New America Now: Can Race Ever Be on the Back Burner?
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 30, 2010
A look at how race effects the news, the justice system and the sitcoms we watch on television.
Categories: African American, Audio, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arab israeli conflict, arab labor, Carmen Lineberger, Colorblind, earl ofari hutchinson, New America Now, Sayed Kashua, Tim Wise
Before WikiLeaks Arab Media Documented Civilian Deaths
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 28, 2010
Arab media have long documented escalating violence against Iraqi and Afghan civilians. WikiLeaks validates their reporting.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Afghan, Afghanistan, civilians, Iraq, Iraqi, soliders, vetetans, wars, WikiLeaks
U.S. Orders Filipinos Out of Iraq
GMANews.TV, News Report, Posted: Jul 27, 2010
The U.S. government has ordered all its military contractors to send home foreign workers whose countries have imposed a deployment ban to Iraq.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic
Tags: Filipinos, foreign workers, Iraq war, military contractors, Philippines
U.S. Muslim Travelers Warned of 'Forced Exile'
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Jul 20, 2010
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently issued an advisory to American Muslims traveling overseas or returning to the United States about the risk of “forced exile.”
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Middle Eastern
Tags: ACLU, advisory, no-fly list, U.S., violin
No Freedom of Speech on Middle East?
Arab Detroit, News Report, Posted: Jul 16, 2010
Octavia Nasr's recent CNN dismissal and Helen Thomas stepping down as White House correspondent have Arab Americans asking where their free speech rights are.
Categories: Media, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: Arab, CNN, discrimination, free speech, Helen Thomas, Octavia Nasr, White House
A Road Strewn with Coffee and Tea
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 15, 2010
Filmmaker Jean Marie Offenbacher traveled to Syria and documented daily life on the "axis of evil."
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: coffee, daily life, documentary, middle east, syria, tea
Arab American Elders Plaintiffs in Federal Lawsuit Against Police
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Jul 14, 2010
A recent federally filed complaint against Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, Michigan police departments alleges serious civil rights violations.
Categories: Elders, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: Arab, Lawsuit, Police Misconduct
New America Now: US Invaded by China? Is 98118 the Most Diverse Zip Code?
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 09, 2010
A discussion on the effect of the Federal Government suing Arizona for AB1070 and Richard Rodriguez talks to Sandip about America's past disasters.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, Latino, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, Axis of Evil, China, Duy Nguyen, Jean Marie Offenbacher, Richard Rodriguez, Syria
At The End of World Cup: Arab Americans Reflect on a Pastime
Arab Detroit, News Report, Posted: Jul 07, 2010
Arab Americans will always celebrate soccer as the deep rooted Middle Eastern tradition it is.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: Arab, soccer, World Cup 2010
New America Now: Asian-American Films and Poetry
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 02, 2010
Two directors–Jennifer Phang and Tze Chun–talk about their films and the first anthology of South Asian-American poetry is published.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: America, Iran, movies, Northern California, poetry, pyramid schemes, South Asian, Tehran, underground bands, writing