My wife came down to breakfast on Thursday morning still in a daze over the outcome of the election. She said, poignantly: “I feel just like I did after my father died.

For years, Arab American voters, like most other ethnic communities, slightly leaned towards the Democratic Party but were swing voters in national and local elections.This was the pattern we observed in the early years of our more than two decades of biannual surveys of the comm

For years, Arab American voters, like most other ethnic communities, slightly leaned towards the Democratic Party, but were swing voters in national and local elections. This was the pattern we observed in the early years of our more than two decades of biannual surveys of t

Citizens in several Arab Gulf states appear to have a higher appreciation for the quality of life available to them in their countries than citizens in most European countries.This was one of the key findings of a Zogby Research Services (ZRS) study conducted earlier this year.&n

This past week, I travelled to Dearborn, Michigan, where I addressed a Hillary for America campaign event. Held at the Arab American National Museum, the gathering provided me with the opportunity to explain why I was endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.

I was both understanding of and puzzled by the Obama administration’s reaction to Israel’s announcement of new settlement construction in occupied Palestinian lands.It was just a few weeks ago that the White House signed a new 10-year agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Be

Congress’ vote to override President Barack Obama’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) was both embarrassing and irresponsible.The bill, known as JASTA, amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, allowing US citizens to sue foreign governments and ent

Elliott Abrams, a former Reagan and Bush administration official and a former colleague on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), wrote the article “The United States bars Christian, not Muslim, refugees from Syria”, provocative, as its title suggests, but

I am stymied. I have been writing this column each and every week for almost 24 years now. Since it appears in papers across the Arab world, I have attempted to explain American politics and policy to Arab readers.Most weeks, the columns practically write themselves.