Arab-Americans
Do You Listen to Bigotry?
Cause it’s totally not cool. #JustSayin
To Young Americans of Syrian Origin
A little known poem penned by one of the world’s best selling poets, Gibran Kahlil Gibran, in the July 1926 issue of “Syrian World” (NYC’s first Arab American English newspaper):
18 Signs of Arabic Weddings
Everyone asking for free professional advice. If you are a lawyer, then other guests ask you about immigration. “Doctor, can I show you my rash?” Dentist? They’ll all show you their cavities. Gynecologist? The bathroom is that way. Just make sure the hedges are trimmed
Celebration of Arab Culture at Lincoln Theatre
Look, aside from the World Cup, we Arabs really only enjoy two other things with equal pleasure: Fashion and Music. Take a look back at the last Arab wedding you’ve been to, remember Uncle Sammy dressed in a plaid powder-blue suit and dancing to Nancy Ajram with the ferocity that makes Mick Jagger look like a white boy at a Zulu coming-of-age ceremony.
The Curious Case of Abed Nadir: Community and ‘pop-Orientalism’
Abed Nadir is possibly Community’s most popular character with his quirky sense of humor and necessarily unnecessary commentary and observations on the lives of his friends. But as a half-Gazan Muslim, Abed’s character, in an otherwise sophisticated and intelligent show, falls flat on nuance and works, ultimately, to orientalize him.
Columbia University’s Suppression of Arab Students
Is Columbia University creating selective bureaucratic measures to silence the political activity of Arab students on its campus? An Angry Arab at the school explores the problem.
Nobel Prize Winning Arabs
The Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman has been jointly-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Kabobfest takes a look at her and the other five Arab Nobel winners.
Arab Americans & 9/11 tenth Anniversary
How will Arab Americans commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks?
Ramadan In The Mormon Heartland
My second year on campus was much better, I met a lot more people and since the terrorists attacks of 9/11 have already happened, there was a lot more students studying Arabic and Islam.
I’m Proud of Yemen
The people of Yemen fighting are not only fighting for their freedom and democracy, but they continue to be unimpressed with the scams and schemes that are woven around them by president Saleh and the gulf states.
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