September 2nd, 20230A Palestinian American journalist who was barred from boarding her flight from Newark to Tel Aviv in July says that she was humiliated and discriminated against by employees of Israel's flagship carrier.
Now, the U.S. Department of Transportation has opened an investigation into the incident, it confirmed to Insider by email.
The...
March 3rd, 20230
James Abourezk, a South Dakota Democrat who grew up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, became the first Arab American U.S. senator and was known for his quick wit as he advocated for populist causes, died Friday. He was 92.
Abourezk died at his home in Sioux Falls on his birthday after entering hospice care earlier this...
August 24th, 20220WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) announced the appointment of Abed Ayoub to serve as ADC national executive director.
The ADC is a long-running organization, involved in advocacy in broad-ranging incidents of discrimination against the Arab American and Muslim communities of the...
July 25th, 20220MARYLAND — A civil rights organization is welcoming the decision by the County Council in Maryland to remove a resolution that would have redefined anti-Semitism to include any criticism of well-documented human rights abuses by the Israeli occupation in Palestine.
Montgomery County, located just outside of Washington, D.C., is...
June 4th, 20180SAN FRANCISCO — Three years ago, the San Francisco Unified School District placed a hold on a proposal to grant the Arab Resource and Organizing Committee (AROC) a contract to teach “cultural competency training” and Arabic language classes in city public schools.
At the May 22 district school board meeting and to the dismay of...
