What’s New at The Arab Daily News
We’ll use this page to update you on new development, features and improvements at The Arab Daily News, in chronological date order.
December 30, 2014: It’s been a great year and the editors and all the writers at The Arab Daily News THANK YOU for your support and helping us to hit more than 1 million online page views in November and an average of more than 800,000 page views per month.
We’re also proud to relaunch the FREE iPhone and iPad App for The Arab Daily News. Just go online and search “The Arab Daily News” or “ArabDailyNwz” (with the z at the end : ) ) and download the App directly to your iPhone or iPad.
We also have an Android App in the Google Play Store.
And, you can always use the alternative method, to visit the website www.TheArabDailyNews.com directly from your cell or tablet and click the SHARE button at the bottom, and then CREATE AN ICON on your Device. (It’s easy and free to use also).
December 1, 2014: We are proud to announce that The Arab Daily News online newspaper surpassed 1 million page views (inside news pages) and more than 103,000 visits to our front page. Plus we welcome Yousef Khatib as one of our new, young generation bloggers. Check out his bio and his articles by clicking here, and also follow his work on Tumblr by clicking here.
Sept. 11, 2014: We welcome several new writers including Usama “Sam” Ghanayem, an Orthodox Christian Palestinian blogger based in Ramallah, Palestine. Also, Mike Ghouse, a writer and interfaith relations specialist.
The Arab Daily News online website has hit more than 800,000 page views in August and keeps on growing.
We have added a new comment system using Disqus. Disqus is one of the most popular discussion comment systems on the internet and is used by most major news sites. So one account will work with all of them. Go to Disqus.com to set up your account and share your views. You will be able to view all of your comments from all websites where you post.
July 28, 2014: Mohammed Asad joins us from the Gaza Strip. Mohammed is a Palestinian professional photo-journalist who has photographed wars, news events, features and everyday people over the years. His photos of the recent Israeli war against the Palestinians have been shocking and eye-opening to help American see who the real war criminals are in the Middle East, Israel’s extremist government of Benjamin Netanyhu. Click here to view his photo essays.
June 4, 2014: It’s tough managing an online newspaper, especially when you have no money. But we do offer our writers the benefit of getting their stories out on Google News and being seen in the public, something that might not otherwise happen. Each writer is encouraged to express themselves and promote themselves and write as they are moved. We’ve added a few more bloggers; and Ali Younes has broken some big Middle East stories, such as the Raed Zeiter murder story and the interview with the family of the Palestinian American suicide bomber in Syria.
In March, April and May we saw our page visits skyrocket from 500,000 to more than 720,000 and we’re proud of that traffic. We are pushing to find strong advertisers so we can fund a higher profile marketing campaign to give our writers a strong platform where they can express their views, report on the stories of importance to them and maybe make a difference int his world. We thank all of them for their hard work.
If you are American Arab or American Muslim, a writer and want to blog about American Arabs and Muslims, we’d be happy to give you a strong platform to promote your efforts.
Feb. 20, 2014: We are proud to welcome Syrian American activists and writer Salma Nawlo, from South Florida, and Yahala Voice Radio host and Chicago writer Reyad Ajour as bloggers.
Feb. 15, 2014: We’re proud to announce the addition of comedian Ramzy Sweis as our resident Funnyman … you’ll catch his columns in the Blog Section and under the category humor. Ramzy is one of our community’s up-and-coming, talented standup comedians and comedy writers. One day when people think of Danny Thomas, they’ll think of Ramzy Sweis. Check out his Youtube Channel and Like his Facebook page.
Feb. 14, 2014: We welcome Shiekha Al Dosary, a journalist and writer as a new blogger writing on issues involving the Arabian Gulf region, woman’s rights and other issues of importance. She is from Arizona. Also, we welcome blogger Dr. Ghassan Rubeiz, who is well known for his insight on Middle East issues.
Feb. 9, 2014: We welcome several new bloggers, Hasan Duder and Dina Khalil, both professional journalists and great American Arab writers from Ohio and Michigan respectively.
Feb. 1, 2014: Welcome to new blogger/writer Hatem Abunimeh. Hatem is a prolific writer and American Arab activist of Palestinian heritage. His blog will address a wide range of topics.
Jan. 31, 2014: You can now download the Android App for The Arab Daily News. Click here. Or search “Arab Daily News App” We also have added a new BLOGGER Section and are recruiting bloggers who write on Middle East issues. If you want to blog about the Middle East and American Arabs, contact us today. Email Ray Hanania
Jan. 28, 2014: We’ve added a LIKE and UNLIKE button to allow readers (who are registered with Word Press and the website) to vote on the popularity of articles and increase interactivity.
Jan. 26, 2014: We’re proud to welcome Aref Assaf, a contributor to the New Jersey Ledger and a journalist from the East Coast. Aref will be posting blogs and commentary about American Arab and Middle East issues. Check out our writers by clicking here.
We also upgraded our design to offer more articles on the front page. We hope you enjoy the new layout of our front page.
Jan. 24, 2014: Welcome Eileen Fleming as a regular Blogger in our Commentary/Op-Ed section. Eileen’s writings have gained international recognition including for her exclusive interviews and features on Mordechai Vanunu, who has been imprisoned in the Israeli Political Gulag for exposing Israel’s lies about their Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) which they are hiding from international inspection.
Jan. 21, 2014: We’ve added a NEW COMMENT FORM that allows you to link your Facebook Page and automatically allow you to post comments and share them on your Facebook Page. We may change the plugin later if we find a better one, but this one looks good and we hope you find it easy to comment. We always welcome your comments and your feedback.
Jan. 17, 2014: We spent several weeks working the great people at WiziApp to develop an App for the Arab Daily News on Android Google Play and Apple, but unfortunately the App failed to work properly. It worked sometimes but most of the time it crashed. The techs at WiziApp were very helpful and supportive but they could not resolve the issues, so we had to delete the Android/Google Play App and disengage the Apple App (though it is still on the Apple App website). Currently, we have installed a more efficient web app, which means all you have to do is go to www.TheArabDailyNews.com on any Android, Apple or iPad device and it displays a very good and fast display of our latest postings (on the upper righthand corner is the display menu — click it and you will see a list of story categories to display or return to the HOME Page.) It works great.
Jan. 2, 2013: We are so proud to announce the addition of several writers including Abdennour Toumi who is based in France and covers Europe for us; Nijma Darwish, a columnist who writes for the very professional Al Sahafa Newspaper in Ohio; and Eileen Fleming who will provide insights and analysis on Palestinian and Middle East issues. Nafeh AbuNab of Greater Detroit contributes his amazing photographs from the American Arab community there. Ali Younes brings his professional journalism experience to the Arab Daily News as Editor specializing in the Middle East, Palestine and Jordan.
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