I first met Eric Holder during the Clinton years when he was serving as deputy attorney general.

In 1971, I was working at a Boy’s Club in the Germantown section of Philadelphia running an after-school programme. One day, the Police Athletic League representative dropped off a pile of colouring books for the younger kids.

There is widespread upset in capitals across the Arab world at having been sidelined by the Obama administration in the ongoing P5+1 negotiations with Iran. Many are suspicious of US intentions and worried that their concerns about Iran’s regional role will be given short

Next week, Arab American leaders and activists from a dozen key electoral states will convene in Washington to map out a political strategy for 2016. Despite the very real challenges facing the leaders who will gather, this generation of Arab Americans can approach the future wi

A few observations about last week’s Senate elections: 1.

In case you have not noticed, the Obama administration is in the midst of an ongoing and very public spat with the Netanyahu government in Israel. The “tit for tat” exchanges have been noted in the press, with reporters and some analysts providing banal motives for t

With mid-term elections only weeks away, I am once again being asked by Arab friends to explain my support for the Democratic Party. They maintain, not unfairly, that neither of the two major parties — Democratic and Republican — have commendable records on issues af

With the US currently engaged in an air war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and with voices now calling for deeper engagement in both conflict zones, the American public is being bombarded with commentary and analysis about IS, Syria and Iraq, and Muslims. Unfortunat

Ever the clever one, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently was up to his old tricks again.  On September 29, he addressed a half-empty UN General Assembly chamber and then came to Washington for what was reported to be a rather chilly meeting with President Bar