Category: Ray Hanania

Arab Americans participate in Orland Park Memorial Day Commemoration May 25, 2026

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 Ray Hanania No Comments

Arab Americans participate in Orland Park Memorial Day Commemoration May 25, 2026 By Ray Hanania Leaders of the Arab American community joined in the celebration of Memorial Day in Orland Park on Monday, May 25, 2026, led by Mayor Jim Dodge and including former Consolidated School District 230 Board member and current member of the…

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Arab community thanks Aviation Officials for permanent O’Hare prayer center for hired drivers

May 23, 2026May 23, 2026 Ray Hanania No Comments

Arab community thanks Aviation Officials for permanent O’Hare prayer center for hired drivers By Ray Hanania Chicago’s Aviation Department has erected a permanent structure for Limo, Uber Black and Lyft drivers as a safe place to address personal and religious needs while they wait for customers. The new permanent structure replaces a modified Tent that…

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24 members of Congress demand US probes of American Arabs killed by Israel

April 30, 2026May 14, 2026 Ray Hanania No Comments

24 members of Congress demand US probes of American Arabs killed by Israel By Ray Hanania As the one-year anniversary of the killing of an American Arab Khamis Ayyad by Israeli settlers approaches, 24 members of the U.S. Congress expressed frustration in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Acting U.S. Attorney…

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Publisher discounts offered on “Arabs of Chicagoland” book

April 21, 2026April 21, 2026 News Editor News Editor No Comments

Publisher discounts offered on “Arabs of Chicagoland” book Celebrate Arab American Heritage history month, April 2026, by learning about the history of Arab American settlement in Chicago. The book “Arabs of Chicagoland,” authored by award-winning Chicagoland journalist Ray Hanania, is available from the publisher at a special discounted rate The publishers of the book “Arabs…

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Arab Center Washington D.C. hosts conference on Trump upending democracy and diplomacy April 9, 2026

March 31, 2026April 5, 2026 Ray Hanania No Comments

Arab Center Washington D.C. hosts conference on Trump upending democracy and diplomacy April 9, 2026 Chicago, IL — The Arab Center of Washington D.C. has a power-packed program to address the dramatic international foreign policy changes and policies being pursued by President Donald Trump. Trump was inaugurated to his second term in January 2025, succeeding…

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Ruzevich race for Congress showcases challenges facing pro-Arab candidates

March 23, 2026March 23, 2026 Ray Hanania No Comments

Ruzevich race for Congress showcases challenges facing pro-Arab candidates By Ray Hanania One of the few races that many people in the Arab American community were very hopeful about was the challenge to unresponsive Congressman Sean Casten in the 6th Congressional District by Joseph “Joey” Ruzevich, political consultant and deputy campaign manager Sawsan Abubaker said…

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Ray Hanania joins Marc Sims podcast on censorship, Bad Bunny and racism

February 12, 2026February 12, 2026 Ray Hanania No Comments

Ray Hanania joins Marc Sims podcast on censorship, Bad Bunny and racism Marc Sims talks with journalist Ray Hanania about censorship and fear. Ray Hanania is an American journalist of Palestinian descent. Hanania talks with Sims about social media censorship against critics of Israel’s government, such as AIPAC Tracker, and the growth of racism reflected…

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Congresswoman Delia Ramirez honored by American Arab Chamber of Commerce

February 4, 2026February 4, 2026 Ray Hanania No Comments

Congresswoman Delia Ramirez honored by American Arab Chamber of Commerce Cook/DuPage County, IL – U.S. Rep Delia Ramirez promised to continue to be open to the concerns of all communities, including to the concerns of Arabs and Muslims in her district and in Illinois, during a meeting with members of the American Arab Chamber of…

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Taybeh exposes claims Christians are “treated better in Israel” than in Arab countries

December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 Ray Hanania No Comments

Taybeh exposes claims Christians are “treated better in Israel” than in Arab countries By Ray Hanania Chicago, IL – During a public speech days before the Christian celebration of Christmas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bragged that “Israel is the only country in the Middle East that grants Christians full religious freedom … and is…

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Video Interview Delinda Hanley of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

September 27, 2025September 27, 2025 Ray Hanania No Comments

Video Interview Delinda Hanley of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs Arab Americans are demonized by the biases in the mainstream American news media and complain often about it., But they fail to take the first, most important step to end that bias by fully supporting the existing Arab American news media, which is…

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Orland Township board shows concern for District 230 students

September 16, 2025September 16, 2025 Ray Hanania No Comments

Orland Township board shows concern for District 230 students By Ray Hanania While High School District 230 has been dragging its feet on deciding whether to approve the addition of Arabic as a “World language” instruction for its students, the Orland Township Board approved a resolution supporting the idea, because they seem to care more…

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Orland Park passes revised Gaza Ceasefire resolution

September 3, 2025September 6, 2025 Ray Hanania No Comments

Orland Park passes revised Gaza Ceasefire resolution By Ray Hanania After 20 months since former Mayor Keith Pekau rejected a Gaza Ceasefire resolution and told the Arab American sponsors that if they didn’t like it, they could “Go to another country,” his successor, Mayor Jim Dodge, pushed through a resolution that was approved by the…

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O’Hare Airport inspector threatens to dismantle Muslim prayer tent authorized in 2022

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 Ray Hanania No Comments

O’Hare Airport inspector threatens to dismantle Muslim prayer tent authorized in 2022 A Prayer tent authorized in 2022 to accommodate prayers for Muslim Uber/Lyft drivers at O’Hare Airport is being threatened with removal. The tent is located at 10400 W. Johnson Road in Des Plaines in a side area of the vehicle staging lot that…

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A recipe on how to make Stuffed Grape Leaves with lamb, ox tail and rice

December 29, 2024April 26, 2025 Ray Hanania No Comments

A recipe on how to make Stuffed Grape Leaves with lamb, ox tail and rice #Read @RayHanania I love #MiddleEastern #Arab food recipes in addition to politics. Here’s my how to make Stuffed #GrapeLeaves with diced #lamb #steak #wariqDuwali #OxTail and #rice Read Ray Hanania’s columns on politics, life in general, and his love for…

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All United launches to empower local community and drive political change

December 17, 2024February 12, 2025 Ray Hanania No Comments

All United launches to empower local community and drive political change ORLAND PARK, IL – Last week, All United, a newly established statewide Political Action Committee (PAC), launched its mission to build a powerful and inclusive political movement at its inaugural fundraiser—an event that demonstrated the strength, unity, and resolve of the communities it aims…

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Book Review: Arab author shares his anecdotes living in the United Kingdom

October 22, 2024October 22, 2024 Ray Hanania No Comments

Book Review: Arab author shares his anecdotes living in the United Kingdom Arab Author and newspaper editor Faisal J. Abbas shares his experience of life in Great Britain, a nation that has had so much influence over the modern evolution of the Arab World, in his new book Anecdotes of an Arab Anglophile By Ray…

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Palestinians face darkest period in history, Prime Minister tells UN assembly

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Palestinians face darkest period in history, Prime Minister tells UN assembly By Ray Hanania Palestine National Authority (PNA) Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa warned members of the United Nations Monday that his people face one of the worst assaults of violence in its history. An economist by profession who was appointed prime minister in March of…

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UNRWA faces heightened challenges in Palestinian refugee needs

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

UNRWA faces heightened challenges in Palestinian refugee needs By Ray Hanania Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner -General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), told the UN General Assembly Monday the agency is being falsely accused of committing “a breach of the (UN) Charter and international law” and warned the future of the Palestinians…

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