Arab culture

'The only Jew in the room' offers fresh look at lives of Israeli Arabs

Avi Shalev's book, "The Only Jew in the Room: Searching for Understanding in an Arab Islamic College," explores Israel’s Arab sector from a different perspective

NOVEMBER 3, 2024|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

At the end of the school year Arab, Jewish, Israeli, and Palestinian girls came together in Kiryat Gat, Israel. Uploaded on 11/5/2024

JORDAN’S KING ABDULLAH greets Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at a conference, on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea, earlier this month. The PA’s refusal to condemn Hamas’s atrocities exacerbates the situation, says the writer.

King Abdullah II’s silence on Allenby terror attack speaks volumes - analysis

Israel and Jordan boast a symbiotic relationship, perhaps much to the dismay of some on both sides. This requires a robust and brave leadership that rejects violence and terrorism, not the opposite.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024|ByOHAD MERLIN

UNREST IN Sheikh Jarrah: Should it be the focal point of Arab society in Jerusalem? (Pictured: Police clash with Palestinians during a protest in the neighborhood, January 20).

Three out of four murder victims in Israel are Arab, police data reveals

This new police data addressed how these numbers grow every year, what areas are prone to disasters, and what can be learned about the identity of the female victims.

AUGUST 26, 2024|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Culture Ministry awards Umm el-Fahem gallery with museum status, adopts new name

Meanwhile, Rahat was selected to form the country’s first Arab acting studio. This is the first time state support has been offered to an Arab cultural institution.

JULY 8, 2024|ByHAGAY HACOHEN

Jordanian ex-minister: Arabs supported Hitler because he hated Jews

His comments came days before a Jordanian researcher claimed just 400,000 Jews had been killed by the Nazis.

NOVEMBER 12, 2019ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS

PROTESTERS IN Amman challenge the US and Israel policies on Jerusalem. ‘A quick review of the public relationship between Israel and Jordan in the last decade reveals multiple crises,’ notes the author.

Arab media asking researchers to fill out survey for policymakers

There are 21 questions total that range from questions about the university one is currently doing research at, to would one move abroad for a new teaching/research opportunity.

NOVEMBER 11, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Arabic translation of ‘Mein Kampf’ sold in Israel

The book was offered at a bookshop in the town of Reineh near Nazareth, the owner apologized and removed the book at once.

OCTOBER 22, 2019ByHAGAY HACOHEN

A copy of Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" (My Struggle) from 1940 is pictured in Berlin, Germany, in this picture taken December 16, 2015

Voices from the Arab press: No interest in Islamic rule

A variety of views from the Arab and Islamic world.

OCTOBER 17, 2019ByMEDIA LINE

The committee to protect Journalists outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington on October 2 2019 marking one year to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi

Jewish life in the Gulf will increase in 5780

This has all set the stage for a historic year in terms of growing Jewish life in the Gulf.

OCTOBER 10, 2019ByMARC SCHNEIER

VISITORS ARE seen at the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum.

Miri Regev: ‘The show is over’ for ‘terror theater’

Regev was speaking following the Register of Associations' recent decision to submit a request to the Haifa district court supporting the closure of the foundation that currently runs the theater.

OCTOBER 10, 2019ByHAGAY HACOHEN

The BBC’s take on ‘Zionism’

As it is, for now, one of the most viewed -isms, it cannot be ignored and remains relevant. Also, Israel is a subject close to the BBC’s keyboards.

OCTOBER 5, 2019ByROZA I.M. EL-EINI

Answering a burning need

We want to get the word out to the Bedouin community about the hotline: It’s a free call to 1201, and all you have to do is ask for the Arabic extension.

OCTOBER 2, 2019ByILANA STUTLAND