Month: June 2014

I watched “Tyrant” on FX the other night. I had to. Ever since I saw the preview, I knew I was Arab-ly required to take […]

How much do I really relate to the Palestinian living next door? As far as history claims, societies first formed when a group of people […]

A month from now, my little sister is embarking on a trip of a lifetime to Nazareth. She will be staying with my mother’s cousins. […]

An Arab should pick his or her favorite World Cup team carefully. But before I get into that, a quick word about Arabs and this […]

Normally, I hate speaking or writing about Arab politics. The reason I hate it is because it normally ends with someone getting a shoe or […]

Like all good Arab daughters, I too have dabbled in the realm of Arabic cooking. So what food did I decide to make that would […]

The place where many of us got our activist legs, learned how to stencil a protest sign, or contemplated the appropriate color paper for leafleting, […]

Following our spirituality, religion and politics discussion, we’d naturally ask: Why is spirituality important? Is it missing in the Arab world? And what is the […]

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What is religion? What is spirituality? I don’t claim to know the answer to these questions. But, maybe creating a distinction between both could make […]

I was recently at a friend’s party and I heard someone say, “Because I’m Lebanese.” That was her answer to another lady that asked her […]

Someone needs to give Bill O’Reilly a hug. And that someone should be a Muslim. In 2010, Bill O’Reilly told us, “There’s no question that […]

“Nous u Nous”, half-breed, half-Arabic…that’s what I am. My mom is a Christian Palestinian and my father is from America. I always felt that I […]

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Every now and then, I come across Arab Americans who tell me, “Why are you hung up on this thing about getting Arabs a box […]

If you have been exposed to the songs of Fayrouz and the music of Ziad Rahbani of Lebanon, Qasabji of Egypt or Khammash of Iraq […]

I kept staring at the night sky Hoping that his ghost will pass by I drew a big bright smile on my face Feeling the […]

The quintessential symbol of Palestinian culture and identity is—of course—the olive tree, with its roots that run deep (safe from the trampling feet of invading […]

In America, we have a completely different view of what would be considered a “problem” or “issue” in society. For example, some general problems that […]