Arab America News Updates

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer This is only one of the many types of pisto manchego prepared in Spain – all of Arab origin. Today, in Tunisia a similar dish is favoured by all classes in society and, just as in Spain, at times, bits of meat are added.… Read more »

Leaders from All Walks of Life – Including Chiefs of Mission – Recognize Ramadan as a Time of Celebration, But Also Remembrance and Reflection Imam Arafat: “Ramadan teaches Muslims to recognize the shared humanity of all people, transcending cultural, racial, and religious differences.  We are reminded that love and compassion… Read more »

Since we launched our movement for National Arab American Heritage Month in 2017, we have received numerous proclamations for this initiative. This year, the Arab America Foundation salutes over two hundred and fifty Arab Americans on twenty-four state teams who continue approaching governors, state officials, mayors, school boards, and county… Read more »

This is the seventy-eighth of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, arts, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Our seventy-eighth, pathbreaker, May Habib, is an immigrant with her family from Lebanon to Canada, then to the U.S.… Read more »

By: B. Nimri Aziz / Arab America Contributing Writer It was costly for British actor Vanessa Redgrave, who began speaking out in the 1970s and was pilloried for daring to address an unspeakable subject. She refused to back down, famously calling her adversaries ‘Zionist hooligans.’ Resolute in the face of relentless hostility,… Read more »

By: Ralph I. Hage / Arab America Contributing Writer Arab America contributing writer, Ralph Hage, examines how the ruins of Baalbek in Lebanon influenced the design of American Neoclassical architecture, particularly government buildings. Near the end of the 18th century, the United States of America, a young and growing nation,… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (WASHINGTON, DC) March 26, 2025–On Wednesday, April 9th, Arab American comedian Mohanad Elsheiky will perform at the ninth annual National Arab American Heritage Month Commemoration at Amazon HQ Theater, with the theme “Honoring the past, inspiring the future.” Mohanad Elshieky is a stand-up comedian and writer known… Read more »

By Liam Nagle / Arab America Contributing Writer Many people already know about the Arab Revolt – an attempt by the Arabs, led by Sharif Hussein bin Ali, to achieve independence from the Ottoman Empire during World War I. However, lesser-known is the fact that numerous bodies had already formed… Read more »

By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Prime Minister Netanyahu has resumed the fighting in Gaza to re-occupy Gaza and pursue the elimination of Hamas. Israel’s renewed war strategy aims at starving the people of the enclave while pummeling their fighters with new bunker-busting bombs, which President Trump had… Read more »

By Rena Elhessen / Arab America Contributing Author The Oscars passed without a hitch. Still, viewers noticed that the award show was filled with tense and politically charged moments. This shift in the environment was also reflected in the quality of nominations. Nominations included some light-hearted films considered to be… Read more »