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Arab Festival in Brooklyn Celebrates Music and Dance
Tiana dances flamenco, bridging Arab and Spanish cultures at the Arab-American Heritage Festival. (Photo by Francesca Norsen Tate via Brooklyn Daily Eagle) In a celebration of Arab music and culture,...
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Iranian Artists Come to Brooklyn
Persian Folk band Vatan (Photo via Facebook) Brooklyn’s Galapagos Art Space will host Bayan (“expression” in Farsi), a showcase of modern and classical Iranian artists, on Tuesday, September 23....
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Arab American Activist on Racism and Ferguson
Linda Sarsour (Photo by Miriam Fogelson via Colorlines) Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, traveled recently with other...
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Discussing Free Speech at Brooklyn College
Steven Salaita, Katherine Franke and Sarah Aly (l. to r.) listen to a question at an event on the silencing of critics of Israel within academia, at Brooklyn College, on Nov. 20, 2014. (Photo by Matt...
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Students in Kurdistan and Brooklyn ‘Meet’ Via Video
Students at Progress High School in Brooklyn videoconference with counterparts in the Kurdistan region in Iraq. (Photo via Greenpoint Gazette) A group of high school students at Progress High School in...
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Counting Arab Americans Correctly
Arab Americans will be able to identify themselves as Arab when they fill out their 2020 U.S. Census form if a proposal to change the form is adopted. (Photo by Paula Katinas via Brooklyn Daily Eagle)...
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An Iraqi Seder in Queens
(Photo by Karen Shakerdge for Voices of NY) While many Jews around the world were sitting down to celebrate the second night of Passover, about 80 people gathered at Congregation Bene Naharayim, a...
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King of Falafel to Open Restaurant in Astoria
(Photo courtesy of Fares “Freddy” Zeideia via Times Ledger) The Vendy Award-winning food truck “King of Falafel” will expand to a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Astoria, reports Times Ledger. Fares...
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All-Girl Palestinian Rap Trio Bring Message to NYC
Dalia Ramadan, Nadeen Odeh and Sophia Alissa, from left to right, perform at rehearsals. (Photo via Women’s eNews video) Palestinian rap trio Shoruq visited New York City in early May. The trip, which...
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‘In Gaza There are Missiles and Here There are Tourists’
Jehad Abu Saleem (left) and Mariam Abuamer (Photos by Lena Masri for Voices of NY) [Editor’s note: This post has been updated with some details to provide greater context.] A year ago on July 8, Israel...
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Anti-Iran Deal Protests 7.22.2015 [see the SlideDeck] Thousands of protestors, many of them Jewish and some holding the Israeli flag, gathered the evening of July 22 in Times Square to urge Congress to...
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A Pizza Entrepreneur’s Journey from Eastern Turkey to NYC
Hakki Akdeniz in one of his Champion Pizza locations (Photo by Orhan Akkurt for Voices of NY) The town of Silvan in the province of Diyarbakir in Eastern Turkey might seem the unlikely birthplace for a...
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From LIC to the Bronx: Krinos Foods Opens a New Facility
NYC Economic Development Corporation President Maria Torres-Springer and Krinos Foods chairman Eric Moscahlaidis about to cut the ribbon at the opening of the Krinos Foods facility in the Bronx (Photo...
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After Istanbul Attack, a Memorial at Union Square
At Union Square on June 29, mourning the dead and wounded from the Istanbul Atatürk Airport terrrorist attack (Photos courtesy of Secular and Democratic Turkey Platform) Secular and Democratic Turkey...
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A View of ‘Little Syria’
In the early 1900s there was a thriving part of lower Manhattan known as Little Syria, with restaurants, textile businesses, churches, newspapers and gathering places like the Aleppo Social Club and...
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NYC Voter Registration Forms, Soon in 10+ Languages
New voter registration forms in an additional five languages on display at the city’s July 14 briefing at the Homecrest Library in Brooklyn (Photo by Alex Ayala for Voices of NY) New York City will...
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Getting the Taste of Baklava Just Right
Mehmet Alkurt in front of his pastry shop in Brooklyn (Photo by Orhan Akkurt for Voices of NY) Everyone who has been to Turkey or is familiar with Turkey knows about baklava. Baklava is a famous...
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Bishop on Boosting M/WBE City Contracting
Gregg Bishop, commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services, at the opening of a new workforce center in Washington Heights in September (Photo by Gregg McQueen via Manhattan Times) NYC...
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Voting and ‘Marginalized’ Muslim Communities
Aber Kawa (Photo by David Pastor for Feet in Two Worlds) While Donald Trump’s Islamophobic remarks may have prompted many Muslims to plan to vote this year, it’s not clear to some community activists...
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Arab American Association Celebrates 15 Years
Linda Sarsour (center), executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, at a solidarity march in Bay Ridge with the Muslim community on Jan. 17. (Photo by Marco Poggio for Voices of...
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