Monday March 25, 2013
In the Detroit Metro Times this week, staff members emphatically embraced the idea of Tlaib running for mayor. Read More »
Thursday November 08, 2012
In California, Johnny Khamis narrowly won a seat on the San Jose City Council over Robert Braunstein. The Michigan State University Board of Trustees election was another close race, but on Wednesday afternoon the final results showed Arab American Brian Mosallam in second place, claiming a seat on the board. Read More »
Wednesday November 07, 2012
AAI is committed to updating you on the results and progress of Arab American candidates running for office and reelection across the country. Read More »
Tuesday November 06, 2012
This Election Day will decide the fate of four Arab American members of Congress who have weathered tough races this cycle. A fifth Arab American member, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), is running in a safe district and has not needed to campaign. Here are the latest updates on the races in which Arab American candidates are fighting close battles to represent their districts. Read More »
Tuesday November 06, 2012
Arab Americans are represented across the entire political spectrum, identifying as Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and members of the Green Party. This election Arab Americans, like the rest of the country, will help decide the outcome of this hard-fought presidential battle between a Republican Governor Mitt Romney and Democrat President Barack Obama. Read More »
Monday November 05, 2012
In the final hours of the 2012 presidential campaign, both candidates are courting the Arab American vote, a vital constituency in many of the remaining key swing states. Read More »
Monday October 22, 2012
Tonight, President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney will meet for the final debate of this election season to discuss foreign policy issues. Tonight’s debate, moderated by Bob Schieffer of CBS, will take place in Boca Raton, Florida and will air at 9:00pm Eastern Time. The debate could make a key difference in a neck-and-neck race, as the national polls show both candidates in a statistical tie. Obama does maintain a slight swing-state edge, however, with a 16 point lead in the Electoral College. Here are some stories to watch for. Read More »
Tuesday October 16, 2012
Tonight President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney will face off for a town hall debate at Hofstra University. The debate will be moderated by CNN’s Candy Crowley and will air at 9pm Eastern Time. While the Vice Presidential debate did not change the overall status of the polls, Biden’s performance did manage to halt the Obama campaign’s downward slide. Heading into the debate tonight, Romney has a slight edge in the national polls, but Obama maintains his swing state advantage with a 50 point Electoral College spread. Here are some stories to watch for in tonight’s debate. Read More »
Friday October 05, 2012
By Vieshnavi Rattehalli
Hosted by the Arab American Republicans of Washington, D.C. and the Arab American Democratic Caucus of Virginia, the 24th Annual Virginia Candidates’ Night Dinner took place this past Sunday, September 30th, at the Tysons Corner Marriot in Virginia. Read More »
Thursday October 04, 2012
Last night’s presidential debate focused on a wide range of important political issues, and displayed many of the significant differences – and similarities – between the two candidates. However, the issues ignored by the debate were equally illustrative. Read More »
Wednesday October 03, 2012
Tonight Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama will face off for the first of three presidential debates. Tonight’s debate will take place at the University of Denver and will air at 9:00 PM EDT. The debate will be moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS Newshour and will focus on domestic policy. Here are some of the key stories to watch for in tonight’s debate. Read More »
Thursday September 06, 2012
There were many potential headline grabbers in Wednesday’s speaker lineup, from employees of Bain –acquired companies who lost their jobs to women’s rights activist Sandra Fluke. Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren had a distinct need to grab headlines to garner an advantage in her close Senate race against Scott Brown. Unfortunately for Warren, all other speeches Wednesday night were dwarfed by that of former President Bill Clinton. Read More »
Wednesday September 05, 2012
Unfortunately, criticism from the “deluded and devout” was loud enough today for the platform committee to push through an amendment putting the Jerusalem language back into the platform at the last minute. Read More »
Tuesday September 04, 2012
The opening night of Democratic National Convention speakers is already causing a stir of speculation and excitement, and with good reason. The lineup of speakers tonight seems aimed to electrify attendees and viewers right off the bat, as well as to address a wide range of issues. Read More »
Monday September 03, 2012
Fifty-five Arab American delegates and committee members are currently attending this year’s DNC, representing 18 different states. The Arab American Institute will highlight the background and experiences of two Arab American delegates, alternates, or committee members per day, starting with Devon Abdallah, a first-time delegate from Washington, and Ismael Ahmed, a long-time party veteran representing Michigan. Read More »
Monday September 03, 2012
AAI today attended the opening council sessions of the DNC, including an ethnic council meeting chaired by AAI President Dr. Jim Zogby. Speaking before an audience of approximately 200 people, Dr. Zogby emphasized the pivotal role that ethnic communities will likely play in a number of key swing states including Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Read More »
Tuesday July 10, 2012
By Tess Waggoner
A group of Arab American women in Dearborn, Michigan are mobilizing get out the vote efforts in preparation for November’s presidential election. Read More »
Friday June 29, 2012
After making an important statement about the strength of organized and motivated Arab American communities in the New Jersey primary between Reps. Bill Pascrell and Steve Rothman, Arab Americans around the country are looking to replicate their success in a number of key congressional races. One such race is in Ohio’s 9th Congressional district, where Rep. Marcy Kaptur will face Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher. Read More »
Tuesday June 05, 2012
By Nicole Abi-Esber
Political pollster John Zogby published two pieces recently on Forbes.com, indicating which factors will be most crucial in determining the winner of the upcoming presidential elections. He argues that, for both the Obama and Romney campaigns, it will be more important to attempt to maximize votes from usually supportive demographic groups than to attempt to sway the middle. Read More »
Wednesday February 01, 2012
Two Arab American candidates could potentially run against each other for Gabrielle Giffords’s old congressional seat. Arizona State Representative Matt Heinz yesterday announced his candidacy for Arizona’s 8th congressional district, a seat which could potentially have six different candidates (three Republicans and three Democrats) running to occupy it. Read More »
Latest poll to be released Friday finds Americans are divided on continuing aid to #Egypt: http://t.co/1spZM1m9d2
about 19 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 22 minutes ago.
The Muslim Brotherhood has a negative favorable/unfavorable ratio of 30%–47%
http://t.co/rMKu4JJrgW
about 24 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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