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By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Editors Note: After the writing of the article below, last night, police clad in riot gear commenced the arrest of numerous pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University. The escalation occurred as protesters occupied a campus building, intensifying the ongoing crisis at the school… Read more »

By: Malak Hassouna / Arab America Contributing Writer  On Saturday, April 27, 2024, we welcomed over 300 people to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library to celebrate National Arab American Heritage Month with a vibrant afternoon of cultural exploration! The event included a fashion show that showcased the beauty… Read more »

We continue to honor Shereen Abu Akleh as an Arab American pathbreaker. Shereen was originally our twentieth pathbreaker. Now we reprieve the earlier article, adding to it, because this coming May 11 is the second anniversary of Shereen’s murder. Abu-Akleh, a Palestinian American, our contributing writer, John Mason writes, was… Read more »

By: Claire Boyle / Arab America Contributing Writer In 2017, the Arab America Foundation created the grassroots initiative to commemorate the month of April as National Arab American Heritage Month, abbreviated as NAAHM, with only a few states recognizing the initiative with proclamations. Seven years later, full of dedicated activism… Read more »

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer The first time that I tasted musakhkhan, the epitome of Palestinian cuisine, was in the early 1960s in the Palestinian town of Qalquila. We had travelled there to visit the Shanti family whose son Ahmad was a family friend in Canada. That evening, as we… Read more »

On the occasion of National Arab American Heritage Month, the National U.S. Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) is pleased to share a recent speech by David Hamod – the Chamber’s President and CEO – entitled  “Arab Heritage in the USA.”   A video and hard copy of the speech is… Read more »

By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer The world expresses a sigh of relief that Iran and Israel did not go all the way to start a regional war. Iranian American analyst, Trita Parsi, has captured the scene: Israel and Iran have been embroiled in a shadow war for more… Read more »

By: María Teresa Fidalgo-Azize| Arab America Contributing Writer  Olfa: It’s a tragedy. I hate girls. I didn’t want to have daughters.  Hend Sabry: What I understand, is that for you, their bodies are dangerous.  Olfa: There’s no doubt about it. The body, it’s really where the line is drawn. It… Read more »

On April 11, 2024, the City of New York witnessed a historic moment as the NYC Board of Education hosted a vibrant celebration in honor of National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM). The event took place at the iconic Tweed Courthouse located at 52 Chambers St, New York, NY 10007,… Read more »

This is the forty-third of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Our forty-third pathbreaker, Anthony (Tony) Shalhoub, was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin on October 19, 1953. His father was an… Read more »