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Community Leaders Join Mayor Tait for 'A Taste of Anaheim' in Little Arabia

Feb 25, 2014

The Arab American Civic Council in partnership with Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait's "Hi Neighbor" initiative, a neighborhood a campaign, hosted(...)

SyFy Channel Seeks Arab Americans in Michigan for Feature Film

Feb 23, 2014

Casting directors for the upcoming SyFy Channel movie "Age of Ice" is looking for Middle Eastern talent in Michigan for(...)

Next Arab American On A Stamp Could Be Steve Jobs

Feb 22, 2014

The Washington Post is reporting that the US Postal Service’s Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee has included Steve Jobs, the co-founder(...)

Academy Award Nominee Hany Abu Assad's Film Omar Premiers in U.S. Theaters

Feb 21, 2014

Two-time Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner (Paradise Now), Director Hany Abu Assad brings us Omar -- the first(...)

Arab American National Museum Will Host 2014 Arab Film Festival

Feb 20, 2014

From the Arab New Wave to a true space-age tale lost in time, the 2014 Arab Film Festival offers fascinating(...)

ACCESS Program Works With Teens to Decrease Dating Violence

Feb 19, 2014

It’s a problem that affects 20 percent of teenage girls. And yet many don’t know that help is just a(...)

Muslim Leaders Speak for the Christians of the Middle East

Feb 18, 2014

For more than two thousand years, Christians have lived all over the Middle East and been an integral part of(...)

Zogby: Jesse Jackson, 1984: A Transformative Campaign

Feb 17, 2014

This past week I traveled to New York City to speak at an event honoring the 30th anniversary of the(...)

Meet Muslim Figure Skater Zahra Lari, Who Performs in Hijab

Feb 16, 2014

<center><iframe width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/JOVqh96PeQs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center> Zahra Lari is an 18-year-old figure skater from the United Arab Emirates who’s known(...)

'Jews For Palestinian Right of Return' Endorse American Studies Association Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions

Feb 16, 2014

We salute the American Studies Association’s courageous endorsement of the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli(...)

Arab American Museum Shows Arab Spring Protest Art

Feb 15, 2014

<center><iframe src="http://english.share.voanews.eu/flashembed.aspx?t=vid&id=1848702&w=500&h=284&skin=embeded" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" width="500" height="284"></iframe></center> In many countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa, walls and buildings became(...)

SCPSS Announces Agreement with Riad Al-Rayyes Books

Feb 13, 2014

Today, the Syrian Center for Political and Strategic Studies (SCPSS) announced that it had reach an agreement with Riad Al-Rayyes(...)