Author Archives: Arab America

Journalists from across the country will join more than 300 attendees and 120 students at a weekend-long conference to address challenges facing the nation’s American Arab and Muslim community in the decade since the terrorists attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Welcoming the attendees at the 6th Annual Conference of the National American Arab Journalists Association … Continued

Lacey Township High School is attempting to break cultural boundaries as guest lecturer Engy Abdelkader, a Muslim American, spoke to students about Islamophobia. Social Studies teachers Julie Ferenc and Joe Humenick hosted Abdelkader in an effort to increase tolerance and reduce bullying, Humenick said. Although previous classes have learned about intolerance and a holocaust survivor … Continued

Gainesville, Florida-based Pastor Terry Jones has announced his intention to return to Dearborn, Michigan this week on Friday, April 29, 2011 to demonstrate in front of Dearborn City Hall. The Congress of Arab American Organizations (CAAO), a coalition of more than 40 community groups and institutions, is asking the members of the Arab American and … Continued

Students and professionals from California, Arizona, Ohio, Washington DC, New Jersey and various parts of Michigan took part in the 2011 LCN Convention at Oakland University. This year’s convention, which included an alumni track for the first time, provided a series of workshops and social events and attracted a record number of attendees and sponsors. … Continued

Al Jazeera English debuted the online edition of its show The Stream before an energized crowd last week at an Online News Association meetup in Washington, DC. A hybrid of high-velocity online conversation and TV analysis, The Stream’s TV component will broadcast out of the Newseum, starting in May, four days a week. And it … Continued

The Arab revolutions are not only shaking the structure of tyranny to the core – they are shattering many of the myths about the Arab region that have been accumulating for decades. Topping the list of dominant myths are those of Arab women as caged in, silenced, and invisible. Yet these are not the types … Continued

Arab-American developer Sean Mikhail has created a new app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Doumbek Master allows users to play the doumbek drum, the signature instrument of the Middle East. Doumbek Master gives users around the world a chance to connect intimately with Arab culture through music, and an opportunity to better understand the … Continued

Yemen’s opposition is deadlocked about whether to join embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh in accepting a deal brokered by neighboring Arab countries in which the longtime leader would cede power after a 30-day period and receive immunity for himself and his close relatives. The offer, intended to end the political stalemate that has increased the … Continued

Today, Arab Americans throughout the Metro Detroit area will celebrate Easter— the most significant annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. This year Easter will fall on the same day for both Christian Catholics and Orthodox, an atypical occurrence due to each denomination’s adherence of a different calendar. To celebrate the Easter holiday, thousands … Continued

<center><object width=”480″ height=”386″ classid=”clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000″> <param name=”flashvars” value=”vid=14200376&autoplay=false”/> <param name=”allowfullscreen” value=”true”/> <param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/> <param name=”src” value=”http://www.ustream.tv/flash/viewer.swf”/> <embed flashvars=”vid=14200376&autoplay=false” width=”480″ height=”386″ allowfullscreen=”true” allowscriptaccess=”always” src=”http://www.ustream.tv/flash/viewer.swf” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”></embed> </object></center> For the second consecutive day, a crowd of people turned out in support of Dearborn’s Muslim community and in defiance of the Pastor Terry Jones’ planned Friday protest at the … Continued

Many prominent Arab hip-hop artists inspired by uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have released music in solidarity with protesters in the region. Though the messages of these new songs are not necessarily new to Arab hip-hop, the urgency and relevance of this new music has gained these artists increasing international attention. While … Continued

We’d like to feature the music of Arab American musicians and composers in our new Public Television series, “Arab American Stories.” The “Arab American Stories” public television series will air over weeks and will be disseminated nationally to public television affiliates in major U.S. markets. The series will be produced by Detroit Public Television, WTVS … Continued