Beefeater restaurant in Maidstone does not seem the natural place to find Yasmine Hamdan. Here, ahead of her performance on Later with Jools Holland, she sits behind a coffee, a slight, moon-eyed woman shrouded in scarves and a flounce of black hair, talking with a beautifully extravagant intensity that makes the chain-pub decor look … Continued

A phenomenon is sweeping the Middle East. Arabs young and old are voting in record numbers—and this time it’s not for the Muslim Brotherhood. Armed with nothing but their cellphones, they have set aside their differences and united to watch and vote for the next Arab Idol. If Pan-Arabism died with Jamal Abdel Nasser, the … Continued

Arab-American leaders say a City Hall ceremony Sunday that honored Palestinian-Americans and raised their native flag was a sign of their growth in the area. “It’s great, and a testament to the growing influence of the Arab-American community in Paterson as well as their importance as a political constituency,” said James Zogby, president of the … Continued

<center><iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/63213489″ width=”500″ height=”281″ frameborder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/63213489″>Detroit Unleaded Indiegogo Campaign + Behind the Scenes</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user8859863″>Gas Afterhours Inc.</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p></center> ABOUT THE PROJECT From first-time feature Director Rola Nashef and Producer Leon Toomey, DETROIT UNLEADED was inspired by the award-winning 2007 release of Detroit Unleaded the Short. The strength of … Continued