Six Michigan residents who are members of Michigan Peace Team are preparing to travel to Gaza and take part in the nonviolent, international Gaza Freedom March. Over 1,000 participants from countries around the world, and more than 50,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are expected to join the December 31, 2009 march inside Gaza. This … Continued
Proven oil reserves in Arab countries topped 672 billion barrels in 2008, making up 57.7 percent of the world’s total reserves, an economic report said. The Unified Arab Economic Report for 2009 said proven oil reserves in Arab countries rose 0.4 percent in 2008. Production, meanwhile, rose 6.2 percent in 2008 to 23.7 million barrels … Continued
There’s the Man Booker Prize, the National Book Award, and the Nobel Prize for Literature. And now there’s the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Associated with the UK’s Booker and funded by the Emirates Foundation, the award recognizes contemporary novelists who write in Arabic. Women escaping their pasts and the Arab-Israeli conflict are among the … Continued
The studio seems a world away from the snowy streets of Minneapolis — as Arabic music plays, women swirl colorful fabrics overhead, tap finger cymbals and shake their hips, causing the coins and beads affixed to their shimmering skirts to jingle in unison. The 20 or so women at belly dance practice look like they … Continued
The US government-funded TV network Al Hurra was intended to be an important component of American efforts to win hearts and minds in the Arab world. It was a bad idea when it was launched in 2004. It has failed, and yet it won’t die. This month the US Congress approved another $112 million to … Continued
The Arab American National Museum is issuing a nationwide call for stories and artifacts for potential inclusion in its exhibition Arab Americans in Service to Our Country, opening in February 2012. This exhibition will allow the Museum to document and present to audiences the public service-oriented contributions of Arab Americans to our society. This timely … Continued
One year later, the deadly attacks which targeted an already suffering Gaza Strip have become yet another chapter in the epic tragedy that is the Palestinian struggle for freedom. During the attacks, over 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza woke up unsure if they would be able to experience waking up ever again. The Israeli attack … Continued
A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called for “swift justice” in the attempted bombing Friday of a Northwest Airlines flight arriving in Detroit. Dawud Walid, executive director of the Michigan chapter of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) told the Detroit Free Press that he was grateful the alleged bomber … Continued
The Islamic Information Center would like to offer condolences to the hundreds of millions of Muslims commemorating the day of Ashura today. Nearly 1,400 years ago, Imam Husain ibn Ali, grandson of Prophet Muhammad (May God Bless Them), was tragically martyred on the sands of Karbala, Iraq. Imam Husain sought to promote justice, and help … Continued
When Samih Toukan and Hussam Khoury started Maktoob.com as an Arabic e-mail service 10 years ago, they had a modest office in Amman, Jordan, and little support from friends and family who could not imagine anyone using the Internet in Arabic. “We were a typical start-up; I remember the day we got air conditioning we … Continued
OK, Coffee Achievers…it’s time to test your knowledge. Sure, you know the difference between an iced single venti mocha, no whip and a double tall cappuccino, extra dry at Starbucks. But what do you REALLY know about the history of your favorite bean, the second-most commonly traded commodity (after oil) on planet Earth? Here’s a … Continued
“I am actually really proud that my best friend in the whole world is Jewish,” Palestinian-Canadian Eman Husseini told a captivated audience at a stand-up comedy festival in Amman, only the second of its kind in the Middle East. “We grew up together. It was very cute, instead of playing cowboys and Indians, it was … Continued
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