Author Archives: Arab America

ANERA is pleased to announce that Majid Al Futtaim Charity Foundation has donated $250,000 to ANERA to help fund its work to improve the health and well-being of Palestinian children Managing Director Abdulraouf Taher credited ANERA’s long experience in the fields of health, education and infrastructure and its high standing among Palestinians. “This contribution was … Continued

Several Muslim leaders have declined invitations to the mayor’s annual year-end interfaith breakfast, saying they’re upset at police department efforts to infiltrate mosques and spy on Muslim neighborhoods. The imams and activists said in a letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg that they’re disturbed at his response to a series of stories by The Associated Press … Continued

Beware, America. The Muslims are coming, and they look and act suspiciously like you. Negin Farsad, an Iranian American stand-up comic from California, wears eye-catching mini dresses, curses liberally and has awkward sex talks with her mother (though hers sound more like alien encounters. Actual quote: “You had intergender flesh relations without the security of … Continued

Premiering on New Year’s Day, Episode #7 of All-American Muslim epitomizes what we hope will be the show’s legacy: forging the bonds of unity in the wake of tragedy. The Day the World Changed centers on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and its lasting impact, conveyed through the lives of cast members, as the greater … Continued

“Ironically, the Obama administration has affirmed, continued and expanded almost all of the draconian domestic civil liberties intrusions pioneered under the Bush administration. There are serious assaults on the rights to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, the right to privacy, the right to a fair trial, freedom of religion, and freedom … Continued

In its inaugural event, Arab American Beauties 2012 Calendar, will introduce twelve beautiful women that grace its pages, at a holiday party held on Tuesday, December 27 at 7 pm, at Byblos Banquet Hall, in Dearborn. The names and identities of the women selected for the calendar have been kept a secret, and interest has … Continued

Wishing for a Merry Christmas period and a safe, if not Happy, New Year, the Arab world celebrates Christmas 2011-2012, in its own distinct way. On Christmas Day, we remind ourselves that the Arab Middle East is the birthplace of Christianity and home to the world’s most ancient Christian denominations. Here’s a scan of Christmas … Continued

One national civil rights group says it’s seen an uptick in discrimination complaints from Muslims—especially in the past month. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee says it’s received triple the number of complaints this December, compared with the same month last year. The group suggests the recent uptick is related to the flap involving the TLC reality … Continued

<iframe width=”420″ height=”243″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/jfHL4AZtS58″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> A hidden camera experiment from the ABC News program What Would You Do? with John Quiñones. Social psychologist John Dovidio analyzes bystander reactions to scripted anti-Muslim comments made by a clerk in a Texas roadside bakery. In the end, the video reports that 13 bystanders protested, 6 sided with … Continued

The United States continues to believe that the only way to bring about the change that the Syrian people deserve is for Bashar al-Assad to leave power. The words of the Assad regime have no credibility when they continue to be followed by outrageous and deplorable actions. Only two days following the Assad regime’s decision … Continued

<a href=”http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/london_2012/9661985.stm”>Watch Video Here</a> The tiny Palestinian territory of Gaza has been under a tightened Israeli blockade ever since the Islamist movement Hamas came to power. For athletes with Olympic aspirations this makes training for and competing at international tournaments very difficult. Jon Donnison reports on the long distance runner Nader el Masri who has … Continued

Two Muslim men who say they were kicked off an airplane in May after the pilot objected to their presence are suing Delta Air Lines Inc. and a regional carrier that operated the Delta Connection flight from Memphis to Charlotte, North Carolina. According to a suit filed Monday in federal court in Memphis, Masudur Rahman … Continued