Tonight, Arabic oud virtuoso, Victor Ghannam and Spanish guitar specialist, Jacco Muller will take the stage at the prestigious Theatre of Old Town in the heart of Chicago to showcase the fusion melodies of their debut album. The recently released collaboration—titled “Viento del Desierto” (Dessert Wind) in Spanish or “Reeh el-Sahara“ in Arabic—is said to … Continued
“In my country, just like Jordan, we aren’t tortured by our government,” said Pakastani-Canadian Ali Hassan, pausing awkwardly. Laughter filled the Amman theater before he could finish: “Inshallah (God willing).” In a region known for conflict and religious conservatism, the Middle East’s only stand-up comedy festival is determined to prove Arabs can laugh – and … Continued
It was 2006 when I sat with a friend, Hikmat Farha, at the foot of a snow-capped Mount Hermon. Our conversation was about politics, as it usually is in Lebanon, and to make a point, he cited Imam Ali, warrior, sage and seventh-century caliph whom Shiite Muslims consider the divinely sanctioned successor to the Prophet … Continued
Is learning a new language on your list of New Year’s resolutions? A new semester of Intro to Arabic Level I gets underway February 13 at the AANM. The class meets from 10 a.m.-noon Saturdays through April 24; tuition (due no later than 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5) is just $235/$200 Members and the required … Continued
About 60 volunteers from ACCESS and the Arab American Resource Corps (ARC) will uphold Martin Luther King, Jr.’s commitment to service by spending Monday, January 18 sorting and packing food at the Gleaners Community Food Banks in Detroit and Taylor. Gleaners is a nonprofit agency formed in 1977 that distributes more than 28 million pounds … Continued
Fatima Abdullah has only 1001 nights until she dies. Nobody has told her that exactly; the slightly senile 85-year-old Lebanese matriarch just knows it. She spends her “last days” organizing her possessions, planning her own funeral and finding potential brides for her openly gay grandson. And she tells her life story, in fragments, to Scheherazade–a … Continued
Tunisia has been ranked, for the second consecutive year, on the top of Arab countries in matters of quality of life by the “International Living Magazine” in its rating involving 194 countries. With a score of 59 points out of 100 and an improvement of three points compared with last year’s ranking, Tunisia was particularly … Continued
Eating spiced lamb at a bustling Yemeni restaurant in Downtown Brooklyn, Mahib Alkrizy said that since Sept. 11, 2001, his wife, a religious Muslim who covers her hair, has come to expect being patted down and stared at when she travels by plane. Around the corner at Abu Yasser Travel Agency, employees waved a reporter … Continued
The LAHC is honored to announce the Arab American Scholarship Foundation Gala keynote address will be delivered by Bill Simon, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Wal-mart U.S.A. The event will take place on Friday, May 7, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn, Michigan. (For more information visit www.lahc.org) Simon … Continued
Chanting “No more terrorism,” about 150 Muslim and Nigerian protesters waved U.S. flags as they rallied in the cold outside the federal courthouse during a hearing for the suspect accused of trying to bomb a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day. “Muslims here to tell you: Go to hell,” read a sign held by Majed Rizki, … Continued
Israel has taken the upper hand in a new kind of Mideast conflict, one in which bullets are replaced by chickpeas. Using a satellite dish on loan from a nearby broadcast station, cooks in an Arab town near Jerusalem whipped up more than four metric tons of hummus, the chickpea paste that is a staple … Continued
Dubai opened the world’s tallest skyscraper Monday in a blaze of fireworks, then added a final flourish: It renamed the half-mile-high tower for the head of neighboring Abu Dhabi, whose billions bailed out Dubai amid last year’s financial crisis. Long known as Burj Dubai — Arabic for “Dubai Tower” — the building rises 2,717 feet … Continued
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