Art & Culture
Art & Culture
Nine Arab rappers feature in Anghami’s first-ever hip-hop cypher
June 23rd, 20180 BEIRUT — In collaboration with nine renowned international Arab rappers and artists, Anghami — the region's premier music streaming platform — launched its......
Egypt hopeful on Salah as fans remain in suspense
June 14th, 20180 CAIRO/YEKATERINBURG ― Egypt coach Hector Cuper said Mohamed Salah had a “great chance” of playing against Uruguay but no decision would be taken until Thursday’s...
Trump calls De Niro ‘very low IQ individual’ for Tony Awards outburst
June 12th, 20180 LOS ANGELES - President Trump on Tuesday hit back at Robert De Niro, calling him a “very low IQ individual,” after the Oscar-winning actor’s expletive-laden attack......
Mona Mansour brings fallible Arab American characters to stage
June 8th, 20180 By Hanan Daqqa Fairfax County Times "You never know where something takes you as a writer… you think you want to write about one thing and it...
Survey: 80 percent of American Muslims observe Ramadan by fasting
June 2nd, 20180 The Pew Research Center has found that 80 percent of U.S. Muslims say they observe Ramadan by fasting during daylight hours. More of the U.S.’s 2.15 million Muslim......
Egypt’s Salah out for up to four weeks
May 30th, 20180 Egyptian soccer star Mohamed Salah’s shoulder injury will keep him out of action for three to four weeks, Liverpool’s club physio has said, meaning he could miss the...
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......
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...
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......
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...
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......
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),...
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,......
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...
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......
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...
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......
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...
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......
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...
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......
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...
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......
