The Arab American National Museum announced their fall schedule for Arabic classes. Intro to Arabic Level I will be held at 10 a.m.-noon Saturdays from October 17 to December 19 with instructor Yasser Mansour. Tuition – $235 or $200 for Museum Members – is due no later than October 2; tuition will be refunded only … Continued
Famous for its archeological sites and rich history, al-Andareen or Androna as it was called in the Roman era, flourished in the Byzantine age and was the first defence line in the face of the Bedouin invasions in the Syrian Desert and one of the important sites where you can get acquainted with the Syrian … Continued
Emirates Business said the new 24-hour channel will air exclusive sports news as well as talk shows and news from major sporting events. “The new Arabic-language channel aims to enlighten viewers about what is happening in the world of sports and provide them with comprehensive coverage of the most important international events,” Mohammed Ammor, director … Continued
George J. Mitchell likes to remind people that he labored for 700 days before reaching the Good Friday accord that brought peace to Northern Ireland. So the fact that Mr. Mitchell has shuttled back and forth to the Middle East for the last 190 days without any breakthroughs, he said, does not mean that President … Continued
A lawyer for a north Florida school district says a handful of students have been sent home from Alachua County schools this week for wearing shirts that read “Islam is of the Devil.” School district staff attorney Tom Wittmer says the shirts might have offended or distracted others and violated the district’s dress code. The … Continued
Arabic television is counting on an explosion of Ramadan serials to restore losses from the global recession, but some concerned Muslims are scrambling to pull the faithful back to prayer during the holy month. Around 60 serials hit the screens on more than 400 channels this month as producers have used bloated budgets and big … Continued
The Kalima Project has translated and published approximately a thousand poems of contemporary American poetry. The selection and translation of fifteen male and female American poets, belonging to different movements and tendencies in American poetry of the twentieth century, was undertaken by Samer Abu Hawash. This initiative forms part of Kalima’s continuing effort to present … Continued
Israeli Arab advocacy groups on Sunday reacted sternly to an announcement from Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar that the phrase Nakba, which means “catastrophe” in Arabic and is used by Arabs to describe the creation of the State of Israel, would be dropped from textbooks for the new school year, which begins on Tuesday. While Sa’ar … Continued
Alia Yunis’s debut novel, The Night Counter, about a woman who has nine days to live, draws upon the classic Arabian Nights tale. Lauren Lancaster / The National Alia Yunis is jet-lagged. She has just flown in from Washington via Frankfurt, and although she’s back at her desk in Abu Dhabi’s Zayed University, she feels … Continued
When the heiress Paris Hilton traveled here in June and July to audition female friends for her show “My New BFF,” her producers had access to state-of-the-art studios and a government eager to import a touch of Hollywood glamour to the Middle East. But to adhere to the region’s Islamic norms, many of the ingredients … Continued
During the time of the Prophet Mohammed, the storyteller was valued more than the swordsman. Through poetry and eloquence, the speaker used his artistry to weave words and rhyme like magic, often enthralling the audience as he used fiction and history proudly to narrate his tribe’s triumphs and tragedies. Yet many modern Muslims have decried … Continued
Very few Arabs or thoughtful Westerns view the Palestinians as one-dimensional resistance fighters or, worse, terrorists. The Palestinians are known for their poetry – the late Mahmoud Darwish was the most well-regarded Arab poet in his life – and Elie Suleiman is probably the preeminent Arab filmmaker today, and many Arabs know about other Palestinian … Continued
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