Author Archives: Arab America

World Bank’s Doing Business 2015 report says UAE has made big strides to improve business environment Source: www.arabianbusiness.com

World Bank’s Doing Business 2015 report says UAE has made big strides to improve business environment Source: www.arabianbusiness.com

From A to B, a road trip comedy about three young Arab men who travel more than a thousand miles from Abu Dhabi to Beirut, seems to contain the A to Z of everything that’s taboo in the Arab world – but any “shocking” content, according to its… Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Even when the Swedish foreign minister promised that his country will recognize the State of Palestine, we weren’t sure it would. We knew that such kind of decisions would be subject to serious pressures. The European Union, the United States and the social and political forces tied to Israel would try to stop Sweden from … Continued

The student group that selected comedian Bill Maher to be the commencement speaker at the University of California at Berkeley has attempted to rescind the invitation after student backlash over some of Maher’s statements, but the university won’t allow it, school officials said Wednesday. Students gathered more than 4,000 signatures on a change.org petition as … Continued

On September 19, the administration of Loyola University Chicago temporarily suspended Loyola Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and opened an investigation of the organization. The actions, which will culminate in a disciplinary hearing on Thursday evening, came after a diverse group of students gathered at a table hosted by Taglit-Birthright Israel, which provides trips … Continued

DUBAI, UAE, October 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — AppyKids™ release their highly anticipated Arabic cartoon… Source: www.prnewswire.com

The Arab world is often misunderstood by the tendency to ignore or flatten its differences – through time, across states, between peoples. Challenging this essentialism is the condition of progress.  Source: www.opendemocracy.net

The bitterly contentious exchange involving New Atheists Sam Harris and Bill Maher teaming up against actor Ben Affleck on the matter of Islam shows us quite explicitly the dangerous pitfalls of Interfaith Dialogue and its fatally flawed process. Source: mondoweiss.net

Often when students follow the situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, they feel frustr… Source: www.stanforddaily.com

For Karim Seghir, being dean of a business school is about much more than teaching the finer details of company spreadsheets or the latest theories on marketing. Source: www.ft.com

Some Muslim families are encouraged not to celebrate Halloween because of Ashura “It’s also evident that the celebration of Halloween seems to have sparked a cultural clash in the local community, as Muslims have argued for years that the… Source: www.facebook.com