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More than 275 Muslims attend Iftar hosted Tuesday night by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in honor of the breaking of the fast by Muslims during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Emanuel vowed his administration is open to people of all religions, ethnicities and heritage and said Chicago was a city of inclusion. The mayor’s remarks…
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“A Thousand and One Journeys: The Arab Americans” to premiere on American television on WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago on Tuesday, June 7 at 7:30 pm “A Thousand and One Journeys: The Arab Americans,” touted as the first historical full-length documentary about Arab Americans produced in United States, will make its American television premiere on WTTW11…
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Little Syria, NY Exhibition returns to New York for Tour, including Ellis Island Museum. Exhibition on immigrant enclave highlights one of the largest and earliest communities of Arab Americans in U.S. Before the construction of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and the World Trade Center, Manhattan’s lower west side was home to one of the largest and…
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Actor Jamie Farr of M*A*S*H and acclaimed standup comedian Mike Batayeh are among the scheduled speakers at the 13th Annual Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference to be held on Thursday April 28, 2016 at the Byblos Banquets, 7258 Chase Road in Dearborn, Michigan. Standup Comedian Mike Batayeh Speakers, who will address the impact of stereotypes,…
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Kahlil Gibran Awards Spotlight Global Refugee Crisis: Awardees include UNHCR & Unite Lebanon Youth Project; Appearances by supermodel Alek Wek & Syrian virtuoso Mariela Shaker April 4, 2016 (Washington) With more than 60 million people forcibly displaced in every region of the world, the Arab American Institute Foundation (AAIF) is proud to shine a light on those…
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Ancient Roman mosaic from Lydda (Lod) to be showcased at Miami’ Frost Art Museum between Feb. 10 and May 15, 2016. “Predators and Prey” a Roman Mosaic from Lydda (Lod), Israel Visitors to Miami this winter travel season have a chance to meet a true “Roman Rock Star” up close in the magnificent Lydda (Lod) Mosaic, a 3rd-century CE Roman Mosaic from…
Lebanese National Conservatory plans Jazz Fest The only Jazz Orchestra in the Middle East, the Big Band of the Lebanese National Conservatory of Music (LNCM), will present a free concert featuring specially composed newly released pieces arranged by, among others, multiple Grammy Award Winner Michael Mossman, a renowned New York-based hard bop jazz trumpeter. The…
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Mission of First Presbyterian Church in Wheaton partners to send medical equipment to Nazareth, Israel Hospital to help off-set the imbalance of government run hospitals there Abraham’s Children, a 20-year mission of the First Presbyterian Church in Wheaton, is sponsoring an Oct. 17 visit to Wheaton at 8:30am by Dr. Bishara Bisharat, general director of…
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Graphic artists including comics to be showcased at program organized by the Arab National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan on November 7. The program includes eight artists including two of Arab heritage. Graphic Comics are considered a powerful form of communications, especially in reaching young people The Arab American National Museum will showcase the talents and…
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The Taybeh Brewing Company, the first Micro-Brewery in the Middle East is planning its annual OctoberFest which will be held this Fall in September. Despite the oppression of Palestinians, the Festival will continue to bring people together to celebrate a German tradition that is popular throughout the world, especially in the village of Taybeh, which…
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President Obama hosted his annual Iftar dinner, a tradition at the White House originally started under the administration of former President Bill Clinton and organized by then First Lady Hillary Clinton. The guest list was inclusive and consisted of representatives of several American Muslim communities and also the diplomatic corp representing Islamic nations including those…