In Their Boots is a documentary series about the impact the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are having on people here at home. Every episode features a documentary about how America’s servicemen and women, their families, and our communities have been profoundly changed by our nation’s campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. Shot on location throughout … Continued
Kinda Hibrawi is a Syrian American artist. Hibrawi’s original artwork is sought by collectors and is currently exhibited in shows across the US. She is paving the way for a new generation of young Arab American artists. As an Arab American, she has felt the need for her artwork to reflect the richness of the … Continued
Remi Kenazi’s debut poetry collection and CD, Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine, will be out this January and is available for pre-order today! This collection is the culmination of his work over the last five years. To purchase the collection, visit: http://poeticinjustice.net/book/purchase-poetic-injustice.html. All pre-ordered copies will be signed and sent out before the … Continued
Helen Thomas is a hero. For more than 57 years, she has stood up to all forms of discrimination. First as a woman journalist in a man’s world. Second as a fiercely objective journalist who questioned every President From Eisenhower to Obama with the same principles of justice, objectivity and balance. And Third, she is … Continued
It often takes years, even decades for an ethnic community to muster the money and the resources to build a cultural garden in Rockefeller Park. The Syrian-American community may have set a new example of perseverance. Masons and landscapers are busily at work on a Syrian Cultural Garden — 81 years after the community was … Continued
Friends and supporters of Metro Detroit lawyer Hatim “Tim” Attalla hailed his acquittal on a drug conspiracy charge involving the Highwaymen Motorcycle Club. Attalla, a lawyer at Miller Canfield, was indicted in May 2009 on charges of improperly acting as general counsel to the Highwaymen, many of whose alleged members and associates the government is … Continued
James Zogby, founder and president of the Washington, D.C.-based Arab American Institute (AAI), joked that he is “the son of a Lebanese merchant, and I’ve got a book and it’s for sale.” But in the rest of his speech to the World Affairs Council of Charlotte on Monday, he got serious about the message of … Continued
When the Egyptian poet Ahmed Shawki declared that “the mother is a school; empowering her is nation building,” he expressed a dream: if women were offered the social and economic opportunities they deserve, they would build strong nations. Do poets today provoke the conscience of society as they did in the past? For several centuries … Continued
The Chairman of Iraq’s National Investment Commission wants Michigan companies to do business in Iraq. Sami Al-Araji says Michigan’s economy could get a boost if its companies provide Iraqis with much-needed technical and administrative expertise. The American Arab Chamber of Commerce hosted Al-Araji and an Iraqi ministerial delegation in Dearborn Wednesdday. Fey Beydoun is head … Continued
Wafaa Bilal may not have eyes in the back of his head, but he will soon have the next best thing to it: a digital camera. The Iraqi-American performance artist and New York University assistant professor plans to implant a thumb-sized camera in the back of his noggin and stream live images from it to … Continued
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed an anti-terror statement by Saudi Arabia’s top religious leader made in a sermon at the peak of the Hajj, the most important event on Islam’s spiritual calendar. In his midday sermon Monday to millions of pilgrims gathered on the plain of Arafah, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz … Continued
When Mayor Michael Bloomberg strongly defended the proposed Islamic community center and mosque near Ground Zero last August even as polls showed most New Yorkers opposed the project, he garnered some favorable media coverage and praise for his stance. A New York Times editorial called Bloomberg “the leader with the courage to make the case” … Continued
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