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Donations from Wayne County employees provide needy families with Thanksgiving dinner
DETROIT — Hundreds of deserving families in Wayne County will be able to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner, thanks to donations from Wayne County employees.The Wayne County Employee Turkey Drive started in mid-September and concluded in mid-November. The drive raised close to $3,000 which will be used to provide turkeys and food baskets to...Upcoming commemoration service to honor victims of Beirut terrorist attack
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A commemoration service honoring the victims of the Beirut terrorist attack that occurred Tuesday is being held at the Islamic house of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights on Sunday Nov. 24 at 11 a.m. The commemoration ceremony is being held to express solidarity with the victims and their families in addition to praying that...Tips to avoid the plumber on Thanksgiving
Cooking that turkey dinner and all the side dishes can not only put a strain on the chef of the house, but it can also put pressure on your plumbing. The grease, leftovers and peels that go along with cooking large meals can clog drains and damage disposals. Calls for service usually increase on Thanksgiving Day and spike on Black...George Washington’s Thanksgiving document fails to sell at auction
A rare document signed by George Washington proclaiming Thanksgiving a national holiday, which would have set a record price for an American historical document if it had reached its high pre-sale estimate, did not sell at auction on Thursday, Nov. 19. The proclamation, signed by the first U.S. president on October 3, 1789, in New York,...Butterball falls short on large turkey production this year
Butterball, the largest turkey producer in the United States, said it has a shortage of fresh large turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving. The company said that turkeys at some of its farms failed to gain weight this year, causing the shortage, the Los Angeles Times reported."We experienced a decline in weight gains on some of our farms causing...Macy’s stores to open on Thanksgiving for first time
NEW YORK — Macy's Inc said on Monday, Nov. 17, that most of its stores will open on the U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday for the first time in its history, in a sign of how competitive the holiday season is shaping up.Macy's will open its doors at most of its 800 namesake department stores, at 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 28. The company...Border patrol busts 144 lbs of cocaine en route to Canada
DETROIT — A truck carrying 144 pounds of alleged cocaine was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents, while attempting to cross the Ambassador Bridge to Canada, on Sunday, Nov. 17. The agents stopped the truck, which was hauling a trailer seemingly filled with vegetables, on the American side of the border. But what they...We should select our public servants based on qualifications, not ethnicity
Last week's municipal election in Dearborn was historic by more than one measure. Having an Arab American as Council President for the first time is by itself a milestone in Dearborn's history. And having a woman president is also remarkable. It was, however, disappointing to see only one woman elected out of seven council members...
Reuters survey exposes lack of women’s rights in the Arab world
November 15th, 20130 CAIRO — Egypt is the worst country for women in the Arab world, closely followed by Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen, according to gender experts surveyed in a Thomson Reuters Foundation poll released on Tuesday.Comoros, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan and Qatar came top of the survey, which assessed 22 Arab states on violence against women,...Syria: Militants capitulate in Damascus countryside
Damascus – The city of Damascus is no longer in danger. This is the conclusion come to by military sources directly involved in the battles in the governorates of Damascus and the Damascus countryside since July 2012.Since then, the opposition militants announced more than one raid against the capital, but their plans have all...Nasrallah: Hizbullah will stay in Syria as long as needed
Hizbullah will keep fighting in Syria's civil war alongside President Bashar al-Assad's forces as long as necessary, the group's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday, Nov. 14.Hizbullah has helped turn the tide in Assad's favor this year, leading the recapture of the town of Qusair and fighting alongside his forces south of...Fuel shortage causes sewage swamps in Gaza
GAZA CITY — Children waded through sewage submerging the streets of a central Gaza neighborhood on Thursday, Nov 14, a day after one of the blockaded Palestinian enclave's largest waste water treatment plants stopped for lack of fuel.Fetid muck, which bubbles up from manholes and overflows from the idle plant when waste goes...Israel’s nuclear ambiguity prodded
OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM — As Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and nuclear talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear program continue, a unique international conference, “A Middle East without Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs),” was held in Jerusalem.The topic is taboo because Israel maintains a veil of “studied ambiguity” on its...A showdown for war or peace
In pressing for negotiated settlements to the Iranian nuclear dispute and the Syrian civil war, President Barack Obama is challenging the imposing lobbying, propaganda and financial clout of the new Saudi-Israeli alliance, with the future direction of U.S. foreign policy – and geopolitical stability – at stake.Already, Israeli Prime...Saudi anger masks concern over loss of influence
WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia’s public anger against the United States masks the kingdom’s growing concern about its diminishing influence in the Persian Gulf and the wider Arab world.It has nothing to do with U.S. policy toward the Palestinians, Washington’s seeming oscillation toward Syria, or President Barack Obama’s support for......
Burqa Bandit’ says she needed money to support special needs son
SAN DIEGO — A woman in San Diego, known as the "Burqa Bandit," could spend years in prison, but says she would do it all again, if it would help her son. Surveillance photos allegedly show Elysia Roiz, in a maroon Burqa, attempting to rob a bank in National City, California last summer. The FBI says she passed a note to the teller,...First World Trade Center tower makes debut 12 years after 9/11
New York City — The first office tower at Ground Zero, since the September 11, 2001 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center will open on Wednesday, marking a comeback for the Lower Manhattan site. Sheathed in glass, 4 World Trade Center is the smallest of the four main towers on the site where 2,700 people died when...
Entrepreneurship and diversity celebrated at first NMM dinner
November 15th, 20130 DETROIT — Their inspiring entrepreneurial success stories first appeared in The Arab American News and in four other newspapers under a special publication partnership. Then their work was honored at a gala dinner on Nov. 6.Entrepreneurs from southeast Michigan’s ethnic and minority communities have much to celebrate, and did so in...Dearborn Police Department: Crime is down year-to-date
DEARBORN — Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad held a community awareness meeting on Monday, November 4, assuring over 100 residents in attendance that crime rates across the City have slightly dropped, as the department continues to implement stronger enforcement strategies. Haddad was joined by Sergeant Donald Armstrong and......
Rashida Tlaib raises funds for state senate campaign
DEARBORN — About 75 people attended a fundraiser in support of Democratic State Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s campaign for state senate on Nov. 7 at Habib’s Cuisine here. Tlaib is running for Michigan State Senate in the 4th District. She will face off against incumbent Sen. Virgil Smith, who currently represents the state’s fourth...
Dearborn elections: Breaking down the results
November 15th, 20130 DEARBORN — The 2013 General Election turnout in Dearborn was on par with previous municipality races over the past decade, ushering in 18,520 ballots casted--30.2 percent of the City's 61,295 registered voters.To break it down by precinct, the voter turnout in the east end, which is home to the largest concentration of Arab Americans......
Online petition initiated against ADC’s handling of sexual harassment scandal
An online petition, expressing concern with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's (ADC) handling of the sexual harassment scandal that has rocked the organization over the last few months garnered over 500 signatures from across the country in less than three days. The initial goal of the petition was to get 500 signatures....
Fatal Dearborn Heights shooting sparks national racial debate, questions remain unanswered
November 15th, 20130 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The shooting of 19-year-old Renisha McBride in the City of Dearborn Heights on Nov. 2nd has garnered national media attention, after her family made claims that her death may have been the cause of racial profiling. But even as public outcry surrounding the case continues to grow, new questions have emerged in......