Wednesday March 06, 2013
By Jennine Vari
Yesterday, AAI President Jim Zogby released the results of a 20-nation Zogby poll on Arab and Muslim opinions and attitudes toward Iran at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. The poll release was accompanied by the launch of Zogby’s newest book, Looking at Iran: the Rise and Fall of Iran in Public Opinion Looking at Iran which compares 2012 Zogby Poll data on attitudes toward Iran with data Zogby Research has compiled from its past decade of polling in the region. Read More »
Thursday January 31, 2013
Today, Senator Chuck Hagel undergoes a nomination hearing held by the Senate Armed services Committee. Though Hagel is expected to ultimately be confirmed, he is sure to face some opposition in the form of verbal grilling from Republicans and Democrats alike, especially with regard to his views on Israel, Iran, and defense spending cuts. Read More »
Friday January 25, 2013
Sen. Johnson got a heated response from Secretary Clinton when he asked about UN Ambassador Susan Rice “purposefully misleading the American public” on what happened in Benghazi. He continued to push, asking why a phone call wasn’t made to people on the ground after the attack to ascertain whether or not the attack was the result of a protest or a planned terrorist assault. Read More »
Wednesday January 23, 2013
On Capitol Hill today, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared in front of Senate and House committees to defend her handling of the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya last September. Read More »
Wednesday September 12, 2012
We must honor the legacy of the four Americans and ten Libyans who lost their lives defending the embassy, and strive for a more open and mutually-respectful interaction with the rest of the world. We must bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice, but we must also take great care not to conflate their actions with the Arab or Muslim people as a whole. Read More »
Wednesday September 12, 2012
The attack on U.S. diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya is an outrageous and horrible tragedy. The film that the demonstrators claim to be protesting might be deplorable, but it is no excuse for the wanton murder of innocent diplomats. This was an act of murder, plain and simple. We wholeheartedly support the strong and clear position expressed this morning by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and as we reflect on this tragedy, we need to remember that it was carried out by a small mob that in no way characterizes the opinions and attitudes of people in the region. Read More »
Friday July 13, 2012
By Sara Jawhari
22 year-old Sarah Burshan stands in the doorway of a conference room-turned polling station in a Holiday Inn in the suburbs of Washington DC. The astonishment in her eyes is visible as she is witnessing something she never in her wildest dreams expected to be alive for: an unprecedented democratic election that will appoint 200 people into Libya’s first General National Congress. Read More »
Friday June 01, 2012
When President Obama first came into office he promised this country that some fundamental and drastic changes would take place. He also promised the same scope of change in his Cairo speech to Arabs and Muslims across the globe, and because of the unprecedented gesture, people believed him. Today Arabs and Muslims, especially those in the Middle East, are still waiting for that fundamental change to come. Read More »
Tuesday May 08, 2012
As the Annan Peace Plan in Syria totters on the brink of collapse, it's important to look to Libya to see how international involvement often has long and unintended consequences for future stability. Read More »
Tuesday April 03, 2012
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has an op-ed in the Washington Post today about the intersection of American strategic objectives and the “Arab Spring.” Read More »
Thursday November 10, 2011
Several months ago, we praised Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels for remaining principled and not pandering to anti-Muslim sentiment. At the time, unapologetic Islamophobia seemed like an accepted element of the mainstream Republican platform. We called Governor Daniels the “adult in the room” for his leadership. Today, similar praise is due for a candidate who has taken a principled stance on another issue of importance to the Arab American community. Read More »
Wednesday November 02, 2011
Whatever abuses take place in the midst of armed conflict tell us less about the culture of the perpetrators and more about the culture of war, especially when we see these very same abuses replicated in other conflicts across the world. Read More »
Friday October 07, 2011
AAI President Jim Zogby responds to "Arena" Moderator David Mark's question on whether or not Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney can establish himself as a foreign policy leader in the GOP and ultimately position himself ahead of Barack Obama in the foreign policy debate. Read More »
Saturday October 01, 2011
Watch coverage of the Arab American Institute (AAI) and National Network for Arab American Communities' (NNAAC) joint three-day National Leadership Conference, September 30 - October 2, 2011, in Dearborn, Michigan. The National Leadership Conference is a quadrennial conference at which the Arab American community discusses foreign and domestic policy priorities and strategizes for the national elections. Read More »
Monday August 22, 2011
It looks like Gaddafi’s rule over Libya has ended, after rebel forces captured downtown Tripoli and arrested or killed as many as five of Gaddafi’s sons. Saif al-Islam, who was speculated to be Gaddafi’s successor and who is wanted by the International Criminal Court). What remains a mystery, however, is the fate of Gaddafi himself. Read More »
Wednesday June 22, 2011
We reported in yesterday’s Countdown that some members of the Senate have accused President Obama of violating the War Powers Clause by authorizing U.S. involvement in NATO strikes on Libya. Read More »
Monday June 06, 2011
On Friday morning, the House of Representatives passed a resolution sponsored by House Speaker John Boehner, declaring that “the President shall not deploy, establish, or maintain the presence of units and members of the United States Armed Forces” in Libya and requesting that the President “transmit to the House of Representatives a report describing in detail United States security interests and objectives.” Read More »
Monday June 06, 2011
The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, an international refugee advocacy organization and the recipients of a Special Recognition Award at this year’s Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Awards Gala, has launched a campaign to grant Temporary Protected Status to Syrians, Libyans, and Yemenis currently in the United States. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a procedure by which the Secretary of Homeland Security may provide temporary asylum to individuals who are in America and who cannot safely return to their home countries. Read More »
Thursday May 19, 2011
The President will deliver a speech today addressing the vast political changes that have taken place in the Middle East and North Africa over the past few months. The President's address is scheduled for 11:40am and will be live streamed. Join the conversation on Face Book, Twitter @AAIUSA and the AAI website before, during and after the speech. Read More »
Wednesday May 18, 2011
I received an email the other day from a community member who is no stranger to Washington politics. Her email reinforced frustration over an issue that has been a topic of discussion here in Washington for the past three months or so: the importance of an Arab American meeting with the President to discuss the Middle East. Now more than ever, Arab Americans are in a unique position to bridge the gap between the often flawed American policy toward Arab countries and U.S. interest in the region. Read More »
Latest poll to be released Friday finds Americans are divided on continuing aid to #Egypt: http://t.co/1spZM1m9d2
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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
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The Muslim Brotherhood has a negative favorable/unfavorable ratio of 30%–47%
http://t.co/rMKu4JJrgW
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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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