Arab American Heritage Month at USC
Celebrating Arab American Heritage Month at USC
Arabs in California: Finding identity and belonging as an Arab American
USC Dornsife’s Sarah Gualtieri counters a long-held stereotype of Arab Americans as outsiders, underscoring their longstanding place in American culture.
“I will always remember and be proud of my Arab roots. They are the foundation of my life and the wings to my future.”
– Christine El Haddad, associate professor in USC Marshall School of Business
Arab American Heritage Month Events at USC
Visit the Arab American Heritage Month Event Calendar for events happening around USC.
Arab American Heritage Month Spotify Playlist
A playlist curated by USC students from the Middle Eastern North African Student Assembly (MENASA).
USC News Stories
More than 250 Trojans take part in Arab American Heritage Month kickoff celebrationApril 3, 2024The spirited event at Hahn Plaza featured music, speeches, Arabic food and plenty of dancing.
Students have big plans for USCs first Arab American Heritage MonthMarch 30, 2023The newly established Middle Eastern North African Student Assembly is making the most of additional resources as the group advocates for more.
How Arab Americans found identity and belonging in CaliforniaFebruary 27, 2020A new book from USC Dornsife’s Sarah Gualtieri counters a long-held stereotype of Arab Americans as outsiders, exploring how they were integrated into Southern California.
USC holds its largest Arab American Heritage Month celebration to dateApril 5, 2023The Middle Eastern North African Student Assembly’s lively kickoff event in Hahn Plaza features music, Arab dance, inspiring stories and plenty of food.
Patterns and prose: A USC computer scientist is a coder by trade and a poet at heartApril 7, 2022One of USC’s top experts at the Information Sciences Institute whose influential work is changing brain research and helping to catch fake videos has an ambitious goal in his spare time: to translate all the works of a beloved Egyptian poet.
Professors acting class in an unexpected locale — Saudi Arabia — allows for cultural exchangeMarch 20, 2019Anne DeSalvo had never been to the Middle Eastern country before; her experience there was not what she expected — in a good way.
Voices Across Campus
LACMA’s latest exhibit honors women’s voices across the Middle East and beyond
Women across the Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia explore identity, belonging and community history through art.
Debunking misconceptions after World Hijab Day
Yusra Farzan demystifies some of the misunderstandings and common questions about hijabs.
USC hosts its second Arab American Heritage Month
Folt, Middle Eastern North African Student Assembly celebrates the start of Arab American Heritage Month
A Engineer-Diplomat Reimagines the Persian Gulf
A doctoral student’s unprecedented research in the area of nuclear energy catastrophe modeling is getting noticed by the entire region.
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Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month with USC
- Use the USC Arab American Heritage Month digital graphics for your Zoom backgrounds, digital screens and much more!
- Submit your events to the USC Event Calendar. Use the tag USC_AAHM to be included in the calendar channel.
- Join USC’s Arab American Heritage Month programming committee. Contact Maria Romero-Morales, assistant chief diversity officer, at mromerom@adm.usc.edu
- Comments, suggestions or see something missing? Let us know at comcom@usc.edu.