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Catholic Church in Holy Land Plans Switch to Orthodox Calendar for Easter

Apr 5, 2012

The Catholic churches of the Holy Land plan to observe Easter according to the Orthodox calendar, the head of the(...)

United Palestinian Appeal Accepting Summer Internship Application

Apr 4, 2012

United Palestinian Appeal is currently accepting applications for its summer internship program. The program is designed to provide interested students(...)

PSTV: Rashid Khalidi Explains the Journal's Response to CAMERA

Apr 4, 2012

On 3 November 2011, the self-appointed media watchdog CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) informed the(...)

Syria Agrees to Annan's Peace Plan Deadline

Apr 3, 2012

yria's President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to start implementing a peace plan by April 10, but UN-Arab League envoy Kofi(...)

'Miss USA' Rima Fakih Says She Has Signed A WWE Contract

Apr 3, 2012

2012 Miss USA Rima Fakih was on hand for many of the WrestleMania week events in Miami, Florida, prompting speculation(...)

Palestinian-American Woman Making a Comedy Feature Called

Apr 3, 2012

Suha Araj is a Palestinian-American woman making a comedy feature called "Khsara," about Arab women who don't get married 'in(...)

Senator Daniel K. Inouye and Mrs. Irene Hirano Inouye to Visit Arab Museum

Apr 2, 2012

The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is honored to welcome U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) and his wife, Irene(...)

Researchers Going Global to Improve Arab Health

Apr 1, 2012

When Adnan Hammad started working on programs to improve the health of Arab Americans in the mid-1990s, he lacked important(...)

TV's 'Arab American Stories' Series Brings Viewers Close to Home

Apr 1, 2012

Two-thirds of all Arab-Americans are concentrated in 10 states, one-third of them in California, New York and Michigan. Detroit is(...)

Syria Medical Crisis Relief Efforts to Be Held at the Suburban Collection Showplace

Mar 31, 2012

The Syrian American Medical Society of Michigan (SAMS-MI) will host its Syria 911: Medical Crisis fundraiser on Saturday, April 14,(...)

El Cajon Killing Revives Fears of Islamophobia

Mar 31, 2012

Members of San Diego’s Iraqi community are expressing shock and surprise at the death of Shaima Alawadi, found lying in(...)

Recap: NYPD: The Community Under a Microscope

Mar 31, 2012

As part of the ongoing Arabesque Lecture Series, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) hosted an event titled NYPD: The Community(...)