After Trump signed his executive order, nine young women met at AAFSC to study for the citizenship exam.
Civic engagement is a key component of AAFSC’s youth program. On Wednesday, October 19th, Saif, 10, testified at City Hall to share his experience of being bullied at school for his identity as an Arab…
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the addition of five new languages, including Arabic, available on voter registration forms. An Operating Officer at AAFSC has been pushing to get more people in his community to sign up to vote.
In a display of true athletic ability and fabulous teamwork, AAFSC’s soccer team, the Yemen Cobras, became the NYPD Youth Soccer League champions on Tuesday, August 30th at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. The…
Fadi, 17-years-old, has been coming to AAFSC since he first arrived to New York from Yemen 10 years ago. This summer, Fadi taught his very own fashion class every Thursday at our 6-week summer…
With the current climate of hatred and Islamophobia in the United States, Muslims from New York come together to say We Are Not Invisible! In the media, average Muslims are not visually represented and…
One of our Youth Program students, Moheeb, has self-published a book of poetry! Moheeb is a 5th grader at P.S. 261 in Brooklyn and created his poetry collection, “The Open Poetry,” for a school project. Here he…
Alf mabrook to our high school student Naef Othman, who was awarded a 2016 United Neighborhood Houses Viacom Scholarship. When Naef arrived to New York from Yemen, he did not know English. He first visited our…
The Girls Club at AAFSC undertook a month long project that explored the lives and work of Arab females in the literary field. The girls focused on 6 Arab female writers that have had an…
Leen Shumman is one of our two youth fellows this year, who has been with AAFSC for quite a long time. Leen’s mom, Nidal Alloubane, has been working with AAFSC for 14 years and first…
