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Voter registration deadline is Oct. 6
October 3rd, 20140 MICHIGAN — Voter registration deadline for the Nov. 4 general election is Monday, Oct. 6. Key races include the governor’s race between incumbent and republican candidate Rick Snyder and his opponent, democrat Mark Schauer and the competition between democratic Congressman Gary Peters and former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land...
Bankruptcy Judge says he has no authority to stop water shutoffs
October 3rd, 20140 Rhodes.DETROIT — Federal Judge Steven Rhodes, who is overseeing Detroit’s bankruptcy, said Monday that he has no authority to stop the water shutoffs impacting thousands of low-income families in the city. While reading the ruling in court, Rhodes said, “Chapter 9 strictly limits the courts’ power in bankruptcy...
University of Michigan-Dearborn at center of Arab American higher education
October 3rd, 20140 Suehaila Amen, UM-D recruitment events coordinator and admissions counselor.DEARBORN — In recent years, the administration at the University of Michigan-Dearborn (UM-D) has made greater strides to attract out-of-district students to accompany the campus’ new dormitory complex. But while the housing on campus has been a...
Hijab attire and behavior: community clashes between ‘modest’ and ‘modern’
October 3rd, 20140 DEARBORN — Is it haram for a woman in a headscarf to dance in public? Is it haram for her to wear fashionable jeans or paint her face in colorful make-up? Or should she just stay at home altogether, while some of her Muslim peers freely indulge themselves in westernized culture? Western Muslim communities have long debated the...
Dearborn Heights resident seeks seat on the Crestwood Board of Education
October 3rd, 20140 Zaineb Hussein.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Resident Zaineb Hussein is campaigning for a seat on the Crestwood School District’s Board of Education. Hussein is employed by the Michigan Department of Human Services and had previously worked with the city of Dearborn Heights’ Economic and Community Development Program. Hussein earned a...
County cracks down on “Cloud 9” synthetic drug after multiple high school students hospitalized
October 3rd, 20140 DEARBORN — The Wayne County Department of Public Health has issued an emergency order declaring the synthetic drug "Cloud 9" and a similar product named "Hookah relax" illegal and an imminent danger to society.Cloud 9 is a clear liquid that has been used with alcoholic beverages, smoked with an e-cigarette, hookah or with marijuana....Local Yemenis renounce violence in homeland
DEARBORN — Local Yemeni Americans urged unity and dialogue in their homeland, as sectarian and political tensions boil in the country after Houthi Rebels took over the capital last week. Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi warned of civil war in the aftermath of the Houthi militants’ move into Sanaa.Houthis, who are Shi'a,...
Dearborn ordinance raises building permit renewal fee 4,000 percent
October 3rd, 20140 DEARBORN — The City Council passed an ordinance last week raising the fee for renewing the permit to build a new house from $25 to $1,000, a massive hike that a representative of the Home Builders Association described as illegal.Before the ordinance was passed on Tuesday, Sept. 23, building licenses in Dearborn were good for six...
August flood victims urged to register for relief
October 3rd, 20140 WARREN – Michigan residents affected by flooding Aug. 11-13 may now call or go online to register for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to state and federal officials. Aid is available to eligible applicants in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.Individuals, including those who...Ebola hits the U.S., Texas man becomes first diagnosed resident
The ambulance which carried Thomas Eric Duncan, who suffered from Ebola.DALLAS — Two days after he was sent home from a Dallas hospital, the man who is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was seen vomiting on the ground outside an apartment complex as he was bundled into an ambulance.The hospital cited the...Secret Service director resigns under fire
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned under fire on Wednesday after a series of security lapses came to light that exposed gaping holes in the protective cocoon around President Obama.Pierson, in her position for just 18 months, faced mounting calls from lawmakers to step down in the fallout from a...What if ‘Islamic State’ Didn’t Exist?
What if the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) didn’t exist? In order to answer this question, one has to liberate the argument from its geopolitical and ideological confines. Flexible language Many in the media (Western, Arab, etc) use the reference “Islamist” to brand any movement at all whether it be political,...
Yemen should not slip into civil war
October 3rd, 20140 In 1985, the late publisher of the Lebanese daily Annahar wrote a book titled "A War of Others." The book’s premise was that the then-ongoing Lebanese civil war was a proxy conflict fought by regional and international powers through Lebanese factions and militias. Today, we are witnessing multiple wars of others unfolding...Assad: Countries that backed terrorism can’t defeat jihadists
DAMASCUS — Extremists cannot be defeated by countries that have "spread terrorism," Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday in an apparent jab at members of the U.S.-led coalition against the "Islamic State."Speaking during a meeting with a senior Iranian official in Damascus, the Syrian leader took aim at countries he said...Egyptian army kills Sinai militants’ commander
CAIRO — Egypt's army killed a field commander in Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, the country's most dangerous militant group, during clashes on Thursday in the lawless north of the Sinai Peninsula, security sources said.Mohamed Abu Shatiya, among militants behind the kidnapping of seven Egyptian soldiers in Sinai last year, died during fighting......
UM-D Islamic student groups host unity event
October 3rd, 20140 DEARBORN — The University of Michigan-Dearborn’s (UM-D) Muslim Student Association (MSA) and Students for Islamic Awareness (SIA) held an event on campus Monday, Sept. 29 to promote unity between students who adhere to the two sects of Islam.During the event, entitled “Sushi: Bridging the Gap Between Sunni and Shi’a”,...Palestinians draft UN resolution to end the occupation
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York, Sept. 26.UNITED NATIONS — The Palestinians have drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an end to Israeli occupation by November 2016, which they have shared informally with Arab states and...School bombing kills 41 children in Syria
A picture released by SANA shows Syrian Red Crescent members providing medical assistance to a victim a car bomb explosion outside the Akrameh al-Makhzumi school in Homs on October 1.DAMASCUS — At least 41 Syrian children aged under 12 were killed on Wednesday, Oct. 1, in a double bombing at a school in the government-controlled city...Turkey authorizes military action in Syria and Iraq, as ‘Islamic State’ advances
A Syrian Kurdish refugee carries her belongings after crossing into Turkey from the Syrian border town of Kobani. Photo Murad Sezer Reuters.SURUC, Turkey — Turkey's parliament authorized the government to order military action against "Islamic State" on Thursday as the insurgents tightened their grip on a Syrian border town, sending......
Essay contest offering law school students $10,000 grand prize
MICHIGAN — The legal firm 1-800-LAW FIRM is offering a $10,000 grand prize to the winner of an essay contest it started to hear ideas from future lawyers about how to improve the ways peoples’ rights are protected. In at least 1000 words, applicants are being asked to discuss the innovative and highly impactful way in which they...
Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon discusses safety, Detroit and community partnership
September 26th, 20140 Napoleon (right) is interviewed by TAAN reporters.DEARBORN — Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon said his department can play a greater role in ensuring the safety of Detroit and its surrounding communities.In an interview with The Arab American News, Napoleon, Wayne County Deputy Chief Mike Jaafar and Press Director Paula Bridges,......
Remembering Riad Shatila, a hard-working dreamer
September 26th, 20140 DEARBORN — Ford Motor Company is not the only internationally-renowned Dearborn-based business. Shatila Bakery's sweets have become a prominent feature of the city and its growing Arab American community. The bakery's products are shipped and consumed across North America and its store is a “must” destination for Dearborn's...
Officials plead not guilty to charges related to failed Wayne County jail project
September 26th, 20140 Wayne County's failed jail project.DETROIT — Two former Wayne County officials, Carla Sledge and Steven Collins, pled not guilty this week to charges related to the failed Wayne County jail project. Sledge served as the former chief administrator for the building authority overseeing the jail’s construction and Collins worked as......
