Author Archives: Arab America

  DEARBORN, MI, March 23, 2015 – The Arab American Women’s Business Council (AAWBC), founded in 2007 as a 501c3 nonprofit professional organization, elected Renée Ahee as its first chief executive officer, effective March 15, 2015. Ahee is a co-founder of the organization, whose mission is to bring together Arab American business women of diverse … Continued

Arab American Institute President James Zogby appeared on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront to discuss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology for his racist remarks during the Israeli election.  

“On behalf of the Palestinian leadership and the people of Palestine, we express our great appreciation and gratitude to the members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) who assumed a principled, courageous and just stand and overwhelmingly voted in favor of three UNHRC resolutions regarding the occupied State of Palestine, including East Jerusalem, … Continued

Mohed Altrad doesn’t know how old he is. No document recorded the day he was born into a Bedouin tribe wandering the Syrian desert. To make birthdays easier, his children recently picked Mar. 9 out of a hat. As for the birth year, he had to choose one when he came to Montpellier, France, 46 … Continued

French sales company Pyramide International has taken world sales on Egyptian auteur Mohamed Diab’s timely Islamic fundamentalism-themed thriller “Clash,” now set to start shooting in Cairo in April with Franco-German network Arte also on board. Diab, known internationally for bold sex harassment pic “Cairo 678,” will delve into Egypt’s religion-related political turbulence with “Clash,” which … Continued

Habeeb Salloum illness. With his passing, the Arabs, especially the Palestinians, and the intellec­ tual world in general have lost one of the greatest thinkers of our age. For the past few decades Said was known as the Arab world’s most prominent overseas thinker and scholar.DWARD W. Said, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at … Continued

The State Department confirmed that Washington is talking with the government of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad about missing American journalist Austin Tice, a development raising hopes he is alive and could be brought home in the near future. “We have been in periodic, direct contact with Syrian government officials on consular issues, including the case … Continued

Three weeks before the April 15 deadline to file federal tax returns, the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), a national education and advocacy organization based in Palos Hills, IL, has placed electronic billboards asking the question: “Have you declared Israel a dependent on your tax returns?” The ad, which ran last year in Washington DC, says Americans are “sweating April 15 so Israelis don’t have to,” and calls for an end to U.S. aid to the Israeli occupation. In Chicago, the ads can be seen on digital billboards at I-294 and 95th Street and I-294 and Southwest Highway through April 19.

Source: chicagomonitor.com

The Australian singer has been travelling around the world with her latest tour since September.

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New York University’s fraught tenure as an intellectual prize of the Middle East has taken a new and mysterious turn: A private investigator has been making inquiries about an N.Y.U. professor who criticized the exploitation of migrant workers building the university’s campus in Abu Dhabi. The same investigator, working for an as-yet unidentified party, has … Continued

Geneva– Human rights advocates from the U.S. met Friday in Geneva with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, to call for support for human rights advocates in the U.S. who face police harassment, arrest and other state violence for their efforts to stand up for their rights and the rights of others. … Continued