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

 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

 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

  Said Abu Shakra.

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


Voices from the Arab Press: Winds of peace with Israel felt in Iraqi skies

A weekly selection of opinions and analysis from the Arab media around the world.

Students learn to recite the Koran at Mohammed VI Institute for training imams in Rabat, Morocco, in 2019

Palestinians push ‘slow fashion’

The slow fashion – or conscious fashion – movement has come in opposition to fast fashion, saying the latter is responsible for excessive pollution in the production of clothing.

A MODEL wears a gold-colored cocktail dress by Nadia Ibrahim Azizi.

Voices from the Arab Press

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world

AN AERIAL view, captured via drone, shows buildings and roads submerged by floodwaters near the Nile River in South Khartoum, Sudan, on September 8.

Heritage takes center stage at 'A Stage for Arab-Hebrew Culture'

Ana Min el-Yahud (I Am from the Jews) at the Jaffa Theater blends Iraqi heritage with Israeli life

A scene from ‘I am From the Jews.’ August 2020.

Luna Arabic Bistro - The culinary star of Nazareth

Luna Arabic Bistro shot up to make Time Out Magazine’s Eating and Drinking Awards’ 101 Best Places to Eat in Israel (2019). Not surprisingly, customers began to flow in from all parts of the country.

Luna Arabic Bistro

Ashmoret reaches out to Arab teachers in Israel

Arab-sector teachers are instrumental in working, hand in hand with the law enforcement officers, to curb rising violence.

Ari Steinberg, CEO of Ashmoret

Voices from the Arab Press: Egypt at forefront of Arab anti-colonialism

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world

PILGRIMS MAINTAIN social distance as they mark the end of the Haj, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on August 2.

Jaffa Festival for Contemporary Arab Culture returns for fifth year

The festival features original productions, premieres of special productions, as well as theater events, musical performances, film and more.

Jaffa festival

Kfar Bara leads the way among Israeli-Arab localities

Kfar Bara is characterized by a homogeneous population of 100% Muslim Arabs and has enjoyed relative electoral stability and strong local leadership for the last 15-odd years.

A bird’s eye view of Kfar Bara, a thriving Muslim Arab community in central Israel with some 3,000 residents

Will Arab anti-Zionism revive?

The old wall of Arab anti-Zionism has fractured, but lingering hostility against Israel could explode anew.

Haj Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, meeting with Adolf Hitler in 1941