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Gov. Pritzker Announces Six Appointments to Boards and Commissions — no Arabs included

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Gov. Pritzker Announces Six Appointments to Boards and Commissions — no Arabs included Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointments in his administration. But Governor continues to exclude Arab Americans STATE BOARD OF HEALTH Karen Phelan will continue to serve on the State Board…

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Pritzker again ignores needs of Arab businesses in latest appointments

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Pritzker again ignores needs of Arab businesses in latest appointments Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Illinois Office of Tourism inducted 30 small businesses into the “Illinois Made Program” and once again the Governor has ignored and marginalized Arab American businesses. Pritzker’s anti-Arab and anti-Muslim policies have been a longstanding problem that he has refused to address. Pritzker…

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Arab Democrats urge NO VOTE on Gov. J.B. Pritzker re-election bid

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Arab American Democratic Club urges NO VOTE on Gov. J.B. Pritzker re-election bid Arab American Democratic Club (AADC) urges the state’s more than 110,000 Arab American and 250,000 Muslim voters to vote NO on the re-election bid of Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Pritzker has marginalized the needs of Arab Americans and Muslim Americans, failing to name…

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No one deserves Arab and Muslim American voter support more than Maria Pappas

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No one deserves Arab and Muslim American voter support more than Maria Pappas No one has done more for the Arab and Muslim American community, and all ethnic, religious and racial groups in Cook County than County Treasurer Maria Pappas. Unlike other candidates, she is in the community every year and all year round, and…

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Arab American Democratic Club issues endorsements for Nov. 8, 2022 Cook County Illinois elections

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Arab American Democratic Club issues endorsements for Nov. 8, 2022 Cook County Illinois elections The Arab American Democratic Club released its endorsements for candidates in the November 8, 2022 General Elections. Those endorsed candidates include a list of the most popular and successful Democrats running for re-electionand for first-time office holder. The AADC, the largest…

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“Ramy” cable series melds Arab world reality with every day American life

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“Ramy” cable series melds Arab world reality with every day American life By Ray Hanania As a Palestinian writer in America, my lifelong ambition is to write a TV series that portrays Arabs to Americans as being “no different” than other Americans. If I were to script that show someday, I would call it “Everybody…

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Rep. Cyril Nichols to be feted by supporters at fundraiser Saturday Oct. 22

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Rep. Cyril Nichols to be feted by supporters at fundraiser Saturday Oct. 22 Allies and supporters for State Rep. Cyril Nichols of the 32nd House District will host a fundraiser on Saturday October 22, 2022 from 6 until 10 PM. Titled “We Do the Work,” the fundraiser will be held at the XS Tennis and…

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UN experts condemn Israel’s ‘sadistic’ punitive measures against French-Palestinian rights defender Salah Hammouri

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UN experts condemn Israel’s ‘sadistic’ punitive measures against French-Palestinian rights defender Salah Hammouri UN independent experts have called on Israel to immediately release Salah Hammouri, an arbitrarily detained French-Palestinian human rights defender and lawyer, who has just ended a 19 day hunger strike in objection to the systematic policy of administrative detention. “We are concerned…

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My life long love affair with stuffed grape leaves

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My life long love affair with stuffed grape leaves For Arabs, making food is part of family life, the bond that brings everyone together. It isn’t just about eating, but about memories of growing up in a beautiful family. One of my favorite and most popular Arab meals is stuffed grape leaves, which is diced…

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Holy Land Trust hosts Congressional staff delegation fact finding trip to Palestine

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Holy Land Trust hosts Congressional staff delegation fact finding trip to Palestine The Holy Land Trust has facilitated a visit of 14 staff from the US congress through the Rebuilding Alliance which runs a Leadership Learning Mission to develop the understanding of senior influencers in politics. The congressional team visited Jerusalem and the West Bank…

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ADC announces the annual 2022 Alex Odeh Memorial Conference & program

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ADC announces the annual 2022 Alex Odeh Memorial Conference & program The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) one of America’s most effective Arab American organizations, announced Friday the dates and program for its upcoming annual conference named in honor of the late Alex Odeh. Odeh, the West Coast director of ADC, was murdered on October…

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Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib panders to emotions but fails to achieve results

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Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib panders to emotions but fails to achieve results Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib says she is a champion of human rights for Palestinians, but is she really effective or is she just pounding her chest and fueling the emotions of a community in America that is discriminated by racism, media bias and stereotyping? Tlaib…

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Weaponizing Anti-Semitism as a tool to protect Israel’s war crimes

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Weaponizing Anti-Semitism as a tool to protect Israel’s war crimes Pro-Israel activists who have been insulating Israel from criticism of its human rights violations and military war crimes continue to come up with new laws to discourage criticism of Israel’s government. In 2015, they launched the anti-BDS laws state by state adopting them in 28…

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Endorsements: Democrats in the Illinois June 28, 2022 Primary election

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Democratic Party Endorsements June 28, 2022: Congressional and Statewide offices: Democrats By The Arab Daily News online newspaper The Arab Daily News polled its 3,682 followers asking them who they supported in the June 28, 2022 Democratic Primary elections. The following are endorsements by The Arab Daily News, based on our subscriber poll. Click here…

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Nearly four years in office, Pritzker fails to deliver on promises to Arab Americans

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Nearly four years in office, Pritzker fails to deliver on promises to Arab Americans Nearly four years after taking office, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has broken his only promise he made to Arab Americans and Muslims and has failed give Arabs and Muslims representation on the states 435 boards and commissions. In almost all of…

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Congressman Sean Casten joins Ray Hanania Radio Show

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Congressman Sean Casten joins Ray Hanania Radio Show US Rep. Sean Casten was the guest on The Ray Hanania Show on the US Ara Radio Network on Wednesday June 1, 2022, discussing his views on the Middle East, Israel and Palestine. Casten is seeking re-election to the new 6th District in the Illinois Democratic Primary…

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Survivors of Israel’s strike on USS Liberty commemorate 55th year June 6 – 8

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Survivors of Israel’s strike on USS Liberty commemorate 55th year June 6 – 8 Survivors of the U.S.S. Liberty, which was savagely attacked on June 8, 1967 by Israel’s military, will gather at a 55th reunion in Arlington, Virginia June 6 – June 8, 2022, to commemorate the lives of the 34 American soldiers who…

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Nearly 100 candidates, officials address Arab Democratic Club forum Sunday

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Nearly 100 candidates, officials address Arab Democratic Club forum Sunday Watch the video below of the event and speeches from candidates and officials (The Facebook Live Video was CENSORED by Facebook as a part of Facebook’s anti-Arab and anti-Muslim policies) The Arab American Democratic Club (AADC) Hosted its pre-election Candidates Forum & Brunch today at…

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