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You Did It! FBI to Start Tracking Hate Crimes Against Arabs

Jun 7, 2013

Last year, ADC submitted an official request to the Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting the inclusion of “Arabs” among the(...)

ADC National Convention Features Over 50 Speakers June 13-16

Jun 6, 2013

ADC, the Nation's largest Arab-American organization will be celebrating the 2013 National Convention in Washington, D.C. We are proud to(...)

Boarding School in Jordan Offers Arab-American Students a Year of Intensive Arabic and Mideast Cultural Immersion

Jun 5, 2013

Since opening its doors in 2007, King’s Academy has earned a reputation for becoming one of the leading educational institutions(...)

ADC: Announcing Our Speakers!

Jun 5, 2013

We are proud to announce Mr. Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, will be the keynote speaker at(...)

Arab-American Scholar Alixa Naff Dies at 93

Jun 5, 2013

Alixa Naff, an early and pioneering historian who documented the lives of the first wave of Arab-American immigrants a century(...)

Cadwalader Named Advocate Law Firm of the Year by American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

Jun 4, 2013

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a leading counselor to global financial institutions and corporations, announced today that it will receive(...)

A Brief Encore for Little Syria: Sights, Sounds and Even Smells

Jun 3, 2013

Little Syria hasn’t been so Syrian in a long while. Torn apart by the construction of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel in(...)

ADC-Michigan Director Imad Hamad Placed on Administrative Leave

Jun 2, 2013

Imad Hamad, an Arab-American civil rights advocate, has been placed on administrative leave following allegations of sexual harassment. Hamad has(...)

Discovering “Little Syria”—New York’s Long-Lost Arab Neighborhood

Jun 1, 2013

I don’t think much of the patch of Lower Manhattan surrounding the former World Trade Center towers that I pass(...)

ADC's Response to Sexual Harassment Complaint

Jun 1, 2013

As the country's premiere Arab American civil rights organization, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) reiterates sexual harassment is not and(...)

US Muslim Sues FBI Over ‘Months of Torture on Unspecified Charges’

May 31, 2013

A US Muslim alleges he was held illegally for 106 days by FBI agents and was subjected to severe beatings.(...)

Arab-Americans: A 'Growing' Community, But By How Much?

May 30, 2013

One-and-a-half million Americans today claim Arab ancestry, according to a new Census Bureau report. That's less than 1 percent of(...)