GEN: Cultural Calendar
General Purpose Guide
Mizna: Film, Literature, and Art Exploring Arab America
"A critical platform for contemporary Arab film, literature, and art."
Arab America
"A national media organization founded with the purpose of promoting an accurate image of the Arab American community and the Arab world."
The Arab American News
A weekly, bilingual newspaper representing Arab Americans and believed to be the oldest and largest Arab American newspaper.
In 2014, it was one of the ethnic media outlets featured in an exhibit called “One Nation With News for All” at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Arab American National Museum
The first and only museum of its kind in the United States devoted to recording the Arab American experience. Since opening in 2005, AANM’s mission has been to document, preserve and present the history, culture and contributions of Arab Americans.
Turath, curated by the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University, is a path-breaking virtual exhibit that maps the rich mosaic of early Arab American culture through music, literature, poetry, art, performance, and journalism.
The Arab Americans
"Arab-Americans have proudly ventured beyond their ethnicity, language and religion to make noteworthy contributions to both the immigrant experience and ultimately the American experience."
How Arabs Have Influenced American Music | NowThis
From Jay-Z’s ‘Big Pimpin’ to Shakira, Arab and Arab American culture has influenced popular music more than you might realize.
This Muslim Girl — “An Arab American woman born in Yemen raised in the Central Valley of California sharing stories to empower women”
Salam, Girl! — features content related to building a strong confident character as an American Muslim woman, hosted by two American women who chose to convert to Islam
#GoodMuslimBadMuslim — two women satirically discuss the good and the bad of the American Muslim female experience (read an further explanation of this podcast here)