In a few short days, the Arab American National Museum (AANM) will have the chance to earn up to $200,000 in matching funds through participation in a matching program at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 18, 2009 (Eastern Standard Time). The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan’s Challenge Arts & Culture, is providing up to $1 million … Continued
ANERA is pleased to announce a $245,000 grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Transition Initiatives to rehabilitate vocational training centers for Palestinian and Lebanese youth in and around the Nahr El Bared Camp in northern Lebanon. The project includes rebuilding the training center in the adjacent area of the old camp … Continued
Even the most optimistic of demographers can find reams of troubling statistics and startling anecdotes gleaned from living conditions in Arab nations across the Middle East and Africa. The newest in a series of U.N. studies called the Arab Human Development Reports offers a sobering glimpse at the problems facing the Arab world: water scarcity, … Continued
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has provided 165 million dirhams (about $44 million) to Palestine to undertake developmental works, WAM news agency reported Saturday. The money from the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) will be used to build infrastructure, which in turn will help develop the sagging Palestinian economy, the report said. The grant … Continued
Parishioners of Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Wheeling will be offering their favorite Lebanese dishes to serve at the 76th annual Mahrajan held rain or shine on Aug. 9 at site 1, Levenson Shelter in Oglebay Park. The Mahrajan, a Lebanese-American heritage festival, begins with a Maronite Catholic Mass at 10:30 a.m. All festival … Continued
We have reached the end of the beginning of the process initiated by President Obama in January to bring Israel, the Palestinians, and Israel’s other Arab neighbors together to negotiate an agreement for peace- the so-called two state solution to conflict in the Holy Land. The approach and timing for reaching an agreement (but not … Continued
President Barack Obama gave Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq, a painting by Arab American artist, Helen Zughaib, at the White House during his recent visit. As a gift between the two countries, her painting “Midnight Prayers” symbolizes the countries’ relations. Zughaib’s art work is currently on display at The Jerusalem Fund for Education and … Continued
US home furnishing brand Pottery Barn is to open four stores in Dubai and Kuwait next year after signing an agreement with regional retail giant MH Alshaya. The store is perhaps best known outside North America for its appearance in an episode of US sitcom Friends, where Jennifer Aniston’s character Rachel tries to keep her … Continued
The members of Arabic electro-pop duo Y.A.S. appear in their first video blasting off from Cairo in 2019 for an Arab mission to the moon. The scenario is, of course, a stretch of the imagination. Their current mission is back on earth: to bring Arabic into the mainstream of Western pop. “Language is not a … Continued
A company has developed a Web-based platform that aggregates Arabic television news broadcasts and almost immediately translates the speech into English-language text. The text is instantly keyword searchable in English. “We wanted to make sure that across newsrooms, newswires and intelligence agencies, there could be access to Arabic news broadcasts that is very searchable and … Continued
ADC will be represented by Nawar Shora, Legal Director and Director of Diversity Education and Law Enforcement Outreach (LEOP), will appear live tomorrow, Friday July 31, on Washington DC’s only live and local talk show “Lets Talk Live.” Nawar will be discussing his latest book, The Arab American Handbook (Cune Press, 2009 – www.CunePress.net) and … Continued
The Middle East: a variable region which, depending on whether one asks a geographer, anthropologist or political scientist, encompasses around 5% of planet earth. It’s unbearably hot all year round. Arable land is incredibly sparse and the region does not have nearly enough fresh water to support its burgeoning population. The region is host to … Continued
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