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For Immediate Release Washington DC (July 24, 2024): The Arab America Foundation announced today the awardees of their 20 Under 20 initiative. Twenty Arab Americans from throughout the U.S. were announced. Judges from different states reviewed the applications anonymously (without identification of name or ethnicity). The awardees are Jad Abdel… Read more »

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Murraq is a very popular aromatic chicken stew in the United Arab Emirates. During Ramadan, it is one of the most popular dishes served because of the variety of nutrients found in it.  A traditional dish once served on a large platter and eaten… Read more »

By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer When Congress invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of May, it was a surprise to most Americans. To Arab and Muslim Americans, it was a kick in the teeth. The very fact that he will be speaking to Congress… Read more »

By: Arab America Contributing Writer / Mehdi El Merini Born Iliass Mansouri on September 20, 1998, in Antwerp, Belgium, Dystinct is a name that has become synonymous with a unique blend of cultures and sounds. As a Moroccan-Belgian music artist, he has crafted a distinctive musical identity that resonates with… Read more »

By: Raisa Sami / Arab America Contributing Writer Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce has announced that Arabic coffee will be officially rebranded as Saudi coffee in restaurants, cafes, stores, and roasters. This move is part of a Culture Ministry initiative to name 2022 as the “Year of Saudi Coffee” to… Read more »

By Luke McMahan/ Arab America Contributing Writer In a December poll of Palestinians, Marwan Barghouti (مروان البرغوثي), a prominent member of the liberation organization Fatah imprisoned for the last 22 years, was chosen as the most popular politician in Gaza and a desired successor to Mahmoud Abbas. Amid rumors a… Read more »

Author: Yara Marei / Arab America Contributing Writer In a regular class of the phytotherapy course for medical students, the topic of organism classifications was explored, rekindling interest first sparked in their 10th-grade O-Level biology classes, where they learned the classification hierarchy: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.… Read more »

By: Arwa Almasaari / Arab America Contributing Writer In a world where visual records of daily life in the 1800s Greater Syria are scarce, autobiographical accounts become indispensable for understanding the period. Abraham Mitrie Rihbany’s A Far Journey stands out as a pioneering work in this context, being the first… Read more »

This is the fifty-fifth 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 fifty-fifth pathbreaker is John Zogby, an internationally known Arab American public opinion pollster, author, and public speaker. Founder of… Read more »

By Liam Nagle / Arab America Contributing Writer Pan-Arabism as an ideology appeared at a similar time to various European nationalist movements, and for similar reasons, too. Much like the nationalist movements that swept through Europe in the 1800s, the goal of the ideology was to shake the yoke of… Read more »