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New Jersey May Name School After Arab American Advocate Awadallah

Aug 9, 2013

City education officials are considering renaming School 6 in honor of Frank Lautenberg, Paterson’s native son who rose from working(...)

Statement by the President on the Occasion of Eid al-Fitr

Aug 8, 2013

Michelle and I send our warmest greetings to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr here in the United States and around the(...)

ANERA Awarded Grant for Land Reclamation in West Bank

Aug 7, 2013

ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) is pleased to announce the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has awarded it(...)

CAIR Ads Touting Diversity Rejected on Tampa Buses

Aug 6, 2013

The HART board of directors today rejected a request to purchase bus ads supporting diversity in the workplace — a(...)

Najla Said: My Father, Edward Said

Aug 5, 2013

Excerpted from <i>Looking for Palestine</i>. I am a Palestinian-Lebanese-American Christian woman, but I grew up as a Jew in New(...)

Michael Ansara, Actor Behind Klingon Leader Kang, Dies at 91

Aug 5, 2013

He struck an imposing figure as Kang, the villainous Klingon commander who struck fears in the hearts of the federation.(...)

Arab Americans Mark Al-Quds Day in Support of Palestinians

Aug 4, 2013

Dozens of Arab Americans across southeast Michigan converged on Dearborn Friday to mark National Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, condemning Israel's continued(...)

Sikhs, Arab-Americans Praise Expansion of Hate-Crime Tracking

Aug 3, 2013

Members of North Jersey’s Sikh and Arab communities on Friday lauded an announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that(...)

Institute for Palestine Studies TV: Finding Palestine Through Humor

Aug 2, 2013

In this episode of Palestine Studies TV, host Omar Baddar sits down with Said Durrah, a Palestinian-American comedian from the(...)

Forgetting 'Little Syria' at 9/11 Memorial

Aug 2, 2013

One of Carl Antoun’s favourite things to do in Manhattan’s financial district is to ask passers-by, “Did you know that(...)

Western Michigan Professor Hedy Habra's Book Honored by Arab American Book Awards

Aug 1, 2013

Western Michigan University professor and Portage author Hedy Habra's 2012 book, "Flying Carpets," was honored by the Arab American Book(...)

Palestinian American Activist-Artist Rebuilds With Words

Jul 31, 2013

From a distance, they depict destruction and despair. Huge images of buildings left in rubble, seemingly monochromatic, certainly saddening. But(...)