Arabs
Why ‘The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’ matters
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 3, 2022
(RNS) — Come for the story. Stay for the strong women characters.
For Israel, hope wins over mockery
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 5, 2022
Israel's #2 song -- a hidden historical nugget.
French cannabis debate ignores race, religion and mass incarceration of Muslims
By David A. Guba Jr. — August 12, 2019
(The Conversation) — Evidence suggests that cannabis prohibition over the past 50 years has disproportionately punished France’s Muslim minority.
The ’Splainer: Who are the Copts and why are they persecuted?
By Yonat Shimron — April 11, 2017
(RNS) The Copts are the largest Christian community in North Africa and the Middle East and are one of the oldest Christian sects in the world.
Attempts to silence Muslims, Arabs and South Asians won’t work
By Manar Waheed — February 14, 2017
(RNS) The administration has already learned it was wrong when it came to one executive order — it’s time that it learned that it was wrong on all fronts.
Gulf tourism frenzy in Bosnia polarizes locals
By Jerome Socolovsky — August 22, 2016
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina -- In a secular country where many Muslims drink alcohol and wear European-style clothing, the arrival of a Saudi-built mall where no alcohol is sold and the sight of burqas and traditional Arab robes is worrying for some.
On Israel-Palestinian conflict, Mike Huckabee tells a partial story
By Jonathan Merritt — December 8, 2015
This long-standing conflict has created many tragedies, and someone running for president should recognize all of them.
Arab-Jewish preschool an island of sanity amid violence, parents say
By Shira Rubin — October 29, 2015
JAFFA, Israel — Amid ongoing violence between Palestinians and Israelis, a school in this city seems more determined than ever to teach Arab and Jewish children about coexistence.
Israeli-Palestinian youth choir makes peace through song
By Michele Chabin — February 14, 2014
(RNS) The goal of the YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus is to create a cohort of thoughtful, tolerant young leaders willing to explore one another’s identities, histories and life experiences through song.
Should Muslims be asked to sign a charter rejecting violence?
By Brian Pellot — February 5, 2014
A member of Britain’s right-wing U.K. Independence Party is standing by a 2006 charter he commissioned asking Muslim leaders to reject terrorism. Bad move. Here’s why.
Author Sandra Teplinsky urges Christians to love both Israelis and Palestinians
By Jonathan Merritt — January 10, 2014
Messianic Jew and author Sandra Teplinsky makes a Christian case for caring about the conflict in Israel-Palestine.
Israeli Racism and African immigrants: perverting Biblical teachings on immigrants
By Omid Safi — October 21, 2013
The treatment of Palestinians and African refugees is surely a serious challenge to the rosy depiction of Israel as a robust democracy. It also reflects a profound perversion of Jewish ethics and Biblical teachings.
Sultans of Satire aims to bridge gaps with Muslims, Arabs through comedy
By Megan Sweas — October 30, 2012
LOS ANGELES (RNS) The Sultans of Satire stand-up comedy show aims to challenge stereotypes and sensitivities about Muslims and Arabs while bringing people together through a few laughs -- even though much of the material couldn't be printed by a family-friendly newspaper. By Megan Sweas.
New poll finds Americans evenly divided in views of Muslims
By Omar Sacirbey — August 24, 2012
(RNS) Americans are almost evenly divided in how they view Muslims, but their views are sharply split by age and political party, according to the Arab American Institute survey. By Omar Sacirbey.
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