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Warren Evans chooses transition team
November 14th, 20140 Evans.DETROIT — Warren Evans, the newly-elected Wayne County executive, announced last week that he had chosen a transition team. Evans, who earned 70 percent of the votes, has named Joseph Nardone, development director for the Wayne County Airport Authority, to lead the transition team. Lisa Canada, legislative director for the...
National Arab American arts forum to be held in Dearborn
November 14th, 20140 DEARBORN — The sixth biennial convening of DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts will be held at the Arab American National Museum (AANM), May 7-9, 2015. The conference will coincide with the launch of the Museum’s 10th anniversary programming year, as well as the Museum’s new visual arts exhibition, Ten. The Conference Committee welcomes...
Dana Alicia Thompson elected to Wayne State University Board of Governors
November 14th, 20140 Dana Alicia Thompson.DETROIT — Michigan voters have elected Dana Alicia Thompson, a University of Michigan law professor and director of the Entrepreneurship Clinic at Michigan-Law, to the Wayne State University Board of Governors. Thompson won along with fellow Democratic candidate and former Michigan Supreme Court Justice...New York doctor now free of Ebola discharged from hospital
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio hugs Dr. Craig Spencer as he is discharged from Bellevue Hospital.NEW YORK CITY — A New York doctor who has recovered from Ebola left the hospital on Tuesday and urged support for U.S. health workers treating patients in West Africa so they do not face "stigma and threats" when they return home.The...Slain Ferguson teen’s dad seeks justice at U.N.
The mother Lesley McSpadden (L) and father Michael Brown Sr. (C) of slain teenager Michael Brown.GENEVA — The father of Black teenager Michael Brown, shot dead by a policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, in August, said on Wednesday he and the boy's mother had come to the United Nations in Geneva to seek justice for their son.In a statement...Window washers rescued after dangling at NYC’s World Trade Center
The broken scaffolding that had stranded window washers earlier on the side of 1 World Trade Center in New York November 12, 2014.NEW YORK — Two window washers trapped on a broken platform outside the 69th floor of New York's One World Trade Center scrambled to safety through a hole cut in the glass on Wednesday after dangling for two...Obama picks civil rights advocate Loretta Lynch to be next U.S. attorney general
Lynch.WASHINGTON — President Obama on Saturday picked Brooklyn federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be the next U.S. attorney general who, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the first Black woman in the job.Lynch would replace Eric Holder, the first Black attorney general, who has held the job since Obama took office in 2009. She was...Bombs explode near Egyptian and UAE embassies in Libya
The wreckage of a car, which was destroyed when a bomb exploded, is pictured next to the Egyptian embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli Nov. 13.TRIPOLI — Bombs exploded near the Egyptian and United Arab Emirates embassies here in the Libyan capital on Thursday, but there were no reports of casualties or major damage.The blasts...
Settlers burn mosque in the West Bank, Israel announces 400 homes in East Jerusalem
November 14th, 20140 A Palestinian boy looks out of a damaged mosque after it was set ablaze, in the West Bank village of Mghayr, Nov. 12.RAMALLAH — Israel approved new settler homes in east Jerusalem on Wednesday, despite mounting unrest.The new settlement construction was announced just hours after suspected Jewish extremists torched a West Bank mosque,...
Dearborn increases snow emergency tickets to $80, prepares designated parking areas
November 14th, 20140 DEARBORN — The city is gearing up for winter by preparing a pilot program in the south-end and northeast neighborhoods that would allow residents to temporarily park their vehicles on designated streets during a snow emergency.The city is also enforcing a new policy that would increase snow emergency tickets to a one time flat rate...
University of Michigan-Dearborn hosts Veterans Day Scholarship Dinner
November 14th, 20140 State Senate-elecect David Knezek. DEARBORN — The University of Michigan- Dearborn and the Student Veterans Association (SVA) hosted a scholarship dinner on the eve of Veterans Day, Nov. 10, in honor of the veterans who continue to serve the community. Scholarships will be awarded to student veterans and proceeds from the dinner...FBI: Detroit most dangerous big U.S. city in 2013
DETROIT — Detroit is the most dangerous major city in the United States, according to 2013 FBI data released this week.The motor city has the highest crime rate among big cities, according to the FBI.With 2,072 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2013, Detroit had the highest violent crime rate in the U.S. among large cities,...Blue Cross to offer 41 health insurance plans in 2015
DETROIT — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and its HMO subsidiary, Blue Care Network, will offer an extended number of affordable health insurance choices to individuals – a total of 41 product options, an increase from 18 in 2014 – during the 2015 open enrollment period.Blue Cross received approval from state and federal...ACC launches winter donation drive to help the needy
TROY — The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) has launched its winter donation drive to help clients in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties get through the season.Through Wed., Dec. 24, the ACC will be accepting items at its headquarters in Troy (363 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 300) and Youth Center in Detroit (62 W. Seven Mile...The age of TV clowns: Arab media on the brink
Tawfiq Okasha.As I was finalizing my research for this article, I found myself browsing through a heap of hilarious videos by mostly Egyptian TV show hosts Tawfiq Okasha and Amr Adeeb.In one of his numerous videos on YouTube, Okasha, the star and host of the Cairo-based privately funded al-Faraeen channel, tries to explain the......
Moroccan teen disfigured by rapist husband
RABAT — A Moroccan teen forced into marrying her alleged rapist last year has been attacked with a razor blade and beaten by him for seeking a divorce, media reported Tuesday.The 17-year-old was attacked in Marrakech on Saturday after filing for divorce, the Tel Quel weekly said, citing the AMDH independent rights group.She suffered...Attacks kill 12 in Egypt
CAIRO — At least seven people were wounded when a bomb went off in a Cairo metro carriage on Thursday, security officials said.Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen killed at least five Egyptian soldiers and policemen on Thursday in two separate gun attacks in northern Sinai, an area under emergency rule due to militant violence, security and...Presidential aide: Yemen’s Houthi group endorse new government
Yemen's newly appointed Prime Minister Khaled Bahah listens to a reporter's questions at a news conference after his cabinet was sworn-in at the Presidential Palace in Sanaa Nov. 9SANAA — The Houthi group has endorsed the new Yemeni government despite opposition to some ministers, a presidential aide said on Thursday, in a move that...Qatar cleared in FIFA World Cup corruption investigation
DOHA — Russia and Qatar, the next hosts of the World Cup, were cleared Thursday of corruption allegations by FIFA, the soccer tournament's organizing body.A 42-page report noted any ethical violations by Russia, which will stage the event in 2018, and Qatar, which gets the World Cup in 2022, were "far from reaching any threshold that......
Saudi Arabia transfers deputy governor after sectarian attack
Mourners attend the funeral of eight people killed by gunmen in the town of Al Dalwa in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.RIYADH — Saudi Arabia on Wednesday transferred the deputy governor of the kingdom's Eastern Province, in the aftermath of an unprecedented attack against minority Shiites in the region.A royal decree "decided to...The new Fourth Estate
Because of its power to influence public affairs, the press has long been known as “the Fourth Estate.” But I think the media may have been displaced. These days, it’s lobbyists who seem to carry the most clout in Washington.Here’s a case in point. When Congress closed at the beginning of August for its end-of-summer recess, it......
Renowned Lebanese poet George Gerdaq dies
BERUT — Lebanese poet George Gerdaq passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at age 83.Gerdaq, who has published many poetry collection, is best known for writing "This is My Evening", which was turned into a song by the legendary Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum.Gerdaq, who graduated from the Patriarchal College, is also known for his...“Islamic State” leader calls for worldwide attacks
BAGHDAD — "Islamic State" leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called for attacks against the rulers of Saudi Arabia in a speech purported to be in his name Thursday, saying his self-declared caliphate was expanding there and in four other Arab countries.Baghdadi also said a U.S.-led military campaign against his group in Syria and Iraq......
