Friday September 28, 2012
By Emily Jabareen
Watch out, “the Muslims are coming!” The intriguing and slightly sarcastic title of a new reality TV-style documentary humorously captures the hyperbolic and much overblown antagonism lately demonstrated against Muslims in US political discourse. Read More »
Wednesday September 26, 2012
By Jennine Vari
This week is the second annual DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival. While most of the films are serious and political, Saturday ends on a different note with FouseyTube. Read More »
Monday September 17, 2012
By Vieshnavi Rattehalli
Flying Paper is a documentary film following the story of Palestinian youth in Gaza who embark on a quest to break the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown at once. Read More »
Thursday September 13, 2012
By Jennine Vari
A film by Rola Nashef has earned the Arab American filmmaker the Grolsch Film Works Discovery Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Detroit Unleaded is a “romantic dramedy” about two cousins, Sami and Mike, who take over the family gas station in Detroit. Read More »
Monday September 10, 2012
By Vieshnavi Rattehalli
Much awaited by its small but avid cult-like following, Community represents the best of American television for many reasons. Aside from being a witty and sophisticated show that successfully employs meta-humor and frequent pop-culture references, Community displays progress in American television depiction of Arabs in America. Read More »
Friday August 31, 2012
Earlier this month, the Gibran National Committee of Lebanon signed an exclusive Option Agreement with the Creative Projects Group to produce a feature film highlighting the life story of Arab American poet, artist, and philosopher Kahlil Gibran. Read More »
Thursday August 30, 2012
Ahmed is likely the first Arab American sitcom character who can be funny as an individual, not as an Arab. Hopefully, he’ll be the first of many. Read More »
Wednesday August 29, 2012
At AAI, we’ve periodically tried to highlight the exploits of some of the Arab American heroes we’ve come across, but next month will be the start of something quite different: the first Arab American superhero. Read More »
Monday July 02, 2012
By Nasser Siadat
By bringing her North American tour to Washington DC at a time that coincides with the coming celebrations of America’s own independence, Massi hoped to shed light on this moment in her nation’s history given its relevance to au courant struggles around the Arab world in wake of the Arab spring. Read More »
Monday June 18, 2012
By Nicole Abi-Esber
The first-ever documentary chronicling the immigration journeys of thousands of Arab Americans, called “A Thousand and One Journeys: The Arab Americans” is set to be released in late 2012. Director and producer Abe Kasbo has been working on the documentary project for almost five years, exploring the history of the diverse Arab American community. Read More »
Friday June 15, 2012
If you’re looking for new books to read this summer, the Arab American Museum has just announced the winners of their 2012 Arab American Book Awards. Winners are chosen in the categories of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, and all authors will be honored in a special ceremony on September 29th at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn. Read More »
Tuesday May 15, 2012
From May 14th – 17th, the American Islamic Congress will once again host the DC International Human Rights Film Festival to show and discuss films on pressing social and civic issues from around the globe. Read More »
Monday May 14, 2012
The most effective way to dispel misconceptions, break down barriers and expose injustices facing any community or group of people is to tell individual, real life stories - stories of sacrifice, hardship and triumph. And that is precisely what a young group of filmmakers are trying to do with their new and inspiring film, “Adeela.” Read More »
Friday May 11, 2012
On April 25, the Arab American National Museum was a part of a national discussion on the role that “culturally specific” or “ethnic” museums play in the United States. Helen Samhan, who is a founding member of AAI and the current Senior Outreach Advisor for the Museum, was invited to participate in a day-long symposium hosted by the Smithsonian Institution. The symposium, called “(Re)Presenting America: The Evolution of Culturally Specific Museums,” sought to address the debate on whether these museums serve to divide the nation along ethnic lines or whether they instead offer a more thorough look at the diverse history of the United States. Read More »
Monday May 07, 2012
By Merik Tadros
River Jordan is a cross-cultural Arab American graphic novel set in Chicago, USA and Amman, Jordan. The heart of the story is about a young boy named Rami who learns to overcome his father's death with the help of an artist named Nabil, in becoming a true artist. Read More »
Friday April 27, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
When Susan Abulhawa’s novel Mornings in Jenin (originally titled The Scar of David) was published in the US in 2010, it created significant attention. Though the novel received generally positive reviews, some objected to its frank descriptions of one Palestinian family’s years of suffering after the establishment of Israel in 1948. Read More »
Friday April 20, 2012
By Dalal Hillou
There’s a good chance that you may have, in your lifetime, seen a Rami Kashou gown. You may have seen it within the pages of Vogue, Elle or In Style. You may have seen photos of stylish celebrities wearing timeless pieces by him, or you may have tuned in to watch Rami on the hit show “Project Runway” in past seasons. In all these settings, he has stood out as a Palestinian designer whose gorgeous designs are one of a kind. Read More »
Wednesday April 11, 2012
By Dalal Hillou
A year ago at the Atlanta Arab Festival, I came across an art display that took my breath away. It was there that I met Palestinian artist Nancy Alhabashi, whose art and poetry is a seamless blend of East meets West. Read More »
Thursday August 04, 2011
"I will never forget the moment when my dream became reality, when I saw the prayer flags flapping in the thin air, marking the summit of the greatest mountain on earth" Read More »
Wednesday June 22, 2011
The Nazareth Polyphony Youth Ensemble is performing a special concert at the U.S. Department of State on June 29. It’s a fitting venue for an orchestra that seeks to “transcend cultural and social boundaries to educate both performers and listeners in the art of listening.” Read More »
Latest poll to be released Friday finds Americans are divided on continuing aid to #Egypt: http://t.co/1spZM1m9d2
about 2 hours, 32 minutes ago.
RT @MaiE_89: In the 1990’s, #Egypt had a 60% favorable rating among Americans, while today only 36% of US views the country positively via @AAIUSA
about 2 hours, 36 minutes ago.
The Muslim Brotherhood has a negative favorable/unfavorable ratio of 30%–47%
http://t.co/rMKu4JJrgW
about 2 hours, 37 minutes ago.
Looking at Iran by James Zogby
Kahlil Gibran Awards Gala - April 16, 2013President Obama got it just about perfect in his Jerusalem speech when he urged Israelis to see the world through the eyes of Palestinians. That portion of his remarks was so compelling it deserves to be quoted in full: Read More »
Air Date: 5/31/2012
Fellows from Syracuse University’s “Leaders for Democracy Fellowship Program (LDF); Bill Press, Host of the “Bill Press Show” and author of the new book, The Obama Hate Machine: The Lies, Distortions, and Personal Attacks on the President---and Who Is Behind Them. Read More »
The story of Arab Americans coming of age as an organized community is a classic American tale of immigrants seeking opportunity, benefiting from America’s freedoms, but also experiencing, at times, the dark side of exclusion and discrimination that has so often been a part of our nation’s history. Read More »
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