The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Michigan announced on Thursday the winners of its 10th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarships.

Awardees are to be honored at the groups annual MLK awards dinner on Jan. 30 at the Greenfield Manor Banquet Hall, 4770 Greenfield Road in Dearborn, at 6 p.m. 

The competition was open to all Arab and Chaldean American high school seniors in Michigan. 

The winners are:

1st Place: Laya Charara, Fordson High School

2nd Place: Adia Abusbeih, Fordson High School

3rd Place: Ahmed Hani El-Sharkawy,West Bloomfield High School

4th Place: David Ahmad Haidar,Fordson High School

5th Place: Lena Malkhasian,Sterling Heights High School

Merit Award Winners:

Insaf Mohammad, Cass Technical High School

Mountaha Eidy, Fordson High School

Regina Matar, Plymouth High School

Kristyn Acho, Andover High School

Nadine Tarraf, Crestwood High School

Emman Dabaja, Dearborn High School

Hala Hachem, Fordson High School            

Nada M. Al-Hanooti, Crestwood High School

Raja Al-Meraisi, Universal Academy 

Rukaya Al-Fanharawi, Star International Academy

Visit www.adcmichigan.org for more information.