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Photo by Kanchanara on Unsplash By: Megan Guzman Abbott / Arab America Contributing Writer In the fast world of American finance, few creations have disrupted the status quo like Kalshi has, becoming the first federally regulated prediction market in the U.S. Tarek Mansour, a Lebanese American entrepreneur, transformed what once was a simple observation about … Continued The post From Lebanon to…
By: Connor J. Buss / Arab America Contributing Writer On September 19, 634 AD, the Syrian city of Damascus was surrendered to Muslim soldiers of the Rashidun Caliphate. It was the first major city that the Caliphate took from the Byzantine Empire. The city was home to one of the greatest Christian churches at the … Continued The post The Umayyad Mosque: A Symbol of Christian-Muslim Tolerance…
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Three years into the US–Israel war with Iran, the Middle East has entered a new strategic phase defined by exhaustion. The conflict has exposed the limits of American military reach, revealed Israel’s vulnerability to sustained resistance and demonstrated Iran’s capacity to absorb punishment while continuing to impose … Continued The post All…
Our 130th pathbreaker is Lebanese American, John Makhoul, a computer scientist renowned for his foundational and enduring contributions to the field of speech and language processing. As contributing writer, John Mason points out, not only is Makhoul a distinguished scientist, but he also has a strong commitment to Arab and Palestinian causes, reflected in his cultural identity, personal values,…
Photo by Stephanie Sarlos on Unsplash By Shayla Frank / Arab America Contributing Writer In the summer of 1899, a reporter for the Boston Herald went looking for dinner in a basement on the east side of Chinatown. There was no sign that hung above the door. What he ate that night ran that July … Continued The post What Happened to Syrian Bread? appeared first on Arab America .
In this interview, Palestinian musician and qanun player Firas Zreik talks about his new album Tarabesque, his creative process, collaborations with other musicians, his upbringing, becoming a professional musician in New York City, cultural influences, and more. Zreik’s latest compositions lay the groundwork for a new genre rooted in diverse music traditions from the Arab world and beyond, while…
By Jahnvi Chopra / Arab America Contributing Writer The Four B’s Explained The 4B movement is a radical feminist grassroots movement in South Korea where women reject heteronormative and traditional patriarchal expectations. A patriarchy is a social system where men hold primary structural power, moral authority, social privilege, and dominate roles in leadership and government, … Continued The…
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Some lovers of lentil foods even wrote poetry about their beloved pulse. In the following poem ‘Song to the Lentil’ – Roy Blount, Jr. writes: If we are good basic people, then one can assume in usAn affinity for the leguminous.And there is no more fundamentalLegume than the lentil…. … Continued The post Eggplant and Lentil Stew – Badhinjan wa…
One Thousand and One Nights is more than a famous Arab classic; it is a ready-made design laboratory for interactive worlds, quest systems, player choices, rewards, danger, suspense, and transformation. The collection, also known as Arabian Nights, is built around Shahrazad, who tells King Shahrayar unfinished stories night after night to survive, creating one of … Continued The post One Thousand…
Arab America, the leading provider of digital media on Arab and Arab American identity, announces virtual internship opportunities for Fall 2026. Application Deadline: Open until all positions are filled. Term: 4 months- beginning August/September (Flexible) Responsibilities: Interns selected will be asked to focus on four or more of the following areas: *Applicants with marketing and … Continued…
