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Amer Zahr

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America's Funniest
(& Smartest) Arab
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Recent Posts
J Street is great! Right?
by Amer Zahr
November 6, 2019
Marie Newman: JStreet’s Girl Friday
by Fatima Mansour
October 2, 2019
Boycott Burgerim? Yes!
by Amer Zahr
July 3, 2019
Don’t mess with Palestinians!
by Amer Zahr
May 15, 2019
Palestinians don’t hate Jews, and I can prove it
by Amer Zahr
March 7, 2019
Ilhan, do not apologize. You have us.
by Amer Zahr
February 14, 2019
I’m a Semite too
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
February 13, 2019
One-State, Two-State, Red State, Blue State
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
November 21, 2018
No, The Entire Middle East Shouldn’t Look Like Israel
by Jamal Cadoura
November 1, 2018
I said, “Please don’t be Arab” … then I realized he couldn’t be
by Amer Zahr
October 30, 2018
Nikki Haley: Not confused? Possibly Delusional
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
April 24, 2018
Are we Palestinians so hard to understand?
by Amer Zahr
April 8, 2018
Illinois Primaries and Arab Chicago: Why Do We Keep Doing This To Ourselves?
by Fatima Mansour
March 31, 2018
Yes, “Black Panther” is a little anti-Muslim
by Amer Zahr
March 1, 2018
Trump’s immigration policy is more American than you think
by Amer Zahr
January 18, 2018
What happens when an American politician hates Arabs? She survives
by Fatima Mansour
January 2, 2018
A Palestinian Christian Condemning Evangelism
by Jamal Cadoura
January 1, 2018
Taking Hummus Back
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
January 1, 2018
Jerusalem still speaks Arabic
by Amer Zahr
December 8, 2017
Waxing Moon / Earthshine – A Poem
by Rima Zalghout
October 12, 2017
Viva Las Vegas
by Yasmine Badaoui
October 9, 2017
Settlements are far from settling
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
April 4, 2017
Palestein in my house
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
March 18, 2017
Dancing is Haram
by Yasmine Badaoui
March 13, 2017
One state in Palestein
by Amer Zahr
February 16, 2017
Sam Harris, Bill Maher, and their amateur hour on Islam
by Amer Zahr
February 8, 2017
Secretary Kerry, there could have never been a two-state solution
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
January 9, 2017
A letter to my Trump-voting neighbors
by Amer Zahr
November 11, 2016
The facade of freedom
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
November 9, 2016
Childhood in the Holy Land
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
August 26, 2016
I’m a Dem, but Hillary is no champion to me
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
August 3, 2016
The Arab American Bernie aftermath
by Amer Zahr
July 13, 2016
Tribute to Alton Sterling: We are the minority
by Jamal Cadoura
July 7, 2016
My grandfather’s name was Muhammad too
by Amer Zahr
June 10, 2016
Hillary and Donald, BFFs forever and ever
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
June 9, 2016
After Bernie, what’s next?
by Sam Oudeh
June 8, 2016
After Janna Jihad, we have no excuse
by Jamal Cadoura
June 8, 2016
Israeli citizens are victims of Israel too
by Jamal Cadoura
May 27, 2016
We Arabs are complicated
by Omar Kurdi
May 27, 2016
Why we Palestinians don’t have freedom
by Jamal Cadoura
May 16, 2016
A Letter from an Angry Hijabi
by Jinan Deena
May 4, 2016
When Palestine comes up in restaurant
by Jamal Cadoura
May 4, 2016
My Palestinian “Bern Notice”
by Fatima Mansour
May 4, 2016
Mandela’s statue arrived in Palestine, but his legacy hasn’t yet
by Amer Zahr
April 30, 2016
This election is a reality show, and Bernie isn’t a contestant
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
April 29, 2016
Mental health & our Arab community
by Jamal Cadoura
April 29, 2016
Bernie is the real hope and change
by Amer Zahr
April 18, 2016
Be Proud of Who You Are
by Jamal Cadoura
April 15, 2016
Hillary strikes out in New York
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
April 12, 2016
Gaza, darkness, and romance
by Gege Abyad
April 11, 2016
Why I will never have a daughter in Gaza
by Gege Abyad
April 6, 2016
A week of being Palestinian
by Amer Zahr
March 28, 2016
Bernie, Palestine, and Empire
by Laila Abdelaziz
March 23, 2016
They don’t hate our freedom
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
March 23, 2016
My Arab American vote? Trump before Clinton
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
March 15, 2016
Reality check: Bernie Sanders doesn’t hate Syrian refugees
by Amer Zahr
March 11, 2016
An Arab American in the voting booth
by Shirin Zarqa-Lederman
March 9, 2016
The Case for Trump from a Palestinian
by Sam Oudeh
March 2, 2016
This Arab is voting for the Jew
by Amer Zahr
February 22, 2016
A letter to Beyonce from a Palestinian
by Amer Zahr
February 12, 2016
The Republican party, too white to win
by Amer Zahr
January 17, 2016
Jesus, the radical Palestinian activist
by Amer Zahr
December 25, 2015
What is Trump’s secret to success? 2042!
by Amer Zahr
December 11, 2015
Laquan the Palestinian
by Amer Zahr
November 27, 2015
You may yearn to breathe free, unless you’re Muslim
by Amer Zahr
November 19, 2015
The lazy reporting around Detroit’s anti-Israel billboard
by Amer Zahr
October 28, 2015
Wait, Netanyahu said what?
by Amer Zahr
October 22, 2015
President Obama, please say something
by Amer Zahr
September 22, 2015
A New Generation for Palestine
by Amer Zahr
September 15, 2015
Israel, you must be so embarrassed
by Amer Zahr
September 1, 2015
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