Former Congresswoman Hon. Mary Rose Oakar; President of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), today joined US Senate leaders including Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) as part of the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee’s Meeting on Civil Rights. Representing ADC, Oakar was called upon by … Continued
One of America’s best-known business schools, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, is to help open a centre in the capital to encourage entrepreneurship. The school is launching the initiative through a tie-up with the Centre for Excellence in Applied Research and Training (Cert), the commercial arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology, … Continued
The beat might be American, the message might convey in rapid vernacular the frustrations of those on the street, but in these hip hop tunes, the lyrics are all in Arabic. On Thursday night, 50 groups and soloists from the West Bank and Gaza gathered to participate in HipHopKom, the first Palestinian hip hop competition, … Continued
Raghda Shaheen, who works for the Dubai International Finance Centre, recently completed a four-week business and legal fellowship program at Wharton and the University of Pennsylvania law school. The program, funded by the U.S. Department of State Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and supported by America-Mideast Educational and Training Services (AMIDEAST), teaches management, business and … Continued
“New Muslim Cool” is a film that follows the life of Brooklyn native Hamza Pérez, a hip hop artist and Islamic convert who is setting up a new community in the North End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The film will kick off the 22nd season of the PBS series P.OV. Pérez, a Puerto Rican-American, was born … Continued
Thousands of people from metro Detroit and beyond spent Fathers Day at the Arab International Festival in Dearborn where they soaked up sun, rides, food, music and culture. Advertisement “It’s incredible,” said Warren David of Northville, founder of Arab Detroit, a media site that had a booth at the festival. “We need events like this … Continued
Arabs danced their way into the Guinness Book of World Records over the weekend and are now set on baking their way in with the biggest pasty dish in the world. Some 4475 Lebanese Canadians danced their way into the record book by forming the longest Dabke chain ever assembled, an Arab dance, in the … Continued
The developer of Asia’s first “Arabia land” for tourists said Sunday his new leisure project aims to offer up to a thousand local jobs by next March. Up to 850 jobs will be available to locals of the state of Melaka, where Sheikh Saleh al-Mansour’s first Arab City in Asia is scheduled to finish contruction … Continued
This past Tuesday, June 18, 2009, U.S. Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, announced the individuals whom they would recommend to President Obama to fill vacancies in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, for U.S. Attorney and U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Michigan, and for U.S. Attorney and U.S. … Continued
Gregory Jbara (Billy Elliot) Jbara was born in Westland, Michigan, the son of an advertising office manager[1] and an insurance claims adjuster. He is of Lebanese and Irish descent. After graduating from Wayne Memorial High School in Wayne, Michigan, Jbara attended the University of Michigan. He majored in Communication Studies and took classes in Theatre … Continued
A diverse coalition of more than 80 community, labor, civil rights and religious organizations from throughout New York City came out to applaud the New York City Council Education Committee’s action in passing Resolution 1281, a resolution calling on the Department of Education to provide equal treatment and include the two holiest Muslim Holidays in … Continued
Payless ShoeSource, the largest specialty family footwear retailer in the western hemisphere, and its franchisee partner, M.H. Alshaya Co., the leading retailer in the region, today announced the grand opening of the first Payless ShoeSource store in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with a 227-square-meter store located in Bawadi Mall, Al Ain. “We are excited … Continued
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