Arab Americans

The Dictator Misses the Point

Munira Syeda | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: The Dictator, Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Arab Americans, American Muslims, Sacha Baron Cohen the Dictator, Islamophobia, Sacha Baron Cohen, Entertainment News

Isn't it possible to be entertaining, humorous and intelligent all at the same time? We appreciate thought-provoking, envelope-pushing entertainment; Muslim and Arab communities are not above that.

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A Resilient Arab American Community

James Zogby | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Arabs, Nypd, Immigrant-Communities, Muslims, Kahlil Gibran, Nypd Spying, Arab Americans, American Muslims, Arab Thought Foundation, Arab American Community, Anthony Shadid, World News

Despite the challenges we have faced and continue to face, we remain, at the end of the day, a community that is proud of our heritage, and prouder still of our accomplishments in America, our home.

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Steps the FBI Must Take to Remedy Misinformation Campaign About Arabs and Muslims

James Zogby | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Police, Ethnic Profiling, Fbi, Muslims, Racial Profiling, Bigotry, Arab Americans, Politics News

There must be an acknowledgment of the wrong that has been done to our communities and to our country's ability to respectfully engage with Arabs and Muslims. This is vital to our future as Americans.

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NYPD: Shredding the Constitution

James Zogby | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Nypd, Ethnic Profiling, Spying, Nypd Profiling, Nypd Muslim Surveillance, Nypd Muslims, American Muslims, Bloomberg Nypd Muslims, Nypd Surveillance, Nypd Spying, Arab Americans, New York News

Arab and Muslim immigrants have become increasingly fearful of law enforcement. Trust has been broken. And trust between the community and the police is the key to any successful crime prevention strategy.

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Sacha Baron Cohen Can't Make Profiling Funny

Nadia Tonova | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Sacha Baron Cohen the Dictator, Discrimination, Stereotypes, Sacha Baron Cohen Ryan Seacrest, Sacha Baron Cohen Oscars, Sacha Baron Cohen, Arab Stereotypes, Arab Americans, Entertainment News

At the Oscars, Sacha Baron Cohen buffooned as a fictitious Arab dictator to promote a film. There was plenty of buzz over the fact that he made a mess of Seacrest's Burberry tuxedo, but not about the blatant Arab stereotype.

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What Do Muslims Do When Babies Are Born? New 'All-American Muslim' Episode Highlights Ritual

Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Reality Television, Muslim-Americans, Religion News, Islam, Video, All-American Muslim, Call to Prayer, Muslims, Dearborn Michigan, Arab Americans, Islam in America, Religion News

Ever wondered how Muslims welcome children into the world? The upcoming episode of TLC's reality show, All-American Muslim, highlights the Call to ...

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Lessons We Can Learn From The Koran-Quoting Miss USA

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Arab Spring, District of Columbia, Muslim Americans, American Dream, Arab Culture, Dance, Fashion, Beauty, Arab Americans, Culture, Rima Fakih, Women News

Talking heads point fingers at Muslims for mistreating women, but they don't always practice what they preach when it comes to Muslim women wanting to break free.

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Muslim Reality Show, 'All-American Muslim,' To Premiere On TLC (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Muslim-Americans, Reality Television, Islam, Religion News, Video, All-American Muslim, Muslims, Dearborn Michigan, Arab Americans, Islam in America, Religion News

What's life like as a Muslim-American? A new eight-part series on TLC that premieres November 13 will try to answer that question by following the ...

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American Arab Civil Rights Group Launches an Initiative for Women

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women, Arab Spring, Women's Issues, Arab Americans, Impact News

Co-written by Sarah M. Weatherbee The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), a leading national civil rights organization that advocates ...

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FBI Counterterrorism Trainer: Forget Al Qaeda, Target Islam

Wired | By Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Islam, Terrorists, Muslim Americans, Terrorism, Fbi Muslims, 9/11, Fbi, William Gawthrop, Al Qaeda, Arab Americans, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fbi Training, FBI Counterterrorism, Counterterrorism, Muslims, FBI Terrorism, Islam in America, Politics News

The FBI has publicly declared that its counterterrorism training seminars linking “mainstream” Muslims to terrorists was a “one time only” aff...

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From 9/11 To 8/22: My Arab-American Muslim Father Was A Victim Of American Terrorism

Maytha Alhassen | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: American Terrorism, Islamophobia, United States Terrorism, Domestic Terrorism, Religious Tolerance, Elf, Terrorism, Arab Americans, September 11 Anniversary, Religion News

As the ELF arson of my father's dealership demonstrates, defining terrorism in terms of race or religion will do less to make us feel safe as a country; such targeted terms are more likely to contribute to sowing seeds of Islamophobia.

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A Different Election

James Zogby | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arab World, Elections 2012, Barack Obama, Arab Americans, Arab Spring, Middle East, Tea Party, Shariah Law Ban, Arab American Vote, Politics News

Arab Americans voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama in 2008. Three years later, they are still waiting for real change to occur. They see the Middle East undergoing a dramatic transformation, while politics in Washington are paralyzed.

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Iran's Freefall

James Zogby | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: Arab World, Arab Spring, Iran, Arab Gulf States, Arab Americans, Iran Public Opinion, Support for Iran, Public Opinion Iran, Arab Opinion Iran, Iran Arab Opinion, Iran Support, World News

It was once believed that it was only Arab governments that feared Iran's push for hegemony, while Arab public opinion viewed Iran quite differently. Our polling demonstrates that while that might have been true in 2006 and 2008, by 2011 this is no longer the case.

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Tribeca Takes: Ahmed Ahmed on Just Like Us

Tribeca Film | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Documentary, Just Like US, Tribeca Film, Ahmed Ahmed, Egypt, Middle East, Comedy, Arab Comedians, Arab American Comedy, Middle East Revolutions, Arab Americans, Entertainment News

In the spring of 2009, a dozen American and international comedians and I set out for the Middle East on a four-country comedy tour. What we embarked on was groundbreaking, to say the least.

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Muslims Confront Government Over Travel Woes

Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Islam, Muslim Discrimination, Homeland Security, Steven Dettelbach, Muslim Americans, Muslims in America, Travel Security, Arab Americans, Islam in America, Racial Profiling, Religion News

By James Ewinger Religion News Service PARMA, Ohio (RNS) Government officials told Arab-Americans and Muslims that some post-9/11 security measures a...

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Where's the Protest at Home?

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

The next time I cross paths with a robust protest march, I'd like to see citizens protesting the wreckage of American prosperity by Wall Street and the too feeble response by our government.

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Kinda Hibrawi and Her Modern Abstract Arabic Art

Nour Akkad | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab Art, Saudi Arabia, Kinda Hibrawi, Arab Culture, Arab-Americans, Islamic Culture, Arabic, Calligraphy, Arabic Calligraphy, Syria, Arab Americans, Painters, Fine Art, Artists, Painting, Arts News

Hibrawi's ability to translate the rich meanings of Arabic script though her contemporary calligraphy surrounded by bright and vivid paint is exquisite.

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Domestic Violence Agency For Arab American Victims Struggles To Stay Open

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Itedal Shalabi, Arab American Domestic Violence, Arab American Family Services, Domestic Violence, Arab Americans, Chicago News

Helping abused women can be difficult when they come from cultures where marriage and family are supreme. It's even tougher to find professionals with...

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Macacas and Turban Toppers: Xenophobic Rhetoric and the 2010 Elections

Deepa Iyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saalt, Xenophobia, Racist, Muslims, Racism, Xenophobic, South Asians, Arab Americans, Nikki Haley, Sikhs, Politics News

It is important not to underestimate the chilling effects that xenophobic rhetoric can have on the full civic and political involvement of new American voters and on candidates from our communities.

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Broken Washington: The Cases of Zogby and the Brookings Institute

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

But when it comes to foreign policy, Obama deserves a big bold F. Stories of Washington's self-proclaimed experts and think tanks for hire might give us some clues.

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Shadowy West Virginia Group Airs Ad Warning Of Congressman's Outreach To Arab-Americans

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, 2010 Elections, Nick Rahall, Spike Maynard, West Virginia, Big Coal, Arab-Americans, 501c4, Coal, Elections 2010, Politics News

Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) is the target of a well-funded attack campaign by a conservative nonprofit called the West Virginia Conservative Foundation...

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Poetry As a Bridge Across Cultures

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anna Akhmatova, Ghazals, Marilyn Hacker, Lesbian Poetry, Formalist Poetry, Sonnets, Kateb Yacine, Gay and Lesbian Literature, Barack Obama, Poetry, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arab-Americans, Islam, Arabs, Books News

Marilyn Hacker, who splits her time between Paris and New York, is one of our greatest exponents of poetry written in traditional forms, using sonnets...

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Do Arab & Muslim Lives Matter?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nicholas Kristoff, Muslims, Arab-Americans, Arabs, John Bolton, Liz Cheney, Mosque, Racism, Muslim-Americans, Glenn Beck, Bigotry, Ground Zero, Richard Cheney, Martin Peretz, Politics News

John Bolton and Martin Peretz, in undermining America's core values of a big-tent approach to accommodating and absorbing other societies, are not performing a patriotic duty.

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Nine Years Later

James Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hate Crimes, Terrorism, Backlash, George W. Bush, Interfaith, Muslim, Barack Obama, September 11th, Arab Americans, Politics News

So here we are, 9 years after a devastating attack that shocked and then unified our nation and we are engaged in a debate, not about building a mosque, but whether or not Muslims will find a place in America. The very soul of America is at risk.

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Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, & George W. Bush Central Speak Out: What Would George W. Bush Do?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suahil Khan, Islam, Sherine El-Abd, Cordoba Mosque, Michael Bloomberg, Muslim Americans, George W. Bush, Samah Norquist, Mosque, Barack Obama, Arab Americans, David Weigel, Randa Fahmy Hudome, Middle East, James Glassman, Ground Zero, Politics News

Today, we are seeing behaviors emerge in American political life that violate the basic social contract of what this country is about and seeing too much of a tilt towards the possibility of mob rule.

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