Celebrates Arab Americans and Arabic-speaking Americans.
Zaha Hadid
By: Rebecca Miller
Zaha Hadid is the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Dr. Michael DeBakey
By: David Kemker
Dr. Michael DeBakey
is the father of modern open-heart surgery.
Dr. Fareed Zakaria
By: David Kemker
Dr. Fareed Zakaria
offers the world a rare perspective on East-West relations.
Christa McAuliffe
By: Susannah Abbey
Christa McAuliffe was an American teacher who was one of the crew members aboard the Challenger shuttle.
Listen & Read Along
Marlo Thomas
By: Ryan from Los Angeles
Marlo Thomas is a champion for children at St. Jude and around the world.
The Global Refugee Mural
By: Joel Bergner
The Global Refugee Mural created by Joel Bergner with Action Ashe! Global Mural Project is in Maryland
Arab Spring
By: Joel Bergner
This mural, Arab Spring, shows Queen Zenobia, a heroine to the Syrians who resisted the oppression of the Roman Empire in ancient times. In these tragic times in Syria, it is important to remember her.
Helen Thomas
By: Robert Shetterly
Other Arabs who have enriched our world...
Naguib Mahfouz
By: Israa from Alexandria
Gibran Kahlil Gibran
By: Amber from Spokane
Gibran Kahlil Gibran
was a Lebanese poet, artist and philosopher who is third after Shakespeare and Lao-Tsu.
Umm Kulthum
Ibn Battutah
By: Sonali from San Diego
Ibn Battutah
was a Moroccan Muslim scholar who became one of the greatest world travellers and journalists of all time.
Merieme Chadid
By: Rebecca Miller
Merieme Chadid
is an astronomer from Morocco who did research at the South Pole.
Abdul Sattar Edhi
Abdul Sattar Edhi founded Edhi International Foundation, and has been called the greatest living humanitarian in the world.
Qasim Amin
Qasim Amin
was a forerunner in the fight for women's liberation in the Islamic world.