It was established to be the voice of the Arab-American community. The word Zarah is derived from the Arabic word “Zahra,” or red rose. It is primarily, historically and universally a symbol of a true love, besides growth and beauty. A red rose has been represented in many great human works: paintings, photography, music and poetry, making us believe that Zarah would be the most appropriate name f
or our magazine. Zarah is our way to say to the community we serve, “We strongly love you.” Meanwhile, the name depicts our ambitious and precise mission, which is ideally to inspire our community to engage fully and positively within their new environment; while maintaining attachment to the culture left behind. Zarah aims at being an intellectual hub, where our community can express their needs, opinions and thought vis-à-vis both their countries of origin and their new country of settlement. Also, they can mutually interact; know each other, exchange ideas and share experiences. Because of its nature as a uniquely bilingual magazine using both standard Arabic and English as means of communication, Zarah can easily reach numerous diverse readers in Boston and beyond. Zarah’s content would be promising, diverse and inspiring. The reader would have a chance to meet members of our community through their inspiring stories in the host country. Articles about business, society, politics, health, arts, literature and more would be provided, purposefully, to make us learn, think, engage and share. Zarah definitely is an outcome of the efforts made by committed, diverse, hard-working, caring and friendly members of our community; your feedback would make it more typical and distinguished. So, please feel free to be a part of the mission through your engagement and support. We welcome any further clarifications, proposals, constructive criticism and attempts to correct, pursue or maintain. Our acknowledgement and thanks go to whosoever has already contributed to setting Zarah magazine on its noble path. We strongly believe that time is so precious, and encouragement imperative; Zarah is fortunate to receive both, thanks to you, dear community members. Let us all make Zarah keep an allure that is hard to resist! Please send articles and opinions to:
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Note: All articles submitted should not be more than 500 words and sent by the 15th of each month.
