January 27th, 20240
Protesters at Columbia University were allegedly sprayed with a hazardous chemical while attending a pro-Palestinian “divestment now” rally on Low Steps on Friday, Jan. 19, according to nearly two dozen students who reported a foul smell, physical symptoms or property damage after the protest.
The Columbia Spectator...
November 24th, 20230NEW YORK – A former Obama-era National Security Council official has been arrested after a series of videos shared widely on social media showed him using hate-laden, Islamophobic language against an employee working inside a New York City food cart, police said.
Stuart Seldowitz, 64, was arrested Wednesday on preliminary charges of...
July 14th, 20230STATEN ISLAND — The NYPD has released surveillance video of two suspects wanted in connection to a shooting that left a deli employee dead in Staten Island.
The shooting happened Saturday just before 8 p.m. in the Castleton Corners section. Police responded to a 911 call of an attempted robbery at 444 Manor Road.
Bassam...
July 14th, 20230NEW YORK — Hamod Ali Saeidi, 87, walked several miles every day, checking in on family and friends. Last Saturday would have been no different — if not for the maniac who opened fire at a half dozen locations as he rode through Queens and Brooklyn, killing the Yemeni American grandfather and wounding three others.
Saeidi was on...
May 26th, 20230By Mohamad Moslimani
Arabic has become a much more widely spoken language in the United States in recent decades. The number of people ages 5 and older who speak Arabic at home in the U.S. rose from 215,000 in 1980 to 1.4 million in 2021, making it the nation’s seventh-most common non-English language spoken at home. Arabic speakers...
April 8th, 20230NEW YORK — The second annual New York Arab Festival (NYAF) takes place in venues across New York City from April 7 through May 17 to honor and celebrate Arab American Heritage Month, which coincides with Ramadan this year. The NYAF is programming multiple live in-person events in partnership with several pioneering institutions across...
November 25th, 20220The U.S. marked the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday with traditional feasts, parades and American football, taking a moment to celebrate in a week shadowed by gun violence.
The official holiday dates to the Civil War, when President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a day to give thanks and seek healing. U.S....
October 27th, 20220Salman Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York, according to a published report.
Literary agent Andrew Wylie told the Spanish language newspaper El Pais in an article published...
August 13th, 20220NEW YORK — The man accused in the stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty Saturday to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called a "preplanned" crime, as the renowned author of The Satanic Verses remained hospitalized with serious injuries.
A judge refused to grant bail Thursday to Hadi Matar, 24...
May 17th, 20222NEW YORK — Law school faculty at a major university in New York have joined the ranks of educational and professional organizations supporting the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and recognition of Palestinian rights.
Last week, the City University of New York (CUNY) Law Faculty unanimously endorsed a CUNY Law Student...
May 3rd, 20220DETROIT — A new report asks whether average U.S. workers are really able to afford their commute, given historically high inflation, gas prices and most importantly, the cost of maintaining vehicles.
The report by the website Clever, a real estate market and consumer research group, ranked the best and worst metros for driving...
December 10th, 20210LANSING — Michigan has recorded its first confirmed case of the emerging Omicron COVID-19 variant as it continues to battle rising cases of the dangerous Delta variant.
The news comes as the country is coming to grips with yet another variant of the virus, with first cases reported in California, New York and Colorado in the last...
July 21st, 20210The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has released a mid-year report documenting the state of anti-Muslim hate incidents in 2021.
The national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group says that since the start of the year, it has received hundreds of complaints from chapters across the country, and more than 500 at its...
June 10th, 20210On Thursday, the U.S. Senate approved President Biden’s nomination of Zahid Quraishi, a magistrate judge in New Jersey, to the federal bench, making him the first Muslim federal judge in U.S. history. Quraishi will serve as U.S. district judge for the District of New Jersey.
The Democrat-controlled Senate voted 81-16 to confirm...
April 27th, 20210NEW YORK — On Tuesday, an international rights watchdog accused Israel of pursuing policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians — and against its own Arab minority — that amount to crimes against humanity.
New York-based Human Rights Watch published a 213-page report, which it said was not aimed at comparing...
February 22nd, 20210NEW YORK — Donald Trump suffered a major setback on Monday in his long quest to conceal details of his finances as the U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for a New York City prosecutor to obtain the former president's tax returns and other records as part of an accelerating criminal investigation.
The justices without comment rebuffed...
December 14th, 20200NEW YORK - On Monday, New York’s Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care unit nurse, who has treated some of the sickest COVID-19 cases for months, became the first person in the U.S. to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
“It didn’t feel any different from taking any other vaccine,” Lindsay said. “I feel hopeful today,...
August 20th, 20200NEW YORK (REUTERS) — Donald Trump cannot block a prosecutor’s subpoena for eight years of his tax returns, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, in the latest setback in the U.S. president’s longstanding effort to keep his finances under wraps.
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in Manhattan rejected Trump’s claims that the...
April 9th, 20200NEW YORK (Reuters) — Americans must resist the impulse to ease social-separation measures at the first glimpse of progress now being seen in the coronavirus battle, state government and public health leaders warned on Thursday, as the U.S. death toll surpassed 16,500.
Calls for heightened vigilance, countering talk from the Trump...
March 4th, 20200NEW YORK — Former New York Mayor and 2020 Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign and throwing support behind former Vice President Joe Biden. Bloomberg, who had funded his campaign with millions of dollars of his own money, said that after Super Tuesday’s dismal performance, he...
February 5th, 20200DETROIT - Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a campaign stop in Detroit on Tuesday, as other Democratic presidential candidates eyed results in Iowa on the road to New Hampshire.
Held in a repurposed industrial building in Eastern Market, the rally was organized by Bloomberg's campaign, which has expanded in both size and...
February 4th, 20190
BROOKLYN, NY — Debbie Almontaser stopped by Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene as she promoted her first book, “Leading While Muslim.” She said the backlash she received as the founding principal of the country’s first Arabic language public school inspired her to write it.
“I was targeted big-time both individually and...
January 23rd, 20190GREECE, New York — Police have arrested and charged three men and a teen in upstate New York for allegedly planning an attack on Islamberg, a Muslim community 200 miles away.
Police arrested Brian Colaneri, 20; Vincent Vetromile, 19; Andrew Crysel, 18 and an unidentified 16-year-old male on Friday, Jan. 18.
They are accused of...
September 8th, 20180BROOKLYN, NY — Ahmed Mansour’s film “Brooklyn, Inshallah” documents Khader El-Yateem’s 2017 campaign for New York City Council. Not only did El-Yateem’s position as a Lutheran pastor make him distinguishable from other candidates, his identity as a Palestinian American immigrant did so as well. From that, he was even...
July 29th, 20180NEW YORK — The New York Arabic Orchestra (NYAO) hosts its annual Summer Workshops through the end of August.
The NYAO invites musicians, students and vocalists to learn about Arabic music and improve their skills by participating in its various summer workshops for its ensembles sections I and II, Arabic vocal chorus, and Arabic...
July 19th, 20180BROOKLYN, NY - Sunday, July 9, Arab Americans celebrated their heritage at the 12th annual Arab American Bazaar in Bay Ridge, sponsored by the Arab American Association of New York.
Attendees enjoyed a wide variety of regional foods and entertainment, with many dressed in traditional outfits from countries such as Egypt, Syria,...
June 29th, 20180NEW YORK — A 28-year-old former Bernie Sanders organizer, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who defeated U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-New York) in a stunning primary upset Tuesday, made the issues of immigration and diversity a central part of her insurgent campaign. Ocasio-Cortez defeated Crowley 57 percent-42 percent after campaigning on...
May 18th, 20180The Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art selected 15 grantees from a pool of 200 applicants, double from the previous year, when 98 organizations applied. Among the recipients is the University of Michigan-Dearborn's Center for Arab American Studies, which was awarded $216,677.
NEW YORK — Fifteen U.S. organizations will receive a...
