Author Archives: Arab America

The New York Arabic Orchestra seeks your support on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 to build an Arabic Music School of New York and bring Arabic cultural awareness and embrace to new heights in America. The New York Arabic Orchestra, incepted in 2007, is an organization of performance and education led by Maestro Bassam Saba of … Continued

Ghosts, goblins, witches and more took over the Arab American National Museum on Saturday for its second annual Halloween party. Trick-or-treat stations were set up at the museum’s different spookified exhibits, where the correct greeting netted sugary treats for the costumed little ones. Doors opened at 4 p.m. for the family Halloween party, which lasted … Continued

Speaking after the meeting with Quartet representatives today, Dr. Saeb Erekat reaffirmed the PLO position: “We explained to the Quartet that we are prepared to sit at the negotiating table as soon as the Israeli government freezes all settlement construction and accepts clear terms of reference, specifically the 1967 borders. These are not favors that … Continued

An Arab-American leader who met with law enforcement officials earlier this month is optimistic that the FBI is taking the problem of anti-Muslim training materials seriously. Abed Ayoub of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee attended a meeting that the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division hosted with other law enforcement officials on Oct. 14. The meeting was … Continued

Arab Americans Fadi Bahri and Tarek Murad, Serial Entrepreneurs and Superheroes of Saving, have launched DealHomer.com: a daily deal aggregator that delivers North America’s hottest deals each morning to members’ inboxes. With DealHomer, there is no longer a need to sign up for countless daily deal sites that the industry has been flooding consumers with. … Continued

Starting this year and every year moving forward, gifted Arab American writers will be able to say they received the “Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award,” given annually by the Arab American National Museum. Shakir, a life-long resident of West Roxbury, died of breast cancer in 2010 after a noted career as an author and academic that … Continued

A meeting was convened at the headquarters of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) here on Thursday between the QCCI delegation and representatives of the Arab-American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) currently visiting Doha to explore investment opportunities available in several economic activities in the two countries.<br><br>The QCCI board member HE Sheikh Hamad Bin … Continued

What’s it like to be Muslim in America? On Sunday, November 13 at 10 PM ET/PT, TLC answers that question with ALL-AMERICAN MUSLIM, a powerful new eight-part series that goes inside the rarely seen world of American Muslims to uncover a unique community struggling to balance faith and nationality in a post 9/11 world. ALL-AMERICAN … Continued

Former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi is dead after suffering from wounds as fighters overtook his hometown of Sirte, Libya after an eight month battle for democracy in Libya. Video documenting Qaddafi’s killing has been released on Al Jazeera and other news media. The death of Qaddafi symbolizes a new democratic system for Libya. Gaddafi, wanted … Continued

The Embassy of Tunisia in Washington, D.C. informs that the participation of the Tunisian community living abroad in the election for the Constituent Assembly is scheduled to take place from 20th to 22nd October, 2011 ( 7 am to 7 pm) . In order to enable the members of Tunisian Community living in the United … Continued

A fellowship program recognized and awarded nine Arab women US$20,000 to continue their research as part of an effort to encourage women in scientific pursuits under the slogan “World needs science. Science needs women.” The L’Oreal-UNESCO Pan-Arab Regional Fellowship for Women in Science, managed by the Arab Science and Technology Foundation, accepts fellows from 17 … Continued

The Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC) is proud to announce that our Executive Director, Lena Alhusseini, has been selected by the White House as a Champion of Change for Domestic Violence Awareness. Ms. Alhusseini, who will be honored for AAFSC’s efforts to address domestic violence in New York City’s Arab American community, will join 14 … Continued