Arab America News Updates

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Sumac, with its lemony flavour, is a favourite spice of eastern Arab world.  As a seasoning, it lends a tarty taste to barbecues, chicken, savoury pies, fish, salads, sauces, dips, stews, stuffings and vegetables.  It is also mixed extensively with onions and salt as… Read more »

By: Blanche Shaheen/Arab America Contributing Writer If you trace the origins of the Mediterranean Diet along the historical path of Arab countries, you will find that food was considered far more than sustenance. In the Medieval Arab world, meals were carefully constructed. Every ingredient served a medicinal purpose, curated for… Read more »

By: Layla Mahmoud / Arab America Contributing Writer In the wake of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, U.S. college campuses have become a battleground for speech, protest, and political expression. At the center of this tension is Columbia University, where pro-Palestine student advocacy has ignited nationwide debates about academic freedom,… Read more »

By: Laila Ali / Arab America Contributing Writer A Home You Know by Heart Second and third-generation Arab Americans experience “home” as an elusive, half-remembered place. Home is family stories around the kitchen table over mint tea, old photo albums stuffed in a drawer, an overseas phone call, or the… Read more »

By Jake Harris / Arab America Contributing Writer International Aid groups are quite unanimous in stating that the food situation in Gaza has reached a dire state. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has three thresholds to reach in order for a food crisis to be considered a famine. The… Read more »

By: Fayzeh Abou Ardat / Arab America Contributing Writer TikTok has become a worldwide beauty stage, and Arab-inspired makeup is stealing the show. Creators use hashtags like #ArabicMakeup and #KhaleejiMakeup to display traditional looks upgraded with modern tools and methods. These viral videos are more than just tutorials; they’re expressions… Read more »

By: Taim Al-Faraje/Arab America Contributing Writer As of mid-2025, Egypt’s New Administrative Capital (NAC) has entered its second phase of construction. What this means for the new capital is thousands of families moving into newly built housing, establishing museums, an opera house, a training center for artists and musicians, and… Read more »

By: Ramsey Zeidan / Arab America Contributing Writer Anthropogenic climate change is by no means a new issue.  As of recent, however, scientists are sounding the alarm on a new facet of global warming: archaeology. Industrial activity and urban development in tandem with worsening climate have endangered key archaeological sites.… Read more »

By: Laila Mamdouh / Arab America Contributing Writer Arabic poetry has long served as a mirror for Arab identity, thought, and beauty. From its early days in the harsh deserts of the Arabian Peninsula to its flowering in the cosmopolitan courts of Baghdad under Abbasid rule, Arabic verse has evolved… Read more »

By: Sami Asmar / Arab America Contributing Writer Lebanese composer, playwright, and political satirist Ziad Rahbani passed away at the age of 69.  The son of Fairuz, the legendary singer that many generations grew up listening to, has, for better or for worse, impacted our collective identity through his music and… Read more »