Little Arabia Archive
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OC Syrians support the revolution as events unfold
Posted on February 3, 2012 | 3 CommentsThirty years ago yesterday, the Syrian regime led by the late Hafez al-Assad, launched a bloody assault and leveled entire neighborhoods in the city of Hama in response to an... -
Anaheim’s Little Arabia: An Ethnic Enclave Seeks to Make it Official
Posted on January 29, 2012 | 10 Comments. . . . . A year after the Egyptian uprising began, I take a look with this Orange County Weekly cover story at how the Arab Spring has swept... -
OC Syrian-Americans divided over Syria’s revolution
Posted on April 17, 2011 | 7 Comments. . . Orange County’s Syrian-Americans are divided over the revolution in Syria. Several protests in front of the Syrian consulate in Newport Beach were held. Some against the regime... -
Celebrate the Egyptian Revolution Saturday afternoon in Anaheim’s “Little Arabia!”
Posted on February 9, 2011 | 13 Comments. . . . . “Hosni Mubarak Posts Topless Photo on Craigslist” Photo Cred: Lalo Alcaraz UPDATE: The title bears changing given this history that has been made today!... -
Egypt Solidarity Protest Draws Hundreds in Anaheim
Posted on February 5, 2011 | No Comments. . . . . Hundreds of people lined Brookhurst Street in the heart of Anaheim’s (unofficial but should be official) “Little Arabia” community. They gathered yesterday afternoon for a... -
Express Solidarity Friday With Egypt and Yemen in Anaheim
Posted on February 2, 2011 | No Comments. . . . . Egypt has dominated the news cycle for the past week, and if the uprising of the people against the decades-long entrenched autocrat Hosni Mubarak has... -
Michigan Arab-American legislator to speak in Anaheim
Posted on December 27, 2010 | 8 Comments. . . . . Rashida Tlaib, the current member of the Michigan House of Representatives for the 12th House District, will be in Anaheim next month to speak at...
