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Last week, AAI published the Congressional Scorecard for the 111th Congress. This signature publication is a critical resource for voters and activists, detailing the positions taken by each member of Congress on issues of particular importance to the Arab American community and many others – from their stances on the Goldstone Report to protecting civil...

Congressman Nick Rahall, an Arab American Democrat, has served West Virginia's 3rd District with distinction for 34 years. As Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Nick has been fighting for jobs, mine safety, energy independence, ending war in the Middle East and caring for Americans veterans. It should not...

On Monday, October 4, we will hold a press conference to release a new poll indicating how Arab Americans are likely to vote in the upcoming November elections, and how they view other key issues that impact the Arab American community. The poll also shows discrimination against Arab Americans is...

This weekend, you will have the opportunity to attend the first-ever all Arab American comedy show at a theater on Broadway! Our friends at the Arabs Gone Wild Stand up Comedy Tour are doing a major show this Saturday, October 2 at New York City's famed Town Hall Theater.  Gracing...

The Boston Palestine Film Festival (BPFF) will kick off its 4th annual series this Friday, October 1st, with an opening reception and film at the Museum of Fine Arts. On the face of it, it may seem like just another cool series to attend this fall (and that much it certainly...

Stephan Said knows how to turn lemons into lemonade. An Iraqi-American and self-described Southerner, Said had grown up torn between the country he was raised in and loves and its policy towards his ancestral home of Iraq. This conflict turned out to be the fuel for his creative endeavors. “I...

Media coverage of the Middle East is focused on the newly resumed peace talks and the impending September 25 settlement freeze deadline that could derail them. But what if you are interested in getting past the headlines to learn more about one of the biggest obstacles to a peace agreement?...

In Currents this week, New Yorker correspondent Ray Lizza interviews Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. A proud Arab American, longtime friend of AAI, and winner of the Najeeb Halaby Award for Public Service, LaHood retired from his seat in Congress (R-IL) in 2008.  A well respected voice in Washington, he...

A local television station did a report highlighting the state's gubernatorial candidates reaching out to Arab American voters. Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry is running for reelection to a third term, and his Democratic challenger is Bill White, the former Mayor of Houston. Both candidates appeared before 615 community members...

Ron Walters, professor, author and activist, died last week. His passing is a great loss. When I moved to Washington in 1978 to run the Palestinian Human Rights Campaign, one of my earliest supporters and friends was Ron Walters. He was a professor at Howard University, an advisor to the...