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How Arabs brought luster to Sri Lanka’s historic pearl trade

How Arabs brought luster to Sri Lanka’s historic pearl trade

  • First Arabs arrived in Sri Lanka in the 3rd century B.C. and dominated its trade
  • Pearl fishing in Sri Lanka began to struggle in the 19th century, under British rule
By Mohammed Rasooldeen - & - Natalia Laskowska ·
Latest FBI data on hate crimes against Arabs and Muslims ‘incomplete and unreliable’

Latest FBI data on hate crimes against Arabs and Muslims ‘incomplete and unreliable’

By RAY HANANIA ·
Arabs view access to water as most pressing environmental issue, survey finds

Arabs view access to water as most pressing environmental issue, survey finds

By ALI YOUNES ·
Fears grow for Arab migrants adrift off the coast of Italy

Fears grow for Arab migrants adrift off the coast of Italy

By NAJIA HOUSSARI ·
Illinois speaker backs legislation recognizing Arabs as minority contractors

Illinois speaker backs legislation recognizing Arabs as minority contractors

By RAY HANANIA ·
Special A Lebanese online archive chronicles Arab immigration to Latin America photos

A Lebanese online archive chronicles Arab immigration to Latin America

By Eduardo Campos Lima ·
Sami Scheetz, the first Arab American to become Iowa state representative after next November elections. (Supplied)

Iowa set to get its first-ever Arab American state representative

By ALI YOUNES ·
Along with India, Brazil is one of the main buyers of fertilizers from Arab countries. (Supplied)

Arabs could save the day as war in Ukraine threatens agriculture in Brazil

By Eduardo Campos Lima ·
Special In Islamabad, a cafe serves up qahwah, the ‘language of love’ for Arabs video

In Islamabad, a cafe serves up qahwah, the ‘language of love’ for Arabs

By Sabah Bano Malik ·
#Arab_lives_matter sparks calls for more policing in Israel

#Arab_lives_matter sparks calls for more policing in Israel

By AP ·
Special US ‘must acknowledge post-9/11 backlash against Arabs’: Legal expert video

US ‘must acknowledge post-9/11 backlash against Arabs’: Legal expert

By RAY HANANIA ·
Special A woman looks at a bronze age skull from Jericho, dated to between 2200 and 2000 BCE, showing the ancient surgical procedure of trephination. (AFP)

How scientists are drawing a genetic portrait of modern-day Middle Easterners

By Caline Malek ·
Special United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan (R) meeting with Israel's top diplomat Yair Lapid in Abu Dhabi. (AFP/WAM) photos

How the Abraham Accords have influenced Arab-Israeli relations, one year on

By Rebecca Anne Proctor ·

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