The Network of Arab American Professionals’ Dallas chapter held a networker luncheon and voter registration drive at Cedars Mediterranean restaurant in Plano, Texas. With over 25 members and volunteers, the newly formed group was able to register customers to vote and engaged with many others who visited the restaurant for...
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Washington Watch: Don't Play Politics With Syrian Christians
by James Zogby in Washington Watch
Elliott Abrams, a former Reagan and Bush Administration official and a former colleague on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), has written an article "The United States Bars Christian, Not Muslim, Refugees From Syria". It is provocative, as its title suggests, but it is deeply flawed in its argument, its evidence, and its conclusions. Continue reading...
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September 21, 2016
Arab Americans on the Ground in 2016: Hawaii’s Mark Hashem is Dedicated to his Constituents
Hawaii State Representative Mark Hashem is the son of a Lebanese father and a Japanese mother. His story is as unique as it is interesting. Hashem’s grandfather had been studying to become a priest in Beirut. Prompted by his four brothers to come with them to the United States, however,...
September 20, 2016
What to Do If You Are Stopped at the Israeli Border
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September 19, 2016
Community, faith leaders ask Congress to support refugees
President Barack Obama’s administration plans to increase the entry of worldwide refugees into the United States in 2017 to 110,000, according to an annual refugee report to Congress obtained Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal. Up from 85,000 this fiscal year, the raise marks nearly a 30% increase. The last...
