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...wife of King Hussein of Jordan, Queen Noor was born into an Arab-American family and was an undergraduate at Princeton University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Queen Noor Speaks on Peace Talks | 10/9/1996 | See Source »

BOSTON--Members of the Arab, Arab-American and Muslim communities in Boston came together at Government Center yesterday to protest what they described as ongoing Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Protest Israeli Actions | 10/1/1996 | See Source »

...suicide bombers who killed themselves and 27 others in separate attacks on a bus in Jerusalem and in the coastal town of Ashkelon. "People are even staying away from busses in traffic. The city is totally on edge right now." Tensions ratcheted even higher Monday as an Arab-American smashed his car into a bus stop, killing one woman before two bystanders shot and killed him. It's not known whether police will charge the two men who opened fire on the driver, who apparently had lost control of his car and tried to brake. Despite the bombings, Beyer notes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel, on the Edge, Remains Committed to Peace | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

...bizarre minutes of the play, it is revealed that Deedee died after a home abortion. Suddenly, back in the present, Jane begins to act like this is all a revelation to her (when it's not), and she seems to have some sort of an epiphany about being an Arab-American woman. What that epiphany is is not made clear...

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: 'Arabian' Shows Promise Amid Chaos | 12/7/1995 | See Source »

...hand, Lucia Brawley's Jane was pleasant to watch. Well cast as a beautiful, sweet dancer, Brawley was the most able of the cast to hold the stage. Unfortunately she was forced to say some of the most ridiculous lines of the play, mostly concerning the plight of the Arab-American woman. Sometimes one wondered whether or not Shamieh was making fun of Jane: "I'm neither Arab nor American. I'm myself...

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: 'Arabian' Shows Promise Amid Chaos | 12/7/1995 | See Source »

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