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Legislator Arjan El Fassed of the Netherlands

A member of the Netherlands House of Representatives, Arjan El Fassed of the Green-Left Party, has a Palestinian father and a

Dean Obeidallah, co-founder of the annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, jokingly advises Arab-Americans, “For

Forty-three year old mother of two Suzanne Al-Houby scaled Mount Everest in May, one of a small group of 100 women to achieve

She was just 31 years old when she came upon 55 children who were left to fend for themselves in Jerusalem — children

Born in Nazareth and a long-time resident in France, internationally-acclaimed actress Hiam Abbass has been sought after by

One of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East, the Arab Bank was originally a small bank established in

The son of a Palestinian Christian father and Israeli Jewish mother, the Nazareth-born Juliano Mer-Khamis was a

Having starred with the likes of George Clooney in The Men Who Stare at Goats and Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City 2,

A gifted hockey player since the age of four, Justin Abdelkader scored the game-winning goal to help the Michigan State

Gaza’s foremost human rights lawyer, Raji Sourani is director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Once the recipient