Annual Candidates' Night Dinner

The New Dominion PAC, the "Voice of Arab Americans in Virginia" cordially invites you to the 24th Annual Candidates' Night Dinner, from 7:00 to 9:00, Sunday, September 30 at the Tysons Corner Marriott, 8028 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA Candidates for US Senator and the 8th, 10th and 11th Congressional Districts have been invited. Tickets are only $50! Please contact Mr. Saba Shami at 703.628.3475 of sabashami@cox.net for more information.

ADC Law Review

The ADC Research Institute (ADC-RI) invites submissions from scholars of law, legal practitioners, and law students for its first publication of the ADC Law Review (ALR). ALR is a legal journal that seeks to promote, through legal scholarship, ADC’s mission of equality and justice for Arab Americans. To that end, ADC-RI is welcoming article submissions exploring legal issues pertaining to the civil rights of Arab Americans and other policy matters concerning the Arab American community. Submissions of notes by current law students are also welcome. All submissions will be reviewed by a peer-review committee. Please send an email to alyaa@adc.org with the following: 1. The words “ALR SUBMISSION” in the subject line of the email. 2. A cover letter in the body of the e-mail containing the title of the article or note; an abstract of approximately 250-500 words; the author’s contact information, including name, institutional affiliation, and contact information. 3. The submission, as an attachment to the cover letter email. For purposes of review and printing, please send the submission according to the following specifications: Microsoft Word document; containing no more than 20,000 words (including text and footnotes); articles and notes between 10,000 to 15,000 words are preferred; without the author’s name on the document (for purposes of anonymity during review); original, previously unpublished work; citations to authority should adhere to the The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (19th ed. 2010). 4. The c.v. of the author, as an attachment to the cover letter email.

Arab Americans for Obama!

Join us! https://dashboard.barackobama.com/groups/1008-arab-americans

2012 ADC Convention

The 2012 American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee convention was a huge success. President Obama sent a personal message to the participants. Watch it here

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Phone bank for Jim Moran

Our friend, Congressman Jim Moran has an opponent in the June 12 primary. Primary turnout typically is low so it is important that we get Jim's supporters out to vote for him. You can help bu joining our phone bank! We'll meet this week on Thursday, May 24 from 5:00 to 9:00 pm at the Arlington County Democratic Committee Headquarters, Suite 200, 2050 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington. The office is conveniently located at the Courthouse Metro station. The phone number there is 703.528.8588.

Ameen Rihani

Representatives Nick Rahall (D-West Virginia) and Charles Boustany (R-Louisiana) introduced a bipartisan resolution honoring the life of Arab American writer Ameen Rihani (1876–1940) and celebrating 100 years of the Arab American novel.

The resolution elaborates Rihani’s role in educating the American public about the Arab world at the turn of the century and describes his vision of a cooperative relationship between Arabs and Americans that emerged after his travels through the Arabian Peninsula in the 1920s. Rihani’s 1911 novel, The Book of Khalid, tells an extraordinary story of migration from Baalbek, Lebanon to Washington Street in Lower Manhattan. Washington Street was the home away from home for many Arab Americans.

We need you to help this resolution pass. Please urge your Member of Congress to co-sponsor House Resolution 608 honoring Rihani.


While you’re at it, please take a look at Save Washington Street, the effort to save what is left of Little Syria. So many of our ancestors walked along Washington Street. We need to preserve what remains for the next generations.

Free Oud Concert

Our concert by The Oud Hobbyists Association

Wednesday, April 25, 6:00 pm

Free, no tickets needed

Millennium Stage
Kennedy Center
Washington