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Egypt’s Vietnam

Apr 5, 2015

the spring of 1967, Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, lamented to the U.S. ambassador in Cairo that the war in(...)

US air carriers shamefully playing on anti-Arab bias

Apr 5, 2015

Delta Airlines is leading an effort to petition the US government to sanction Etihad Airways, Emirates and Qatar Airways. They(...)

Iraqi cinema finds new direction

Apr 5, 2015

Traveling in an old car, young Iraqi filmmakers had taken off at noon Feb. 18 from the headquarters of the Iraqi Independent(...)

Liberal Democrats sympathize with Palestinians over Israel by 68-60 -- Pew

Apr 5, 2015

Look at these numbers from a March 2015 Pew research poll closely. Overall, they state that Americans sympathize with Israel over(...)

The persistence of the Palestine Authority

Apr 5, 2015

For years now, analysts and observers of Palestine have predicted a third intifada, or uprising against occupation. The first intifada(...)

Calling out Pamela Geller's hate speech in Philadelphia

Apr 5, 2015

Ads reading “Islamic Jew Hatred: It’s in the Quran” appeared on SEPTA buses in Philadelphia on April Fool’s Day. No(...)

In the occupied West Bank, even hiking is political

Apr 5, 2015

The Roman aqueduct in Wadi Qelt, Jordan Valley, West Bank (Photo: Angela Gruber) Two young Palestinian guys pass by, not(...)

Modern Middle Eastern Art Finds a New Audience in the West

Apr 5, 2015

One recent morning, art historian Nada Shabout was telling me about her search for a graduate program two decades ago.(...)

The 5 female Arab artists that we fell in love with

Apr 5, 2015

Rania Matar was born and raised in Lebanon and moved to the United States in 1984. Originally trained as an(...)

100 Arab American women raise $10,000 for cancer fund

Apr 5, 2015

Zena Fakhouri (left), Saba Aljahmi, Chelsea Liddy, and Dillon Fuad Odeh—staff and volunteers of Center for Arab American Philanthropy—sell jewelry(...)

Rapping with a hijab: woman duo break barriers in Hip Hop scene

Apr 5, 2015

Wearing the hijab, abstention from alcohol and praying five times a day are not tenets widely found among rappers, but(...)

Arab American James Abourezk on Why Using Pension Money to Fund Israeli Bonds is Both Wrong and Illegal

Apr 5, 2015

JAMES ABOUREZK The Minnesota State Board of Investment is honor bound when it invests monies from Minnesota’s public employee(...)