TweetThe Arab American community must face its own prejudices, bigotry and biases, much of these the residual effects of colonial history and pure ignorance of Arab history and culture. Arabs themselves are people of color, our heroes were blacks, our prophets were blacks, our teachers our neighbors and friends were blacks. A few summers ago, it was Friday noonish, and I was standing by the door of Holy Land Grocery in Northeast Minneapolis. The place was vibrant; people were coming and going at a fast pace. A Somali man in his ironed white khamiis was rushing out of the door carrying some grocery bags. A policeman hanging around outside seemed concerned and…
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BeLAhdan 1996 بالأحضان مع الأستاذ شفيع رضا، البداية والنهاية في حضارة مصر الحديثة
Tweet I cant believe that was more than 20 years ago, our 2nd show ever.. it was in Arabic though, … we had the Egyptian intellectual Shafie, Reda,(RIP) Egypt , history , development, and decline.. ! It shows the road we had traveled, thank you all for all your supports..! This is our 2nd show we made 25 years ago ,, we had Mr Shafie (RIP), a brilliant intellect.. it is in Arabic !!
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WHAT DO ARABS THINK ABOUT AMERICA? ASK GOOGLE!!
Tweet Amid stereotypes and assumptions, a Google search offers an array of answers, and some interesting questions. By Ahmed Tharwat The author turned to Google to find the most common questions about America coming from the Arab world. The Twin Cities Arab Film Festival last month featured almost 40 films from 15 different Arab countries. Films are a great medium where Arabs get to tell their own stories. I saw a film by the Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, “It Must Be Heaven,” a story of a Palestinian who left his hometown looking for another place to call home, moving around, from Paris to New York. What was different about this…