Just over the final mountain pass leading to this beleaguered town in Iraqi Kurdistan, a blinding array of lights dazzles in the distance. A theme park’s giant Ferris wheel emerges on the horizon, an odd spectacle of multicolored, pulsating lights amid the thousands of refugees who washed up here after fleeing the militants of the … Continued
CAIRO—More than a decade ago, students at the American University in Cairo marched a camel around campus to raise awareness about water waste and conservation. They put stickers in bathrooms reading: “Every drop counts.” They hung posters in prayer rooms. And they passed around flyers from an information booth—all as part of a writing course … Continued
A female Muslim comic is the opening act followed by a humorous documentary titled “The Muslims Are Coming” this week at the University of South Florida Tampa campus. Are you smiling yet? The dual events kick-off the two-year grant project, Building Bridges, that has the goal of using art to span the gap between the … Continued
Police didn’t violate the First Amendment when they threatened to ticket Christian evangelists at an Arab-American street festival in Dearborn, an appeals court said Wednesday in a 2-1 decision that drew dissent from a judge who called it a “blueprint” to stifle speech. Members of a group called Bible Believers were pelted with water bottles … Continued
On Thursday August 28, Oxford University Press will celebrate the print and digital publication of the Oxford Arabic Dictionary. Produced by an international team of expert translators and advisors using Oxford’s renowned language research program, the Oxford Arabic Dictionary is the first of its kind to be based throughout on real modern evidence of both … Continued
A relatively small Muslim community in America’s far north western state of Alaska have put final touches on their first mosque. “It will be a two-story building. The men will be in the prayer area on the first floor and the women will be on the second floor,” Heather Robertson Barbour, a Muslim who lives … Continued
The Arab Film Festival has formed a collaborating partnership with the Arab Film and TV Awards, bringing the Festival’s influence to an even greater international audience. The Arab Film and TV Awards (AFTVA) honors and awards the best of Arab film and television talent at a star-studded ceremony. Nominees will be announced December 2nd, 2014, … Continued
Many study abroad programs in the Middle East and other hot spots around the world have been curtailed or postponed as the number of countries on the State Department’s travel warning list has grown to three dozen. The disappearance of a rabbinical student from Lakewood last week is the latest episode to heighten security concerns … Continued
A national museum is once again honoring tales of the Arab experience told through fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The Arab American National Museum on Tuesday announced the winners of its annual Arab American Book Award. The poetry award went to Philip Metres’ “A Concordance of Leaves,” an epic wedding poem recalling the author’s visit to … Continued
Qatar, a key backer of Palestinian group Hamas, hailed the Gaza ceasefire accord and offered to help rebuild the enclave battered by seven weeks of Israeli bombardment. The accord for a long-term ceasefire which came into effect on Tuesday was thanks “firstly to the resistance and the sacrifices” of the Palestinians, the gas-rich Gulf emirate … Continued
A friend told me recently that the horrific conduct of ISIS — Islamic State in Iraq and Syria — has left many people with the impression that all Muslims are like ISIS. However, a simple Google search reveals the Muslim response to ISIS. Muslim volunteers from the humanitarian group Islamic Relief provided food parcels, 2,000 … Continued
It is early on Sunday morning and the sound of school bells can be heard. Playgrounds are full. Students are in lines singing the Palestinian national anthem. Teachers are supervising activities. Speeches are being delivered. This, however, is not a typical school assembly, as falls on day 48 of a war that has seen unprecedented … Continued
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