The National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC) has designed a series of upcoming webinars focusing on effective functioning  strategies for  boards  of directors. Under this umbrella we will cover three topics: Ambassadors: Board Members Representing Your Organization in the

By Caroline Preston, Chronicle of Philanthropy Bill Gates, America’s most famous full-time philanthropistPreview, says he expects more billionaires to promise big chunks of their fortunes to charity soon. In his annual rumination on philanthropy, Mr. Gates says he’s heard from

  Where: Alwan for the Arts 16 Beaver Street (between Broad and Broadway), 4th floor, New York, NY 10004 (646) 732-3261 Doors open at 6:30 pm. Screening to be followed with Q&A with director Robert Adanto, and artist Sara Rahbar

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO –  A jury awarded $465,000 to a Muslim security guard who says his co-workers and supervisors called him a terrorist and an al-Qaida member. Jurors added $400,000 in punitive damages Monday to their earlier award of

Jennie Goldstein in Bay Ridge, Jan. 25, 2012. (Rachel Barrett) By Boris Fishman, TabletMag Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, home to an estimated 35,000 Arabs, is the largest Arab-American community outside of Michigan and California. That number is an estimate because no

By Edith Honan | Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Muslim civil rights groups demanded the resignation of New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly on Wednesday amid a controversy over the repeated screening of an offensive video. Kelly said he

  By: Clem Richardson, NY Daily News The Union Square Awards are closing up shop. The Union Square Fund Board – administrators of the awards – announced earlier this month that it is no longer taking applications and will cease

By Sharon Jacobs, Metro Times Author and poet Naomi Shihab Nye (Photo courtesy: Ha Lam) Naomi Shihab Nye is no stranger to travel. Raised in St. Louis, Jerusalem and San Antonio by her Palestinian father and American mother, Nye makes

From July 29th to August 2nd, selected American university students will travel to the Galilee and participate in a historically unique and unprecedented program that promotes dialogue and understanding between Arab university students and their American counterparts.  Program participants, situated

Arab American NewsIn the past, journalist Chris Hedges has worked for NPR, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor. In his latest endeavor, however, he is teaming up with an unlikely pair: a couple of attorneys that will