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Educator’s new book helps American Muslim children learn Arabic
DETROIT — Hanadi Rashad, a teacher at the Annoor Islamic Center in Clemmons, North Carolina, has written a book that helps Muslim children living in the United States learn Arabic. Rashad says that while in many Arab countries children are taught the Arabic language by professional instructors and speak it in class or at home,...Residents directed not to store disabled cars or recreational vehicles on property
DEARBORN — With the warm weather season over, the City of Dearborn is reminding residents about the rules prohibiting storage of recreational vehicles, trailers, and boats on residential property.The same rules apply to the long-term storage of cars and trucks that are not working and cannot be driven.In addition, the parking of...Law corner: Marijuana is only kind of legal
Effective January 1, 2014, Colorado became the first state in the country to allow cultivation, possessiond use of marijuana for recreational purposes. Analysts estimate that Colorado will enjoy billions of dollars of increased annual revenue as a direct result of its decision to legalize marijuana. Marijuana is heavily taxed...Rouhani: Syria talks will fail without Iran
TEHRAN- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday, Jan. 9, a Syrian peace conference planned for later this month will fail if Tehran, Damascus's main regional ally, does not participate in it.The remarks came ahead of a meeting Monday at which Russia and the United States will discuss Tehran's possible involvement in the talks,...Duggan urges Detroiters to wait six months for improvements and not to move out
DETROIT — Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan urged frustrated Detroiters to give his administration six months to make improvements before they consider moving out of the city. Speaking before a crowd of city, county and state leaders who were gathered earlier this week for a investiture ceremony in Detroit, Duggan said, “Maybe your...Brenda Jones is new Detroit City Council president
Jones.DETROIT — Longtime Detroit City Councilwoman Brenda Jones was voted into the council presidency this week. There are four new members of the Council that recently won election in November. The City Council voted 5-4 to elect Jones as president over Saunteel Jenkins, who took on the position after Charles Pugh left the...Snyder buys Super Bowl ad time
LANSING — Some people watch the Super Bowl for the football; others are only interested in the ads. Governor Rick Snyder's re-election campaign is trying to capitalize of the popular event. The campaign has bought $400,000 in Super Bowl Sunday airtime.The 60-second ad will air on Detroit's Fox television affiliate during the National...Local mosque board members donate $7,500 to seek retrial for mentally unstable man
DEARBORN — Board Members of the Islamic Institute of Knowledge on Schaefer Rd. have donated $7,500 to help a man who is believed to be mentally unstable seek a re-trial after he was convicted of assault with intent to murder. Hassan Ibrahim Bazzi, now 41 and facing 10 years in prison, was operating a vehicle on Schaefer Rd. in...Eight million lives saved since U.S. alarm on smoking 50 years ago
More than half of American men and over a third of women were smokers on January 11, 1964, when Dr. Luther Terry delivered the first Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health outlining the links between tobacco use, lung cancer and death.Fifty years later, smoking rates have been cut by about half, and a new study estimates that 8...Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan offers safety tips for coping with winter snow fall
DETROIT — Over the past few weeks, Michigan has experienced multiple snow falls, forcing Michigan residents to head outdoors to clear driveways and walkways. Now and as winter continues, physicians at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network recommend residents keep heart health in mind and pace themselves when clearing...Breaking down Syria’s rebel groups
Syria's rebel movement has been a constantly shifting array of groups and alliances since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began nearly three years ago.Assad's security crackdown transformed Syria's largely peaceful protest movement in March 2011 into an armed insurgency in the first year of the revolt, and since then...Judge rules Chicago ban on gun sales is unconstitutional
CHICAGO — A Chicago ban on gun sales within the city, aimed at reducing gun violence, is unconstitutional because it goes too far in barring buyers and dealers from engaging in lawful sales, a federal judge ruled on Monday.U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang found that the U.S. Constitution's protection of the right to keep and bear...
Severe weather effects on local businesses
January 10th, 20140 DEARBORN — Shortly after the holidays, waves of unbearable cold and snow headed toward our region from the Arctic North. Sunday's snowfall, followed by the "polar vortex" of arctic wind, froze most aspects of life in the Midwest. Schools closed, meetings were called off, flights were canceled and cars hardly started.In Dearborn, like...Ford VP: We have GPS in your car, so we know what you’re doing
LAS VEGAS — Modern automobiles are logging tremendous amounts of information every single second they’re being put to use, and a senior executive at the Ford Motor Company says car manufacturers have access to every last piece of it.At the CES electronic trade show in Las Vegas this week, the global vice president for Ford’s...
Dahiyeh residents blame Saudi for recent bombing
January 3rd, 20140 BEIRUT - On December 2, a car bomb detonated by a suicide bomber, exploded in Dahiyeh (southern Beirut suburb) again. On al-Arid Street of Haret Hreik, scores were killed and injured. This was not an isolated incident, but part of the same “death chain” as Bir al-Abed, Roueiss, Tripoli, and Bir Hassan. The bombing does not compare......
U.S. sending missiles drones to Iraq
December 27th, 20130 BAGHDAD - The United States is sending missiles and drones to Iraq to counter attacks by Al-Qaeda, which have killed more than 8,000 Iraqis this year, officials said. U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Justin Cole communicates with the pilot of an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle prior to a night mission from Ali Air Base, Iraq on...Iran sanctions bill: Big test of Israel lobby power
WASHINGTON - This week’s introduction by a bipartisan group of 26 senators of a new sanctions bill against Iran could result in the biggest test of the political clout of the Israel lobby here in decades.The White House, which says the bill could well derail ongoing negotiations between Iran and the U.S. and five other powers over...2013: Assessing the conflict in Syria and Egypt
2013 has expectedly been a terrible year for several Arab nations. It has been terrible because the promise of greater freedoms and political reforms has been reversed, most violently in some instances, by taking a few countries down the path of anarchy and complete chaos. Syria and Egypt are two cases in point.Syria has been hit the...
Year-end review: The top international, national and local stories of 2013
December 27th, 20130 20 13The Arab American News (TAAN) experienced deep grief this year after the passing of its co-founder and longtime executive editor M. Kay Siblani, who lost her battle with cancer Jan. 1, 2013. At the same time, TAAN had a lot to be proud and excited about. Its publisher, Osama Siblani, was inducted into the Michigan Journalism......
International charity raises funds for medical center, rehab facility in Lebanon
December 27th, 20130 DEARBORN - Medrar Foundation, an international charity organization, is raising funds for a medical center in Lebanon, which will include a rehabilitation program for drug addicts,.The organization has started building the Medrar Medical Complex in Shokeen, a town near Nabatiyeh in south Lebanon. President of the Medrar Foundation...
Beirut car bomb kills former minister and four others, dozens injured
December 27th, 20130 BEIRUT- A strong explosion ripped through the heart of Beirut on the morning of Friday, Dec. 27. The blast targeted former Lebanese minister of finance Mohamad Chatah.The former minister died at age 62.The blast killed at least five people and injured 21. The number of casualties is expected to rise as we go to press. The explosion hit......
Arab American News report initiates changes, improvements at local Secretary of State branch
December 27th, 20130 DEARBORN - A report published by The Arab American News (TAAN) last September regarding concerns raised at a local Secretary of State (SOS) branch has prompted some changes at the office.When TAAN randomly visited the SOS Dearborn location at 5094 Schaefer Rd. last August, we documented troubling issues that included an absence in Arabic...Drug busts, murder rate drop in 2013 attributed to new policies at Detroit Police Department
DETROIT - The Detroit Police Department appears to be ending the year on a positive note with a turnaround that has seen the arrests of hundreds of drug dealers and decreased murder rates across the City in 2013. After a decade long battle concerning unconstitutional conduct that landed the department under federal monitoring with......