Author Archives: Arab America

Over the past year, I have obtained public records that shed light on how the Israel lobby works on US campuses. At UC Berkeley, my alma mater, as well as at UC Hastings School of Law, the documents reveal how the Israel lobby pressures university administrators to interfere with campus activity – both academic and … Continued

Today marks the eighth anniversary of the passing of Edward Said. It is an anniversary that continues to fill me with a deep sense of melancholy, one shared, I know, by so many admirers of his work and his example. The ways in which we miss Said today, and have found ourselves missing him over … Continued

he Palestinians won’t get a state this week. But they will prove – if they get enough votes in the General Assembly and if Mahmoud Abbas does not succumb to his characteristic grovelling in the face of US-Israeli power – that they are worthy of statehood. And they will establish for the Arabs what Israel … Continued

Defying U.S. and Israeli opposition, Palestinians asked the United Nations on Friday to accept them as a member state, sidestepping nearly two decades of failed negotiations in the hope this dramatic move on the world stage would reenergize their quest for an independent homeland. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was greeted by sustained applause and appreciative … Continued

The conundrum of Arab and Muslim populations in the Detroit area is the great growth and the immense pressure they have seen since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, according to a recent panel discussion. The event at Henry Ford Community College on Wednesday included three editors and one contributing writer for the book “Arab Detroit … Continued

The US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) of DC (USPCN-DC) is delighted to launch its full-fledged DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (DC-PFAF) from September 26-30, 2011. This inaugural event will include feature-length films and shorts featuring a broad array of genres ranging from dramas to documentaries and comedies. The festival will also include panel discussions … Continued

<center><iframe width=”480″ height=”274″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/_JjP5SlwW5w” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe></center> With the United Nations set to debate Palestinian statehood on September 20, Middle East-based expert on Palestine, Visiting Senior Fellow Mouin Rabbani discusses the reasons and implications. He will be in the U.S. September 15th until October 10th for media appearances and public events. Palestine Studies TV

Former President Jimmy Carter urges the United States to not veto the Security Council vote for Palestinian statehood anticipated to take place next week. “If I were president, I’d be very glad to see the Palestinians have a nation recognized by the United Nations,” Carter tells Guy Raz, host of weekends on All Things Considered. … Continued

Ahmed Atef, 32, recalls a day in the summer of 2004 when he was abducted from his family’s upper-class suburban home in Cairo in a predawn raid by President Hosni Mubarak’s security forces. The men who arrested him told his shocked parents that they were taking him to be investigated and would bring him back … Continued

The original two-state solution designed to establish separate countries for Jews and Arabs anticipated the day that both would seek United Nations membership. “When the independence of either the Arab or the Jewish State as envisaged in this plan has become effective,” begins a paragraph deep in General Assembly Resolution 181 from November 1947, then … Continued

It took mass demonstrations followed by the takeover of their embassy in Egypt last week for some in Israel to wake up to the fact that the Palestinian issue remains a flash point for Arab public opinion. The US Congress and policymakers in Washington, on the other hand, appear to remain oblivious to this rather … Continued

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed will launch an international news television channel next year, which will focus on “freedom of speech and freedom of press.” Known as Alarab, the 24-hour news channel will target Arabic-speaking viewers across the Arab world and beyond. The Alarab news channel is an independent venture from Kingdom Holding Company and the … Continued