Yara Asi

1 month ago | arabcenterdc.org | Yara Asi |Heba Gowayed |Imad K. Harb |Khalil E. Jahshan

In response to President Donald Trump’s February 4 proposal to take over the Gaza Strip, displacing its indigenous Palestinians and transforming it into “the Riviera of the Middle East,” Arab leaders held on March 4 an extraordinary summit meeting in Cairo to discuss and endorse a rival Egyptian plan for the enclave’s reconstruction. The Egyptian plan proposes to rebuild Gaza in phases without displacing the Palestinians.

Nov 7, 2024 | arabcenterdc.org | Yara Asi |Imad K. Harb |Khalil E. Jahshan |Tamara Kharroub

The election of former President Donald Trump after losing the 2020 round to President Joe Biden is likely to go down in the annals of American history as a monumental event that will have serious consequences for the United States. Following his defeat in 2020, Trump vowed to return to the Oval Office to exact revenge on those he deemed to be personal and political enemies.

Nov 7, 2024 | arabcenterdc.org | Yara Asi

After a year of unfathomable images, videos, and testimonies from Gaza, the story of 19-year-old Shaban al-Dalou still managed to shock the world. On October 14, Israel bombed the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital complex, where Shaban and his family were sheltering, and where he was receiving medical care for malnutrition and trauma after surviving Israel’s bombing of the mosque where he was praying just days before. Fire quickly spread among the tents at the complex, engulfing them in flames.

Oct 10, 2024 | wilsoncenter.org | Yara Asi

Words fail to describe the totality of the deprivation, degradation, and dispossession experienced by everyone in Gaza. Every day, for nearly a year, the women in Gaza—those that have survived—have been living through one of the most horrific experiences imaginable. While the life they knew prior to October 7, 2023, was certainly still one of deprivation, due to more than 15 years of Israeli blockade and multiple bombing campaigns, it was a life that could be lived.

Sep 12, 2024 | arabcenterdc.org | Yara Asi

In mid-August 2024, the world stood witness to one of the few personal tragedies from Gaza to make global headlines. Israeli airstrikes killed two 3-day-old twins and their mother in their home, shortly after their father, Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan, left to register their births. Mere days after their birth, he was receiving their death certificates instead.