An American Arab Thanksgiving
Food has a special place in our hearts as Arabs, so Thanksgiving was the American holiday we most loved. Food symbolizes the essence of freedom, the ability to feed your family without fear.
Food has a special place in our hearts as Arabs, so Thanksgiving was the American holiday we most loved. Food symbolizes the essence of freedom, the ability to feed your family without fear.
BJ Gallagher | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
I sometimes wonder whether the diversity movement isn't just the latest manifestation of our national schizophrenia - the schism between what we believe as idealists and what we do as realists.
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
While health care is in need of radical reform for millions of Americans, minorities and especially blacks have historically suffered disproportionately from poor or non-existent health care.
Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Home
I went to New York to meet Obama the candidate, and in a Soho apartment he told a small group of us that his middle name was Hussein. I thought he was telling a joke.
Daniel Cubias | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
You will not catch me dissing Schoolhouse Rock. Like all good Gen Xers, I grew up with the infectious tones of the Saturday morning series permeating...
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics
As a Japanese-Jew, I have historically used self deprecating humor at my own expense as a way to explain and defend to others who I was and to feel ac...
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living
Since Obama has become president, I feel comfortable as the multiracial shikseh that I am, and am engaging in thoughtful conversations about my heritage and background, without self-deprecation.
Lauri Lyons | Posted 01.10.2009 | World
What is America? Growing up, I have been able to view the country from several perspectives: Black, female, first-generation American, and a former military child.
Ray Hanania | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living