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Energy expert Fuad Jawad: Lebanon‘s oil and gas shouldn’t be politicized
March 14th, 20140 DEARBORN - Off its shores, Lebanon has $1 trillion worth of oil and gas that can be extracted over 75 years, according to oil expert and geologist Fuad Jawad. However, he says a careful plan should be set in place to preserve the country's oil wealth and maximize the people's profit from it. "You cannot politicize oil and...
Remembering Arabs and Chaldeans who were killed working to support their families
March 14th, 20140 Imad Kobeissi holding up one of the six photos he has framed in the living room of his Dearborn home of his brother Adel Kobeissi, who was shot and killed by a gunman April 1, 2010 at his Detroit gas station.DETROIT - There are six framed photos of Adel Kobeissi, a Lebanese American, who was murdered at his Detroit gas station nearly...
New civil rights group to address issues facing local Yemeni Americans
March 14th, 20140 Representatives from several federal agencies attended a meeting at the National American Yemen Association's office in Dearborn to hear some of the concerns people in the Yemeni community face.DEARBORN - On Thursday, Mar. 6 representatives from several federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of...
Diversity conference expands to Chicago, preps 11th annual event in Dearborn
March 14th, 20140 Edward James Olmos to keynote the "Images and Perceptions Conference" which will be held on April 10 at Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn.DEARBORN - 3D Consulting & Communications is preparing for their 11th annual "Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference" to be held on April 10 at Byblos Banquets here in Dearborn.Over the years,...
Wayne County prosecutor announces Michigan legislation to fund sexual assault kit
March 14th, 20140 DETROIT - On Monday, Mar.10, Mariska Hargitay of NBC’s Law and Order and Wayne County prosecutor Kim Worthy held a press conference at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice about the Detroit Rape Kit Project and proposed Sexual Assault Kit Evidence Submission Act Legislation. Hargitay is also the founder and president of the Joyful...Wayne County to hold healthcare enrollment events
DETROIT - In a countywide push to enroll residents in the Affordable Care Act and Healthy Michigan (Medicaid expansion) health coverage plans, the Wayne County Health and Human Services Department will be hosting enrollment events this March. The first event takes place Wednesday, Mar. 19 at Cobo Hall in Detroit from 9.m. to 4 p.m....“Life” raises donations for Iraqi refugees
DETROIT - Life for Relief and Development held a fundraiser for the refugees of the armed conflict in Fallujah, Iraq on Saturday, March 8, at the Islamic Center of Detroit.About 150 people attended the event and donated more than $17,000. The organization had raised $7,000 for the same cause after Friday prayer at the Salam Mosque in...
Chief Federal Judge Gerald Rosen to deliver keynote address at local group’s annual gala
March 14th, 20140 DEARBORN - Gerald Rosen, chief federal judge for the Eastern District of Michigan will deliver the keynote address during the Lebanese American Heritage Club’s 26th annual awards gala Friday, May 9 at the Adoba Hotel in Dearborn. The event attracts about 1200 people every year. Assistant U.S. Attorney Abed Hammoud and the...
Hijabi Monologues performances illustrate experiences of Muslim women from different backgrounds
March 14th, 20140 DEARBORN - The University of Michigan-Dearborn hosted powerful performances by the Hijabi Monologues on March 7 and 8. The performances showed that women worldwide, despite their nationality or religion, all share similarities. The popular group says its focus is on creating a theater space for the experiences of Muslim women, a...Egypt’s military blames Muslim Brotherhood for attack on army bus
CAIRO - Egypt's army blamed the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood for an attack on an army bus that killed one officer and wounded three others in the capital on Thursday, March 13.The Muslim Brotherhood strongly condemned the attack in an emailed statement, saying the targeting of army soldiers and civilians is a "heinous crime that requires...
Russian arms to Egypt threaten to undermine U.S. influence in Mideast
March 14th, 20140 Russia, which is at loggerheads with Washington over the spreading political crisis in Ukraine, is threatening to undermine a longstanding military relationship between the United States and one of its traditional allies in the Middle East: Egypt.A photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin shaking hands with Egypt’s de facto...vIslamist militants in Syria claim kidnapping of 94 civilians, parliament passes election law
DAMASCUS - Islamist militants in Syria have claimed responsibility for kidnapping at least 94 women and children belonging to President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite sect, according to a video published on Thursday, March 13.The civilians were abducted in August from villages in rural Latakia, the president's coastal stronghold. The...Rebel chief says forces take town in Sudan’s Darfur
KHARTOUM - Worsening violence in the Darfur region of western Sudan spread to another town on Thursday, March 13, where a rebel commander said his forces were in control."This evening our troops captured Mellit town," Minni Minnawi, who heads a faction of the Sudan Liberation Army, told AFP.Mellit is more than 50 kilometres (30 miles)...At least 42 African migrants drown off Yemeni coast
Sana - At least 42 illegal African migrants drowned in the Arabian Sea off the southern coast of Yemen late on Sunday, March 9, the defense ministry said on its website.The ministry's website quoted a local official in Shabwa province as saying the migrants drowned off the coastal town of Bir Ali. A naval patrol managed to rescue 30...UAE summons Iraq ambassador over accusing Saudis of funding terrorism
ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates summoned Iraq's ambassador on Wednesday, March 12, to protest against his prime minister's accusations that its ally Saudi Arabia was funding terrorism, state news agency WAM reported, while Bahrain called the comments "irresponsible."Saudi Arabia has already rejected Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri......
Recruiters to interview hundreds at job fair Mar. 27
DETROIT - JobFairGiant.com will host the Hired in Detroit Job Fair on Thursday, Mar. 27, 2014 at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Southgate, Michigan from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This will be the largest face-to-face interview job fair featuring over 50 companies with 500 immediate positions available. Recruiters will be ready to interview...Obama should act unilaterally to reduce deportations
Obama has been on the defensive on the issue of deportations lately, being called the "Deporter-in-Chief" by Janet Murguía. The criticism from the immigrant rights community has been quiet for a long time as they tried to press Congress, which seems completely unable to address the issue in the House. Now, pressure on the president is...Sectarian clashes in Lebanon’s Tripoli kill two
BEIRUT - Fighting between rival sects in Lebanon's second city killed two people including a 10-year-old girl on Thursday, March 13, security and medical sources said, in violence stoked by the war in neighboring Syria.Clashes between Sunni and members of the Shi'a-derived Alawite sect in the northern city of Tripoli broke out after...U.S. border agents told to be less aggressive against stone-throwers
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Border Patrol told its agents on Friday that when they confront suspected illegal immigrants crossing the frontier who throw rocks at them, they should try to take cover or move away rather than immediately open fire.Michael J. Fischer, head of the Border Patrol, said in a conference call with reporters that......
Immigrant detainees on hunger strike in Washington state
OLYMPIA - Hundreds of detainees at an immigration holding center in Tacoma have gone on hunger strike to demand better conditions at the facility and an end to U.S. deportations, their attorney said on Saturday.While advocates for the strikers put their numbers at 1,200, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a statement...Former Mubarak PM backs Sisi presidential bid
CAIRO - The last prime minister of fallen strongman Hosni Mubarak reiterated his support Thursday for the army chief as president but also slammed the military for initially backing his candidacy openly.Ahmad Shafik - who lost Egypt's 2012 presidential election - endorsed Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ousted the Islamist......
Arab Americans! Join the rainbow!
March 7th, 20140 Zahr.We Arab Americans are in the midst of a civil rights movement. Profiling and discrimination are rampant. We are victims of debasement in the media on a daily basis. While we can find similarities between our struggle and the struggles of other minority groups, our situation is a bit more distinctive.While the...Netanyahu shape-shifts Iran reality
Benjamin Netanyahu’s tiresome vilification of Iran has taken on the characteristics of a rote obsession that diverges farther and farther from truth, reality and his own ostensible objective. It is as if — in pursuing his real objective of keeping Iran ostracized, preventing any U.S. agreements with it, and keeping the specter of......