Arab Americans

“The most significant civil rights bill for Muslim Americans in our country”: House Bans Trump’s Muslim Ban as Dingle, Tlaib Preside

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a largely party-line vote by 233-183, the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to overturn Trump’s Muslim ban, according to Hassan Abbas at The Arab American News. The floor debate was presided over by Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Michigan), and the final vote was presided over by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan). […]

African-Americans

With a 500-Year History in N. America, Muslim-Americans assert Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

The Conversation

By Amir Hussain | – The killing of George Floyd took place at the doorstep of Muslim America. He was killed in front of Cup Foods, a store owned by an Arab American Muslim, whose teenage employee – also a Muslim – had earlier reported to police that Floyd tried to use a counterfeit $20 […]

Arab Americans

With Bernie Sanders in Dearborn, Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans take the Political Stage

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bernie Sanders’ rally at Dearborn, Michigan with a crowd that included Arab-Americans, on stage and off, was a frontal attack on one of the last permissible prejudices in America. Media personalities have been fired (and rightly so) for bigoted public statements about African-Americans and other minorities. But Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans […]

Arab Americans

Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Trump’s “Racist” Plan Would Legalize the Theft of Palestinian Land (Democracy Now)

Democracy Now!

( Democracy Now! ) – We continue our conversation with Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress. She responds to President Trump’s Middle East plan, under which Israel would gain sovereignty over large areas of the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem would be under total Israeli control, and all Jewish settlers […]

Arab Americans

With Trump’s Iran Attack Abroad, Iranian-Americans and Muslim-Americans are Unfairly Targeted at Home

Aliyya Zahidi

Irvine, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – A day under the Trump Administration typically consists of angry tweets, an absurd amount of misinformation, and reckless decisions made by an egotistical maniac. Just three days into the new year we saw exactly that as the Trump Administration launched an attack on Iran, killing the nation’s top […]

Arab Americans

No, John McCain’s Response to Obama being Called “an Arab” was not Exemplary: Here’s Why

Juan Cole

A video of Sen. John McCain from the 2008 presidential campaign wherein he disagrees with a woman at one of his campaign rallies about Obama being “an Arab” has gone viral again. It is being contrasted with Trump’s insouciance as his blackshirts chanted “send her home” concerning Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). People who are holding […]

Arab Americans

1st Palestinian-American Congresswoman will Wear Traditional Dress for Swearing In

TeleSur

& She will lead a congressional delegation to Occupied West Bank, Palestine, to present an alternative perspective on the conflict.

Arab Americans

What People get wrong about Iranian-Americans (Looking at you, Mike Pompeo and John Bolton) (Video)

contributors

AJ+ | (Video News Clip) | – – “What do you think of when you hear “Persian” or “Iranian”? Iranian-Americans (aka Persians) break down common myths and misconceptions about them, and tell the world what being “Persian” really means. Iranian-Americans (aka Persians) break down common myths and misconceptions about them, and tell the world what […]

African-Americans

Upshot of Mueller Probe: Putin did to US what we did to Iran and Iraq

Juan Cole

US Middle East policy often seemed similar to Putin’s Plot on America via Trump