The current negotiations between Israel and us Palestinians are essentially over. The whole episode was probably never going to yield anything real, but it was fun while it lasted. We have witnessed the normal maneuvers by all the parties involved. The Americans said both sides needed to make compromises, while implicitly blaming the Palestinians for […]
Month: March 2014
Disney, Bringing Back Those Oppressive Arabs!
This week, ABC Family picked up a pilot episode of “Alice in Arabia.” ABC Family belongs to the family of networks under the umbrella of the Walt Disney Company. The networks encapsulates the show for us: Alice in Arabia is a high-stakes drama about a rebellious teenage girl who, after tragedy befalls her parents, is […]
Arab Americans! Join the Rainbow!
We Arab Americans are in the midst of a civil rights movement. Profiling and discrimination are rampant. We are victims of debasement in the media on a daily basis. While we can find similarities between our struggle and the struggles of other minority groups, our situation is a bit more distinctive. While the African American […]