The U.S. and the Veto
Posted by Kristin McCarthy on December 17, 2014 in Blog
AAI Joins the Mossawa Center Campaign Against Israeli Police Brutality
Posted by Kristin McCarthy on November 25, 2014 in Blog
What do Arabs Want? AAI President Zogby Shares at the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
Posted by on November 07, 2014 in Blog
In Other News
Posted by on November 06, 2014 in Blog
Win or Lose
Posted on October 31, 2014 in Countdown
Egyptians visit Washington to defend their ‘revolution’
Posted by Barbara Slavin on October 26, 2014 in News Clips
The conversation at a Virginia hotel not far from Washington’s Reagan National Airport quickly grew heated as a group of influential Egyptians sought to convince a dozen Americans that the removal of elected president Mohammed Morsi in 2013 and his replacement by Field Marshal Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was a plus for Egypt’s political evolution and US interests.
Some members of the Egyptian delegation — invited to Washington by Hands Along the Nile Development Services, a group that promotes people-to-people ties with Egypt, and several US faith-based organizations — accused American think tank staff and human rights advocates of having...
Read more Original ArticleThese Candidates Are Courting the Muslim Vote
Posted by on October 15, 2014 in News Clips
There actually are a few places in America where pols court the Arab American vote. It’s nice, but it hasn’t translated into real power.
Typically news stories about American politicians and the Muslim community run along the lines of: “Republican Official Demonizes Muslims.” For example, recently we were treated to Oklahoma Republican State representative John Bennett calling Muslim Americans a “cancer” that must be cut of America.
And over the last few years we have seen Republican officials fan the flames of hate toward Muslims by championing anti-sharia legislation. Of course, even the proponents of these laws admitted there were...
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