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New America Media - Middle Eastern
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New America Media is a nationwide association of over 3000 ethnic media organizations representing the development of a more inclusive journalism. Founded in 1996 by Pacific News Service, New America Media promotes ethnic media by strengthening the editorial and economic viability of this increasingly influential segment of America's communications industry.
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Better Language Interpretation Crucial for New Social Security Commissioner
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As advocates for elders and people with disabilities anticipate President Obama’s choice of a new Social Security Commissioner, a group of us from the Strengthening Social Security Coalition presented our recommendations at a briefing on Capitol Hill last week...
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Q&A: Why Guantanamo Hunger Strike Could Be the Last
Traducción al españolEditor's Note: Ahmed Rachidi, a native of Morocco who has been a British resident since 1985, was held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo from March 2002 to May 2007, when he was released without charge. Now 47, he...
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Young American Muslims Coming of Age Post 9/11
Pictured above: Alexandra Minter at the Tufts University student center Photo by Nina Porzucki / PRI's The World Alexandra Minter, a sophomore at Tufts University was working on a video for her Arabic class last Monday when her classmate...
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Side Effects -- The Humanitarian Consequences of Iran Sanctions
PHILADELPHIA -- It’s not every day that an American physician gets asked to function as an international pharmaceutical supplier, but for some, it’s becoming a regular occurrence. A doctor I know told of a patient getting ready for a trip...
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With Memories of War, A Young Iraqi Settles Into America
Ed. Note: The Boston Marathon bombings have raised questions over how young immigrants in this country are impacted by the experience of war and trauma in their homeland. This week the New York Times reported on research that showed young...
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Arab American Women Struggle While Aging in a New World
Second of two articles. Read part one here. Editor’s note: The following article, posted April 25, 2013, includes revisions correcting errors in an earlier version. DEARBORN, Mich.--Parked in front of a typical Michigan colonial house, a social worker, who works...
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Arab American Elders Facing the Rest of Their Lives Alone
First of two articles. Read part two here. EAST DEARBORN, Mich.--The Kennedy Center building on Bingham Street in East Dearborn is a nine-story residential site for low-income elders in the heart of the Detroit area’s Arab American community. Although one...
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Boston Explosion: Please Don't Be Arabs or Muslims
Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line were senseless acts of violence, but a reminder of the fear, guilt and anxiety Arabs and Muslims feel after any modern-day terrorist attack, writes Khaled A Beydoun in an editorial for Al...
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Mich. Journalism Hall of Fame to Induct Arab Am. Publisher
Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab American News, will be inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame Sunday, April 21 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in Lansing. He will be honored alongside longtime Detroit Metro Times editor...
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Negotiating With Assad -- The Only Way to Save Syria
Editor's Note: By the time Assad is deposed, the Syrian state might well disappear, argues commentator Ghassan Michel Rubeiz. Rubeiz, a social scientist and political commentator, is the former secretary of the Middle East for the Geneva-based World Council of Churches.To...
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