I’ve always been prone to lose things. It’s probably because I enjoyed a fairly privileged upbringing. I grew up middle-class and fortunately never really wanted for anything. My siblings and I didn’t grow up spoiled, but we had all that we needed and more. Sure, it took a long time to get my dad to […]
Month: January 2012
Star Spangled Banter
About a month ago, I attended the annual banquet of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) in Dearborn, Michigan. Over 1000 people from all faiths, ethnicities, and walks of life attended. Politicians came to stomp, and, as you can imagine, members of our community got dressed up for the occasion. There’s no need to go to […]
The Arab Year in Review
2011 was a busy year for Arabs. According to my calculations, we were on CNN at least once every day. On MSNBC, same thing. When it came to Fox News, we were on 75 times a day. They clearly love us the most. In fact, we made it onto the newscasts even when we had […]