San Francisco Bay Area activists have not allowed a vessel from Israel’s largest shipping company to unload in the Oakland Port for four consecutive mornings. On Tuesday, 19 August, at 6:45am, activists declared yet another victory against the Zim Line, which has been trying to make its way into Oakland since Saturday, 16 August. Lara … Continued
It is hard for me to see Ferguson through anything other than Palestinian eyes. The killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown, as he was unarmed and reportedly surrendering, has triggered protests in Missouri against aggressive police action. The protests have been met, quite expectedly, with aggressive police action. This aggressive police action will be met with … Continued
DEARBORN, Michigan — A Michigan-based philanthropic organization that helps nonprofit groups serving Arab Americans nationwide is awarding more than a dozen grants from coast to coast. The Center for Arab American Philanthropy of Dearborn announced this week it’s distributing 13 grants worth a total of $50,000 to recipients in its home state as well as … Continued
Middle East luxury lifestyle magazine Edgar claims “insider knowledge” that the planned Apple Store in the United Arab Emirates will be the largest in the world, and will be located in a huge shopping mall in Dubai. “US-based tech giant Apple will open its biggest store in the world at Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates, … Continued
A Dutchman honoured by Israel for hiding a Jewish child during World War Two has handed back his medal after six of his relatives were killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza. Henk Zanoli, 91, wrote to the Israeli embassy in The Hague to say he could no longer hold the honour. He said … Continued
The exhibition ‘Calligraphy – The Art of the Letter’ is a group show currently being hosted by Gallery Sarah at Bait Al Zubair. The exhibition brings together an eclectic mix of talented Arabic calligraphers and typographers who are pushing the boundaries of the art form into new directions. Calligraphy is the most highly regarded and … Continued
Legendary Latin percussionist Francisco Mora-Catlett and a group of other highly skilled Detroit ex-pats will stage a festive Motor City homecoming Dec. 5 to conclude the Fall 2014 season of Global Fridays concerts at the Arab American National Museum, 13624 Michigan Ave. in Dearborn. The New York Times says Mora-Catlett and his group AfroHORN “…seek … Continued
Samih al-Qasim, a Palestinian Druze poet known across the Arab world for his nationalist writing, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, a family friend said. He was 75. Qasim died in Safed hospital in northern Israel after suffering from cancer of the liver for the past three years, Issam Khuri, a novelist and … Continued
Anyone undertaking the kind of art show now on view at the New Museum has to be uncommonly brave. You might say that the curators of “Here and Elsewhere” are distinctly unlucky in their timing—or the reverse, extremely lucky to alight on a time when there’s potentially a huge interest in the general topic. They … Continued
Earlier this summer, Hipster Hijabis blogger Summer Albarcha caused a stir when she posted a photo of herself wearing a skirt from Orthodox Jewish boutique Mimu Maxi. But, even if some of Mimu’s clients bristled at the image — criticizing the store for reposting an image of a Muslim woman during the escalating conflict in … Continued
It’s been a strange summer for 15-year-old Tariq Abu Khdeir. In the space of just a few weeks, the Palestinian-American boy visited east Jerusalem, where tensions were about to boil over. He also grappled with the murder of a cousin who was burned alive by Israeli extremists; got detained and was savagely beaten by Israeli … Continued
For the second day in a row, demonstrators succeeded on Sunday in preventing the unloading and loading of the Israeli ship Zim Piraeus at the Port of Oakland. The ship had delayed its arrival in Oakland to avoid Saturday’s massive demonstration and planned community picket line. Today at around 5 p.m. an emergency blast went … Continued
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