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Thomas Jefferson hosted America’s first Ramadan iftar

May 25th, 20182 The United States’ first iftar took place at the home of the third president. In 1805, the month of Ramadan fell in December. Far from his friends, family and...

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Netflix spotlights Arab American comedian Mo Amer

May 25th, 20180 By Jen Rice HOUSTON, Texas — Comedian Mo Amer calls Houston home and he’s coming to Austin next month to record his first hour-long Netflix comedy special. He’s...

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Young Arab American on track to becoming a professional author

May 25th, 20180 By Sarah Kominek DEARBORN - Maya Audi, a 15-year-old sophomore at Dearborn High School, has her eyes set on becoming an author. In April 2016, Audi and her...

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U.S. returns thousands of smuggled ancient artifacts to Iraq

May 2nd, 20180 WASHINGTON - About 3,800 artifacts, including Sumerian cuneiform tablets dating to 2100 B.C., that were illegally smuggled to retailer Hobby Lobby Stores Inc were...

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Arab American actor lands role on HBO’s ‘Westworld’

April 23rd, 20180 LOS ANGELES — Boualem Hassaine has always loved acting. He would stand in front of the mirror and practice as a child for hours. All that practice has led to roles in...

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Student groups at U of M, MSU and EMU join forces to host PALIFEST

April 6th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News ANN ARBOR – On Saturday, March 31, the University of Michigan’s Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE),...

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Palestinian filmmaker wins at Ann Arbor Film Festival

April 6th, 20180 ANN ARBOR – Filmmaker and media artist Razan AlSalah has enjoyed presenting content in a performative way since her primary schooling while growing up in Beirut,...

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Local director’s short film ‘Detroit Diamond’ set to compete for Academy Award nomination

March 30th, 20180 DETROIT – On Thursday, April 5, local filmmaker Mohamed “Hamoody” Jaafar’s “Detroit Diamond” will make its world premiere at the Cleveland International Film...

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Detroit Film Theatre screens Palestinian move, ‘In Between’

March 23rd, 20180 DETROIT — The Detroit Film Theatre held five screenings of Maysaloun Hamoud's first feature film, "In Between (Bar Bahar)", over the weekend of March 16. The film...

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Framing humanity: How an art student’s trip to Lebanon turned into an award-winning project

March 16th, 20180 DEARBORN — A young Syrian refugee girl had no idea when she was selling gum on the streets of Beirut, but the cryptic expression of fear and confidence on her face...

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Former Dearborn resident Ali “HaBZ” Habhab releases debut album

March 9th, 20180 DEARBORN — Ali Habhab, a former east Dearborn resident who goes by the name HaBZ, released his first album, PaTHOGENS, in November. Habhab wrote all of the music on...

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More Lebanese movies gain recognition in America

March 2nd, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News NEW YORK — The Lebanese movie "Yesterday Went with Yesterday", written and directed by Los Angeles based Lebanese American...

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This is why Arabs are questioning Hollywood Oscar nominations, boycotting ‘The Post’

February 2nd, 20180 Not so subtle agenda – Hollywood, Washington and Israel sprung from the same DNA. By Farah Harb Hollywood and Washington have been two faces on the same coin...

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Amena Khan loses her L’Oreal gig after 2014 tweet calling Israel a “child killers” unearthed

January 24th, 20180 LONDON - Just days into her role, a British Muslim model has quit a major beauty brand's campaign after right-wing media outlets published her tweets from 2014, in which...

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Local café offers healthy desserts

January 12th, 20180 DEARBORN — According to Ali Hachem, owner of Cheat Treats, The Protein Dessert Co., his establishment's sweet treats are actually good for you. "Everything I...

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Palestinian American poet rises in the ranks on Amazon while still in high school

January 5th, 20180 DALLAS, TEXAS — Waseem Nabulsi, an 18-year-old senior at St. Mark's School of Texas, a private, nonsectarian college-preparatory boys' day school for...

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Egyptian singer jailed over video inciting debauchery

December 15th, 20170 CAIRO — An Egyptian court jailed a little-known singer for two years on Tuesday for inciting debauchery, judicial sources said, after she appeared in a music video in...

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National Arab Orchestra to host first annual Christmas concert

December 15th, 20170 DETROIT — Come celebrate the Holiday season with the National Arab Orchestra (NAO) at its first annual "Holiday Collage" concert featuring the NAO Takht Ensemble...

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Shady Srour sells ‘Holy Air’ in Nazareth, a must see film

November 23rd, 20170 NAZARETH—“You see them, you love them; they are human like you,” Shady Srour, writer and director of the film “Holy Air”, said about the movie’s two main...

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Shady Srour sells “Holy Air”, his Nazareth-based film debuting in select American theaters

November 17th, 20170 NAZARETH—“You see them, you love them; they are human like you,” Shady Srour, writer and director of the film “Holy Air”, said about the movie’s two main...

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Palestinian refugee’s catering company subject of documentary

November 10th, 20170 BOURJ EL-BARAJNEH — When you’ve lived your entire life in a 69-year-old refugee camp, you’d probably never expect your own journey to be documented and...

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Native and Arab American filmmaker talks film and politics

October 20th, 20170 BROOKLYN, NY — "We say we're Ojibtian." Adam Khalil and his younger brother Zack use that term when referring to their maternal indigenous Ojibway roots, and their...

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National Arab Orchestra plays stereotypes away, empowers youth

October 13th, 20170 DEARBORN — It was a night reminiscent of an era most Arab Americans are uncannily familiar with, but had never experienced themselves. On October 1, concert goers...

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Novelist Mohsin Hamid on migration, love and his latest book, “Exit West”

October 13th, 20170 DEARBORN— Can you imagine a borderless planet? Where people are free to roam from one region to another? Where knowledge is easy to access and everyone’s desire to...

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Modestly stylish: Muslim women succeed in the fashion world

September 29th, 20171 NEW YORK — The fashion industry has been dominated by women of a certain ethnicity, body type and style. Being a fashion icon or starting a line of clothing in...

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National Arab Orchestra to unveil eighth season concert on Oct. 1

September 29th, 20170 DETROIT – Join the National Arab Orchestra as the curtain rises on its eighth season of thrilling audiences of all nationalities and cultures. “A Night of...

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From refugee camp to runway, hijab-wearing model breaks barriers

September 14th, 20170 NEW YORK - Roughly one year ago, Denise Wallace, executive co-director of the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, received a phone call from 19-year-old Halima Aden asking if...

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