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Smithsonian Channel features new season of archeology including in Middle East

By rayhanania | September 12, 2018

Smithsonian Channel features new season of archeology including in Middle East Season Five premieres Monday, Sept. 24 at 8 pm with details on a 2,700-year old temple tied to the Biblical tale of Jonah and the Whale discovered in Iraq that was destroyed by ISIS. Archaeologists investigating a site in Iraq destroyed by ISIS have…

Arab World, Chaldean, Christian & Muslim, Entertainment, Features, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Televisionancient archeology , Bible , Biblical archeology , Cable TV , Cable TV series , Iraq , Jonah and the Whale , Smithsonian Channel , TV

PBS to air documentary on struggle of Iraqi family August 27, 2018

By rayhanania | July 24, 2018

PBS to air documentary on struggle of Iraqi family August 27, 2018 Caught in the Crossfire, an Iraqi Family Remains Determined to Rebuild in ‘Nowhere to Hide,’ Airing August 27, 2018 on PBS. The documentary is described as an Unforgettable Look at a Battle-Torn Iraq and War’s Human Consequences Fifteen years after the U.S. invasion…

Arab World, Entertainment, Iraq, Kurdish, Kurds, Middle East, News, Televisionconflict , documentary , Iraq , Iraqi refugees , PBS , Point of View , Public Television , refugees , Television , TV show , war

Arab community mourns passing of Salameh Zanayed

By rayhanania | May 20, 2018

Arab community mourns passing of Salameh Zanayed An icon of the Arab American community died on May 13, 2018. Salameh Zanayed was a pillar and pioneer for achievement in Arab activism, Arab media and in empowering Arab Americans in regional government in Chicago and Illinois. He was adept at diplomacy in juggling the many rival…

American Arabs, Arab American History, Journalism, mainstream, News, Obits, Palestine & Jordan, Television, US Arab PoliticsAdvisory Commission on Arab Affairs , Arab American activism , Mayor Harold Washington , Mayor Rahm Emanuel , Mayor Richard M. Daley , Obit , Obituary , Palestinian , Ramallah , Salameh Zanayed

Arab Youth Survey raises some serious concerns

By rayhanania | May 8, 2018

Arab Youth Survey raises some serious concerns A study by one of the world’s largest PR companies, Burson-Marsteller, of Arab young people in 16 countries in the Levant, Gulf and North Africa offers disturbing insight into the regional concerns and the powerful influence of the mainstream Western news media. Not surprisingly, the further away Arab…

Arab World, Arab World Politics, Bloggers, Commentary, Egypt, Gulf States, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, Ray Hanania, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Television, Women's rightsAljazeera , Arab media , Arab Youth , cnn , Gulf , Iraq , JORDAN , Lebanon , North Africa , optimism , Palestine , pessimism , Russia , Saudi Arabia , study , United States , Western media , women's rights

Arab broadcast pioneer Don Bustany dies

By rayhanania | April 23, 2018

Arab broadcast pioneer Don Bustany dies Donald S. “Don” Bustany passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2018, in Santa Barbara, California. Bustany, a pioneer in the Arab-American community and a longtime support of ADC, was born in Detroit, Michigan, on August 10, 1928. He is survived by his stepdaughter Kristen.was born in Detroit to Lebanese-American…

American Arabs, Features, Journalism, Lebanon, mainstream, News, Obits, TelevisionADC , Arab American , Casey Kasem , Don Bustany , Donald Bustany , Lebanese American , Obituary , radio pioneer , The Mary Tyler Moore Show , TV camera broadcaster

Oscars? When will we have “The Abdullahs?”

By rayhanania | March 7, 2018

Oscars? When will we have “The Abdullahs?” Hollywood has been at war with the Arab World since it produced its very first movie. And it is has only gotten worse. Hollywood is one of the biggest contributory factors fueling anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism and hatred, despite their occasional words of “diversity.” Not since Vanessa Redgrave…