In the past 15 years, Laila Lalami has emerged as the voice of the Arab American immigrant experience. Herself an immigrant from Morocco, Laila is the best-selling and award-winning author of four novels which explore the themes of home and belonging, and in her words “of people that don’t quite fit anywhere.”
Read More“[T]he food was a reminder, despite the weight of what we were witnessing, that we were still alive with plenty for which to be grateful,” wrote Reem Kassis at the beginning of the COVID-19 lock down in April 2020. In this column for the Los Angeles Times, she compared the experience of cooking during a global pandemic to her time growing up in Jerusalem in the 1990s – when shelter in place orders were given during the Gulf War, and daily life often revolved around culinary comforts.
Read MoreApril is Arab American Heritage Month! Join us as we celebrate our culture, art, and people!
Read MoreAhmad Alwan is a 20-year old New Yorker. He is an aspiring Pharmacy Technician. In his free time, Ahmad works at Lucky Candy, a convenience store his father, who immigrated to the United States from Yemen, has owned for more than a decade. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the United States, Ahmed created a TikTok challenge for his customers at Lucky Candy.
Read MoreYalla, Count Me In! 2020 Census Campaign
Read MoreArab Americans’ footprint on American culture is everywhere, but in Hip-hop – a music genre that arose from the poetry of struggle and perseverance – it has found a home.
Read MoreWhy do we feel so connected to her? Perhaps we each hear our own story in her songs.”- Omar Sharrif Today marks forty-five years since the passing of Umm Kulthum, one of the greatest Arab singers of the twentieth century. Umm Kulthum is beloved because of recognition of individual stories within her story, and within the larger narrative of Egyptian history. Her voice and concerts inspire people across the world to this day.
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