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Wednesday April 18, 2012

Arab Americans Commemorate Hala Maksoud’s Memory

On Sunday, April 22nd, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown University, and the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) are holding a commemorative evening to honor the late Dr. Hala Salaam Maksoud. Read More »

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Friday April 13, 2012

Watch AAI Hill Briefing: Religion and Conflict in the Middle East

In case you missed it, check out the video below for our hill briefing on the current situation of religious minorities in the Middle East. Read More »

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Friday April 06, 2012

Media Freedom & the Middle East

On Monday evening, PitaPolicy and the DC Chapter of the Network of Arab American Professionals (NAAP-DC) will host the second installment of their Media on MENA series. Read More »

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Tuesday April 03, 2012

WATCH: AAI Co-Hosts Hill Briefing on the Arab Peace Initiative

Last week, the Arab American Institute (AAI), along with J Street and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, hosted a Capitol Hill Briefing on the Arab Peace Initiative (API) 10 Years Later. Speakers included AAI President Jim Zogby, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, Carnegie’s Marwan Muasher, and Yitzhak Rabin’s son Yuval Rabin. Read More »

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Thursday March 29, 2012

Khater & Ghannam Talk About Arab Americans in Media & Journalism

As part of its Emerging Leaders Program, the Arab American Institute (AAI) hosted an event last night with Al Jazeera's Rami Khater, Senior New Media Producer for The Stream, as well as veteran journalist Jeffery Ghannam. Read More »

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Wednesday March 07, 2012

AIPAC: Three Candidates, Three Takeaways

With exception of Ron Paul, the GOP presidential candidates all spoke at the AIPAC policy conference yesterday. All of the three candidates delivered a similar message on Iran, taking the opportunity to hit out at president Obama's policies. Iran's nuclear program was the clear focus of the conference, overshadowing any other issue, including the peace process, by far. Despite similar messaging on Iran, the candidate speeches each have their own unique takeaways. I've outlined the ones I thought were the most important in this post.  Read More »

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Wednesday March 07, 2012

Obama’s Message to AIPAC

President Obama is in a tough spot. On the one hand, he wants to bring about a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians (which requires pressuring Israel), as well as avoid a catastrophic war with Iran (which requires pushing back on AIPAC’s drum beat). On the other hand, he needs to make the Israel lobby happy with him in the lead up to the election. Read More »

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Tuesday March 06, 2012

Netanyahu Takes on Iran at AIPAC

By Jeffrey Wright
Overall, Netanyahu’s speech sounded like that of a man eager for confrontation.  Read More »

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Friday March 02, 2012

DC Graced by AIPAC, Occupy-AIPAC This Weekend

This weekend will be a special one for Washington, DC, as the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is about to host its largest annual policy conference here. In the spirit of “Occupy Wall Street,” hundreds of activists will be gathering in DC this weekend to Occupy AIPAC. Read More »

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Wednesday January 25, 2012

Bringing Egypt to Capitol Hill

Next Tuesday, January 31, AAI will be hosting a congressional briefing on Egypt: One Year after the Revolution, featuring Ashraf Khalil and Dr. Jim Zogby. Read More »

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Tuesday January 10, 2012

Human Chain to Stretch from the White House to the Capitol

In protest of Guantanamo and the National Defense Authorization Act, a coalition of human rights groups and organizations will organize a rally and human chain vigil tomorrow in Washington D.C.. The protest is expected to stretch from the White House to the U.S. Supreme court. Read More »

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Thursday January 05, 2012

MEPC discusses Israel, Iran, and Turkey in the changing Arab World

The Middle East Policy Council held its 67th Capitol Hill Conference today at the Rayburn House Office Building. The focus of the conference was “Israel, Turkey & Iran in the Changing Arab World.” The event included a distinguished panel of speakers: Robert Malley of the International Crisis Group, Karim Sadjapour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Omer Taspinar of the Brookings Institution. Read More »

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Tuesday December 20, 2011

Yalla Change Roundtable Marks Arab Spring Anniversary

On the one-year anniversary of the Arab Spring, AAI hosted a roundtable discussion with Syrian democracy activist Rami Nakhle, Al Jazeera’s “The Stream” co-host Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a select group of journalism and communications students from all across Egypt, and Arab American students and activists. The purpose of the discussion was to connect agents of change from the Arab World with Arab American activists to exchange experiences and learn how best we can bring change about here at home. Read More »

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Monday November 14, 2011

Turaath: A Night to Remember

By Maha Neouchy
Turaath: Celebrating Arab Culture in America, hosted by the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) on Thursday, November 10th was a huge success. This event, the first of its kind, was hosted by the newly-formed ADC Women’s Initiative. Read More »

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Monday October 17, 2011

Turaath: Celebrating Arab Culture in America

By Maha Neouchy
If you will be in Washington D.C. this Veteran’s Day Weekend, be sure to attend “Turaath: Celebrating Arab Culture in America” at the historic Lincoln Theatre on November 10. The event, which kicks off at 7:30 p.m., is a part of a new initiative created by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) to celebrate the achievements of successful Arab American women and the rich culture of the Arab American community as a whole. Read More »

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