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Daily Record
February 1, 2018
By denying Arab and Middle Eastern Americans our own identity, it creates another “color blind” approach that ignores historical legacies and contemporary realities of American racial history. The second issue with this color-blind argument is that it flies in the face of real and significant demographicÃâà...
Entertainment Tonight
December 14, 2017
Appreciative of this opportunity for visibility, Stachel hopes “this starts the conversation of Middle Eastern Americans to really be specific and prideful about their unique backgrounds” as he continues to get more messages of support and inspiration on social media and meet fans. “Kids from the Middle EastÃâà...
The Michigan Daily
November 20, 2017
“We don't want to count Arab Americans or Middle Eastern Americans just so we can know how many there are but this is a community that has, for the last 20 years roughly, been treated differently by our society, been thought of different and represented differently in the media and treated differently by theÃâà...
American Theatre
September 29, 2017
Middle Eastern American Theatre, on Our Terms. An open letter and a bill of rights, in the interest of more stage works representing the full diversity and humanity of Middle Eastern Americans.
pride source.com
September 29, 2017
Arabian Nights is sponsored by Al Gamea, a group formed in 2006 to address the growing needs of local gay Middle-Eastern Americans. In 2009 it became a non-profit organization founded by Christiano Ramazzotti who opened up his home to host gatherings and perform outreach. The goal was to findÃâà...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
July 29, 2017
There seems little reason to expect that Middle Eastern immigrants will turn out differently. In economic terms, most Middle-Eastern Americans are already doing well compared to other ethnic groups. This also is true of Muslim-Americans specifically -- their income numbers are extremely similar to those ofÃâà...
American Theatre
May 5, 2017
Members of the Middle Eastern-American theatre community took to the internet last week to express growing concerns about the representation of Middle Eastern Americans both onstage and behind the scenes. Though it's part of an ongoing debate, with implications reaching before and beyond theÃâà...
Washington City Paper
March 23, 2017
All political advocacy aside, Francke has a serious mission—to be a safe haven of sorts for Middle Eastern Americans facing Islamophobia amid the tensest political climate since the days immediately following 9/11. He says his pop-ups have already started accomplishing this. “Arab-Americans have been showing up at 9Ãâà...
Newsy
July 15, 2016
Why Many Arab-Americans Check 'White' On The US Census. Scholarships, grants and government programs for minority groups often don't extend to Middle Eastern Americans. ShareTweetEmail Ãâ÷ SMSÃâà...
Al Jazeera America
February 1, 2015
Activists have been lobbying the U.S. Census Bureau to grant minority status to Americans with roots in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The campaign began in 1980s, picking up steam in the last decade in response to government policies in the “war on terrorism.” The bureau has consideredÃâà...
