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Five Black Arabs You Should Learn About This Black History Month

Published: February 14, 2021

Five Black Arabs and their work, as well as links to additional resources on Black Arabs and combatting racism in Arabic-speaking countries.

Virtual Al-Waha 2020: In Review

Published: August 7, 2020

Practicing dabke!

A review of what we did this summer at Virtual Al-Waha 2020.

Book Review: Arabic Stories for Language Learners

Published: February 24, 2020

​a review of the book Arabic Stories for Language Learners!

Seven Ways to Show Gratitude this New Year

Published: January 1, 2020

​About ways to show gratitude in the Arab world!

Ten Ted Talks by Arabs and Arab-Americans to Inform and Inspire

Published: November 11, 2019

​a summary with links of ten impressive Ted Talks!

five of my favorite Arabic words and phrases

Published: January 19, 2019

I love Arabic!

​about five of my favorite Arabic words/phrases!

so Al-Wāḥa thinks it can dance!

Published: August 3, 2018

learning the "Let's Go Catch a Bear" song!

about our Thursday and the evening dance competition!

Lebanon election night!

Published: August 1, 2018

he went out in the rain to grab his nametag for voting!

​a look at our election day simulation!

world religions day!

Published: July 31, 2018

the Jewish holidays station!

​exploring world religions as practiced in the Middle-East!

throwing it back to ancient civilizations!

Published: July 30, 2018

excited to canoe!

a look at our beach day activities and our ancient civilizations evening program!

a mega-chill Saturday!

Published: July 29, 2018

one of our mughamaras!

​a look at our restful Saturday!

a concert, a dance party, and saying goodbye to the one weekers!

Published: July 28, 2018

please enjoy this image of part of a tree trunk at Al- Wāḥa!

about what we did on Friday!

trading on the Silk Road and much more!

Published: July 26, 2018

getting ready, set, go with the evening program!

some snapshots of today’s activities, including traveling along the Silk Road!

hunting for treasure at Al- Wāḥa!

Published: July 26, 2018

our treasure map is almost complete!

​hunting for treasure and more, at Al- Wāḥa!

Opening Day 2018!

Published: July 24, 2018

at the entrance to Al-Wāḥa!

a look at Opening Day at Al-Wāḥa!

on the music of Al- Wāḥa

Published: March 16, 2018

Al- Wāḥa

​Learn about the music of Al- Wāḥa and one of our upcoming new songs!

Tales from an Arab-American’s childhood…

Published: January 30, 2018

the delicious chicken and beef kebabs we had at our final restaurant night last summer

Noting some common experiences that Arab-Americans living in the United States have…