Ray Hanania

There are a dozen mosques in Chicagoland and there are almost as many Arab Christian churches. And, yet, like in the Middle East, there is very little cooperation between them.

But the upcoming holidays for […]

Even before anyone realized that Jimmy Carter’s book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” [1] would stir up controversy and a lively but sometimes vicious debate, filmmaker Jonathan Demme decided to follow th […]

Everyone in the Arab World is denouncing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his attacks against the people of Jordan these days. It’s politically correct, even though suicide bombings happen elsewhere and no one says a […]

Fayik worked in a supermarket in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the city and the entire Gulf Coast was devastated on August 29. For seven days since the devastation, his family back in Nileen […]

Like many Arab Americans, Neal AbuNab is not satisfied with the quality of the films and documentaries that have been produced claiming to convey the Arab American perspective. And he’s not talking about th […]

In the United States, the issue is not really about whether or not American marines have engaged in atrocities, torture and even possible murder. For most Americans, the issue is “so what?” Ever since Sept. […]

Irrational rejectionism is a disease in the Arab and Islamic Worlds that stands in the way of Palestinian freedom and promotes intolerance. It broadens Israel’s occupation to create a self-occupation me […]

Many things are not surprising about reports of the desecration of an Islamic Holy Book, the Koran (Qur’an), including that many Americans don’t see what the problem is. In today’s post-Sept. 11 American […]

In a way, you have to blame Americans like former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and media bigots like Sean Hannity and Daniel Pipes for the moral corruption that drives many of the abuses in Iraq and […]

If anyone in the Arab World has any doubts about the bankruptcy of the American pledge to bring Democracy and freedom to their country, all they need do is examine the case of Sami Al-Arian. Al-Arian is one of […]

Palestinians are notorious for screaming about Israeli extremism while responding to their own extremism with silence. It’s not that the majority of Palestinians don’t want to speak out against the extre […]

The existence and growth of the Hamas movement is directly linked to the brutality of Israel’s policies against the Palestinians. That was demonstrated in recent municipal election contests between the two la […]

No other issues evokes more emotion from Palestinians than the issue of “The Return,” in Arabic, al-Awda. It is a difficult and painful issue to address, as I and others have discovered in recent weeks when […]

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has taken significant steps to distinguish himself from his predecessor, the late President Yasser Arafat who was reviled by Israel’s rightwing government and by Pr […]

Palestinian and Israeli peace is threatened by a growing movement of uncompromising rejectionists nourished by the ongoing conflict. Extremists can’t afford to let the conflict end. Many Israelis are th […]

Are the Palestinian people moving toward government, or are they clinging to the memories of a fading revolution that was more successful? This is a question that must be answered before Palestinians can […]

Every week, as I write to expose the double-standards and hypocrisy of the American media, someone always emails me with this ignorant question: “How can you criticize the American media as anti-Arab when a ma […]

Facts and numbers have always been a problem in the Arab World. I thought it was an Arab cultural issue. But after following the election returns in Iraq, I wonder if the Arabs simply learned the art of […]

Late night talk show legend Johnny Carson died early Monday morning, Jan. 24, but why should Arab and Muslim Americans care? Carson hosted the Tonight Show on NBC Network television for 30 years, before handing […]

Mahmoud Abbas did more than just win an election this week. He redefined several important notions about Palestinians and their desire to achieve peace, and their ability to embrace fundamental Democracy. Abbas […]