Author Archives: Arab America

The Steering Committee of the United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network, on Sunday, called on the United Church of Christ Board, United Church of Christ Pension Boards, United Church Funds, Conferences, local churches, members and other related United Church of Christ entities to divest any holdings in companies profiting from the occupation of the … Continued

George Clooney is a married man. Yes, one of the world’s most eligible and sexy stars, Clooney, 53, tied the knot with British human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin, 36, in a twilight ceremony in Venice Saturday, Clooney’s rep Stan Rosenfield confirmed. And he sure looked overjoyed about it when he arrived in a water-taxi filled … Continued

All New Yorkers of good will should be disgusted by Pamela Geller’s decision to plaster city buses with Islamophobic tripe effectively smearing all Muslims as being in league with ISIS, Hamas and even Hitler. I say this not as a Muslim American, but as a Sikh who has strong differences of opinion with devout Muslims … Continued

A central theme of President Obama’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday is that Muslims have a special responsibility to fight radical Islam and redeem their religion from a scourge. Here is some of that message: It is time for the world — especially Muslim communities — to explicitly, forcefully, and consistently reject … Continued

These are difficult days to be a Muslim in the United States. There was, for example, the drunk man who chased Linda Sarsour and her friend down a New York City street earlier this month calling the two women “f—ing Arabs” and threatening to “chop off your f—ing heads and see how your people like … Continued

Selim Sahab, the Palestine-born, Lebanese-Egyptian conductor, sits in a small room at the Egyptian Charitable Association for Childhood Care (ECACC), taking a break from a long day of rehearsals. The voices of children running along the corridors just outside the door do not seem to bother him. “In 1970, I was still a student at … Continued

Over 120 Islamic scholars from around the world, many of them leading Muslim voices in their own countries, have issued an open letter denouncing Islamic State militants and refuting their religious arguments. An array of Muslim leaders and groups have publicly rejected the Islamist movement since it imposed its brutal rule over large areas of … Continued

The political divide that’s led to over a year of violence and tumult in the Arab world’s most populous country spilled out into the streets of New York today. As Egyptian president Abdul Fattal el-Sisi addressed the United Nations for the first time, about 300 supporters of the former army general — who led the … Continued

The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (DCPFAF) is pleased to announce its fourth annual festival, which will run between October 2nd and 5th, 2014. This year’s festival is dedicated to the resilient Palestinian people of the Gaza Strip. As Such, the program features films showcasing life in Gaza including “Where Do the Birds Fly?” … Continued

For Yaser, an engineer in Houston, the new U.S.-led airstrikes on Islamic State militants in his Syrian homeland refreshed his simmering anxiety about his father’s imprisonment, and about the conversation Yaser can’t bear to have with his father about his treatment in captivity. A commercial photographer, Yaser’s father disappeared from their war-torn hometown of Aleppo … Continued

North America’s first museum of Islamic art opened last week in Toronto, reports the Daily Beast. The new institution takes its name, the Aga Khan Museum, from prince Karim Al Husseini, the fourth Aga Khan and 49th hereditary and spiritual leader, or imam, of the Ismaili sect of Shiia Islam. The Aga Khan and Canadian … Continued

Nawa Recordings to launch with the release of Maurice Louca’s new album in November 2014. Louca’s latest work is a potential game changer for the independent Arabic music scene, taking his trademark whirlwind of hard-hitting electronic sounds and weaving them with acoustic performances from Arab and international artists. More information about this album will be … Continued