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Teen web designer optimistic about expanding business
DEARBORN — At first glance, Mike Berro appears to be your average teenager, who possesses an overt fascination of all things technological. However, at 17 years of age, he has already managed to establish his own successful business. The Dearborn resident is both a web designer and developer, who looks forward to expanding...Floods cause backup, damage in Dearborn-Dearborn Heights
DEARBORN — Last Monday evening, over 2.5 feet of rain drenched main roads and neighborhood roads in the Dearborn-Dearborn Heights area, causing flooding in dozens of homes, according to Dearborn's Department of Public Information. Southfield Freeway service drive near Routanda, where traffic was directed after the freeway was blocked...Michigan college students return from Egypt safely
DETROIT — Students from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, who were studying Arabic in Egypt, returned home safely this week.The students cut their trip short, as a result of the turmoil currently plaguing Egypt.Last week, former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was ousted from power, after only serving a year of the term for...
Egyptians gather in Dearborn, denounce Morsi’s ouster
July 12th, 20130 DEARBORN — About 350 people gathered in front of Dearborn City Hall on Saturday, July 6, to denounce the Egyptian military "coup" against President Mohamed Morsi and demand reinstating him.The Egyptian military, headed by Commander Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi, ousted President Morsi on July 3, following mass protests that began on June 30,...Millage proposal detrimental to future of Dearborn Heights libraries
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Dearborn Heights' two libraries could possibly face closure in the near future, if the city council and residents don't take action soon, according to Library Director Michael McCaffery.McCaffery discussed the financial situation of the City’s two libraries with The Arab American News, explaining that funding for...
Dearborn residents divided over proposed garage ordinance
July 12th, 20130 DEARBORN — On Monday, the Dearborn City Planning Commission hosted a meeting at city hall with the objective of moving forward on a garage ordinance that has generated wide spread attention in recent months. The controversy has triggered questions, regarding racial preference in the City's decisions to implement and enforce laws.In a...Hookah is more harmful than cigarettes
During my formative years in Lebanon, it wasn’t uncommon for me to witness older men sitting around and smoking "argilah," which is widely known as hookah in the United States. These men would lounge for hours, talking, debating and laughing the day away, well into the evening hours. Only prayer time and dinner could...Law Corner: Sewage backup? Act quickly to protect your rights
This past week brought heavy rainfall to the metro Detroit area. The cities of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, among others, experienced more rainfall than their sewage systems were capable of handling in some areas. As a result, several Dearborn and Dearborn Heights residents experienced sewage backup onto their property....LAHC distributes food to senior citizens in need
The LAHC.DEARBORN — On Monday, July 8, the Lebanese American Heritage Club (LAHC) distributed food items to low income senior citizens. The program, known as “Feeding Our Neighbors, Supporting our Families,” serves community members that are in need of additional assistance, due to limited budgets. Over 100 bags, filled with...Poetry Corner: Her/Him
Darwish As a part of its continuing effort to share a portion of the literary wealth of Arabic poetry with the English...HFCC offers one-time tuition amnesty program
DEARBORN —Henry Ford Community College (HFCC) is offering a one-time tuition amnesty program, from July 15 to Aug. 14, to help students clear debt and return to college. This program provides students an opportunity to pay 50 percent of what is owed on their account to settle their debt with the College.“In this difficult economy,...Dearborn school encourages walking to reduce traffic
Maple Elementary School is partnering with the Dearborn Police Department to initiate a "Walking School Bus" program, in an effort to reduce traffic around the school in the mornings during drop-off times.The program encourages parent volunteers to walk groups of students to school from a designated corner, two blocks away from the...Election officials allow Duggan to run write-in campaign
DETROIT — Mayoral candidate Tom Barrow's efforts to keep Mike Duggan off the election ballot as a write-in candidate have been rejected by Michigan Election Director Chris Thomas.In a letter sent out by Thomas on Tuesday, he explains that the State has no authority to remove write-in candidates. The Detroit City Charter requires no...Michigan woman tries to pay hit man to kill her husband
Muskegon - A Michigan woman tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband this past April. In a video that was released on Tuesday July 6, 20-year-old Julia Charlene Merfeld, of Muskegon, tells an undercover police detective, posing as a hit man, that killing her husband would be "easier than a divorce." Merfeld.Merfeld provided the...Class action lawsuit filed against Huntington National Bank over mass bank account closures
DEARBORN — On Thursday, the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) held a press conference at its office to announce a class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against Huntington National Bank, regarding the mass bank account closures which have swept through the......
U.S. Senate rejects Stebanow’s bill to reverse student loan hike
SOUTHFIELD — On Monday, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow joined Michigan students from colleges and universities across Michigan at Oakland Community College in Southfield to urge Congress to pass legislation that she is sponsoring to reverse the rate hike on student loans. Stabenow talks with studentsOn July 1, student loan interest rates...Michigan Republican Party opens new southeast, mid-Michigan offices
LANSING — The Michigan Republican Party opened the doors to 10 new regional offices across the State on Monday, as part of the Party's new political strategy moving forward. Offices, spanning from southeast to mid-Michigan, are located in Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Livonia, Utica and Howell.“At the Michigan Republican Party,...Detroit emergency manager cancels city tour for creditors
DETROIT - Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr had planned on touring 25 creditors around Detroit's most devastated neighborhoods on Wednesday, July 10, to show them the City's struggle. However, the tour was cancelled, because the creditors wanted to avoid media exposure.Orr is hoping that creditors will accept a fraction of the...Detroit city council appoints new president on heels of scandal
DETROIT — The City of Detroit announced on Tuesday that current councilwoman Saunteel Jenkins will replace Charles Pugh as city council president, after allegations surfaced against previous president Charles Pugh, claiming that he had inappropriate relations with a teen, who was a minor at the time. Pugh.Pugh hasn't made a......
Federal judges meet with religious and community leaders, encourage greater participation in jury duty
July 5th, 20130 DETROIT — Inside Chief Federal Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan Gerald Rosen’s chambers, sits a copy of the Quran, alongside the Old Jewish Testament. Both books are laid flat open to sections that discuss justice and the courts. The Quran was given to Rosen last April by Imam Mohammad Mardini of the American Muslim...
HFCC hosts delegates from Yemen universities, discuss potential student exchange program
July 5th, 20130 DEARBORN — On June 20, six delegates from universities in Yemen visited Henry Ford Community College (HFCC), under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, which was arranged by Graduate School USA.The delegates visited HFCC to learn about potential study partnerships between higher......
U.S. walks tightrope in wake of Egypt coup
WASHINGTON — July 3's coup d’etat against the elected government of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has placed the administration of President Barack Obama in an uncomfortable position on a number of fronts.Most immediately, it will be pressed to decide whether Morsi’s ouster constituted the kind of military coup that requires a...Mixed regional reaction to Morsi’s removal
In an unprecedented move, the Egyptian army ousted President Mohamed Morsi after three days of mass protest— Reuters, TAAN on Wednesday, July 3. Army Chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, surrounded by the country's mainstream religious leaders, announced a "road map" that suspended the Constitution, ousted Morsi and named Supreme......
