Ray Hanania

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May 26, 2014, 4:27 PM

Pope’s visit puts spotlight on Christian Arabs in a world of hurt

Pope's visit puts spotlight on Christian Arabs in a world of hurt By Ray Hanania A lot of my Arab "friends" didn't seem to happy when I wrote recently that while Christian Palestinians do suffer alongside other non-Jews in Israel, the truth...

Apr 26, 2014, 5:28 PM

I am lucky to experience something I wish more could

I am lucky to experience something I wish more could By Ray Hanania I'm lucky. Or maybe some might call it blessed. Others may just say fortunate. A few say plagued. I have and will again experience something that many Jews...

Dec 20, 2013, 3:08 AM

Taboulie and family night at the synagogue

As my son prepares for his Bar Mitzvah in May, his schedule of services and attendance at the synagogue has increased a lot. A lot goes into being Jewish, it seems to this Christian of mixed breed -- Orthodox...

Oct 23, 2013, 11:09 PM

It’s been a while, but I won’t be bullied

It's been a while since I blogged at the Times of Israel. I started writing here after writing for several years at the Jerusalem Post and, before that, at YnetNews.com. I enjoy writing for an Israeli audience. Although I get...

Jul 7, 2012, 6:15 AM

It’s expensive to be Jewish

The Orthodox Church never makes me 'pay to pray'

May 30, 2012, 9:16 PM

Vacation blues, cigars, and the Middle East conflict

I do my best to try not to be 'Arab' when I travel -- just so Alison doesn't give me that look. Like can't we just be nobodies? Not the 'Arab writer?' Not the 'Arab activist?'

May 3, 2012, 11:54 PM

Easier to bring Arabs and Jews together in marriage than on Facebook

If love conquers all, perhaps intermarriage is the answer to the Arab-Israeli conflict

Apr 27, 2012, 4:41 AM

Welcome to democracy, Egyptian-style

There isn't much room for optimism about a country whose parliament is reportedly planning to introduce a law that would allow the husbands to have sex with their deceased wives

Apr 24, 2012, 8:41 PM

Trying to bring Arab-Jewish marriages to the forefront

I didn't say foreskin, I said forefront. But that's where I want to bring Arab-Jewish marriages. They happen more than people want to admit. One of my activist mentors, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, who was the political science department head at Northwestern...

Apr 23, 2012, 6:05 PM

Welcome to my world, where Palestinians and Jews actually live together

I'm Palestinian and my wife, Alison, is Jewish. We have a Russian Jewish son who we adopted. He goes to Hebrew school at a synagogue about 20 miles from our home. He's going to have his Bar Mitzvah when...

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About Me

Ray Hanania is an award-winning Palestinian American columnist and former Chicago political City Hall reporter. His father is from Jerusalem and mother from Bethlehem. A Christian, Hanania's wife, Alison, is Jewish. He has two children, Carolyn Haifa, from a previous marriage, and Aaron, who is Russian Jewish. Hanania writes regularly for Creators Syndicate on Middle East issues and for the Saudi Gazette every Sunday. He is the managing editor of The Arab Daily News online (www.TheArabDailyNews.com). During more than 35 years in journalism, he has also hosted several live radio talk shows. He performed standup comedy with the Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour, lampooning his Arab-Jewish marriage, and is the author of several books including "Arabs of Chicagoland" (2005), a historical look at Arab settlement in Chicago, and “I’m Glad I Look Like a Terrorist: Growing up Arab in America” (1996, 2006), which humorously explores his experience growing up Arab in America.