When it comes to assigning a hierarchy to the necessities of life, American psychologist Abraham Maslow was right to identify safe drinking water in the highest category, alongside other essentials like air, food and sleep. As The National reported yesterday, such is the effect of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza that even something as basic as … Continued
Israel on the one side and Hamas and Islamic Jihad on the other have announced an open-ended cease-fire brokered by Egypt, the terms of which are similar to those of 2012. Mass celebrations broke out among war-weary Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians could argue that they have won some concessions. New checkpoints will … Continued
The National U.S. – Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC), in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco, participated recently in the annual summer meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA). This is the eighth year in a row that NUSACC has worked to build ties between the Arab world and the U.S. Governors, … Continued
A child struggling for breath after a nerve-gas attack; a nurse attending to victims of barrel bombs; the tears of a Syrian doctor after a missile destroyed his hospital. Such are the images that haunt the days and nights of Rim Albezem, president of the Philadelphia chapter of the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), a … Continued
With no clear resolution in sight to the battle between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, who has been largely sidelined as his popularity sank during the conflict, is making a new play to reassert his role and cast himself as the leader of all Palestinians. … Continued
Dozens of authors, editors, publishers, academics and cultural creatives will celebrate 2013’s best books on the Arab American experience at a national literary gathering in Minneapolis next month. The Arab American National Museum’s (AANM) Arab American Book Award ceremony and reception will serve as the closing night event at the biennial meeting of RAWI (Radius … Continued
A long-term ceasefire has been agreed between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. The truce, ending seven weeks of fighting that has left more than 2,200 people – mostly Palestinians – dead, was brokered by Egypt and began at 19:00 local time (16:00 GMT). Hamas said the deal represented a “victory for the … Continued
Muslim Americans endure similar racial profiling to African-Americans in Ferguson, the suburb that was struck by protests over the police killing of an unarmed African-American teen, campaigner Dawud Walid told RIA Novosti. “Profiling in post-9/11 America of Arab-Americans and South-Asian Americans cannot be dealt with in a silo separate from the profiling and misconduct that … Continued
Global innerwear manufacturing firm Jockey International is foraying into the UAE and Middle East with plans to open 60 outlets across the region. Anil Pagarani, Managing Director of Yellow Flower Trading – the distributor of Jockey products in the UAE, told Emirates 24l7 in an interview that the firm is “looking forward to add 7 … Continued
In 2011, after three decades of working in Syria, the archaeologist Glenn M. Schwartz was unable to return to his dig at the Bronze Age city of Umm el-Marra. The intensifying civil war had made work in the country impossible. Like many archaeologists of the Middle East, Mr. Schwartz, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, … Continued
Yahoo Maktoob has announced a partnership with Mazzika to provide premium exclusive Arabic video content as well as archived and new music releases on Yahoo Maktoob Celebrity and Yahoo Maktoob Screen. Mazzika, an Arab music production and distribution company, owns 14 music labels including regional stars like Tamer Hosny, Amr Diab, and Ragheb Alama. As … Continued
Cherien Dabis remembers the exact moment that everything changed: she was 14, the Gulf War was underway, and the Secret Service had come to her high school to investigate a rumor that her 17-year-old-sister, Arab-American like the rest of her family, had threatened to kill the president. Of course, the claim was false — but … Continued
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