The Facebook Intifada
First, I want to start out saying that my heart and prayers are with every family in Palestine. I couldn’t even begin to imagine what […]
First, I want to start out saying that my heart and prayers are with every family in Palestine. I couldn’t even begin to imagine what […]
There is an intoxicating allure to allowing oneself to drink from the cup of fatalism as bombs drop—once again—on Gaza. What can we Americans—some of […]
No one else can understand a Palestinian’s relationship to Israel, and I wouldn’t expect as much. She consumes us, in every sense you can imagine. […]
All my life, I was so worried that I was going to turn into “fellaheen.” My mom would use it as a warning to keep […]
Away from this injustice Away from all this ugliness Can any of us go away? But even if we did, It’s inside of us Not […]
Over the past week, the American press has latched on to the story of Tariq Khdeir, the 15-year-old Palestinian American whose beating at the hands […]
When I think of my kids growing up, with all the new advances in technology, and how different it was when I was growing up […]
21 years and 2 weeks ago on the 16th of June, an extraordinary man was receiving really bad news from his doctor: “You are diagnosed […]
It doesn’t take a genius to see the popularity of the World Cup (and soccer overall) increasing in America, and it could not be any […]
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 […]
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