Arab culture

Tatreez reborn: Palestinian embroidery finds new life in contemporary Israeli fashion

As Palestinian embroidery appears in contemporary fashion, artists and educators are navigating the balance between innovation and preservation

AUGUST 31, 2026|ByKORAL SAEED

Nomai Hadba wears trousers from his 2025 menswear collection, which incorporates traditional Palestinian Tatreez into contemporary fashion.

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Demonstrators from the group Jewish Voice for Peace hold an emergency Passover Seder outside of ICE headquarters on April 14, 2025 in New York City. The group is calling for freedom for Palestine, the release of Mahmoud Khalil, and to protest President Trump.

Fringe rabbis recruit Jewish clergy to lobby against US military aid to Israel, halt weapons sales

The coalition, called 'Rabbis for Block the Bombs, ' launched publicly on 23 August and so far has 92 signatories.

AUGUST 25, 2026|ByMATHILDA HELLER

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

'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

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

Arab-Americans could decide presidential race

Community’s high turnout rate, especially in swing states, might bring about Electoral College victory.

NOVEMBER 2, 2020ByTARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE

A voter fills out her ballot during early voting at ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US, October 30, 2020.

Majority of Arab voters in US favor Biden over Trump

Biden was seen as improving US relations with the Arab world by a margin of 49% to 33%.

OCTOBER 28, 2020ByCELIA JEAN

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the first 2020 presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020

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.

OCTOBER 22, 2020ByMEDIA LINE

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.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020ByFATINA HAMAD/THE MEDIA LINE

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

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020ByTHE MEDIA LINE

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

AUGUST 24, 2020ByBARRY DAVIS

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.

AUGUST 13, 2020ByBUZZY GORDON