Washington Watch Articles From 1998
CIVIL RIGHTS,FOREIGN POLICY TOP ARAB AMERICAN CONCERNS
As an American political constituency, Arab Americans have two major sets of issues that drive the community’s agenda: civil rights and U.S. policy in the Middle East.
ARAB AMERICAN RESPONSIBILITIES
Arab Americans have a full political agenda for fall 1998. As the community continues to advance into the U.S. political mainstream, it is required to operate on several fronts simultaneously.
CIVIL RIGHTS WEEK FOR ARAB AMERICANS
Last week we focused our efforts on addressing a number of Arab American civil rights concerns.
BIGOTRY TARGETS ARAB AMERICAN CANDIDATE
Although Arab Americans have made real political progress in the United States during the past two decades, the community remains disturbingly vulnerable to attacks of bigotry.
ARAB MERCHANTS TARGETED
Even with the progress made by Arab Americans in recent years, problems of discrimination and bigotry remain.
WHAT AN ARAB SUMMIT SHOULD DO
It is well past the time for the Arab states to take a decisive stand to save the Middle East peace process.
WHY CLINTON CAME
On May 7, 1998, President William Jefferson Clinton addressed the Arab American Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. It was the first time an U.S. President had addressed an Arab American conference.
ARAB AMERICANSCHALLENGEOFFICIAL VIOLATIONSOF RIGHTS
Arab Americans have made significant progress in all areas of American life.
ARAB AMERICANSIN THE1998 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
This November, a record number of Arab Americans will be running for the U.S. Congress. In all, there are 12 Arab American candidates campaigning for federal posts in 10 states.
THE SCANDAL ANDTHE CONSPIRACY
The scandal that has been consuming Washington during the past ten days may well have been fed by a conspiracy. However, it is not the conspiracy widely believed by many in the Arab world and in parts of the Arab American community.