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Lebanese Canadian singer dicusses his heritage and rise to fame
Karl Wolf performs at the LAHC reception.DEARBORN — Last week, Lebanese Canadian singer Karl Wolf, 34, paid a visit to Dearborn, where he performed at Byblos Banquet Hall, during a ceremony, sponsored by the Lebanese American Heritage Club (LAHC). Karl, whose birth name is Carl Abou Samah, has been active in the music scene since...
Youth group highlights community service at annual event
July 4th, 20130 DEARBORN — The Youth Leadership Committee (YLC), a sub-division of the Lebanese American Heritage Club (LAHC), held their 2nd Annual "Reclaiming the Arab American Spirit" dinner at Byblos Banquet Hall last Friday and highlighted a year of community service and outreach. LAHC members pose during the annual reception.The Keynote Speaker...
Duggan announces write-in campaign, Barrow continues to challenge his candidacy
July 4th, 20130 DETROIT — Just two weeks after announcing that he would drop out of the Detroit Mayoral Race, Mike Duggan has officially filed to run for the position once again, but this time as a write-in candidate. In late June, Duggan bowed out of the race after two courts had ruled that he did not meet residency requirements to run for...The Whistleblowers’ Protection Act protects whistleblowers
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article in The Arab American News, regarding the legal fragility of employment, given the at-will employment relationship in Michigan. In short, from a legal perspective, an employee has no expectation of continued employment, unless the employee has an expressed or implied contract, stating...
New Biggby location opens in Dearborn Heights, serves Halal
July 4th, 20130 Biggby coffee located in Dearborn Heights.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A new Biggby Coffee location, which serves halal meat, opened in Dearborn Heights on Tuesday, July 2. Biggby is a Michigan-based coffee franchise with 140 branches operating across the country. The coffee company was established in East Lansing in 1995. In 2011, Biggby...
Arab American National Museum announces new director
July 4th, 20130 AkmonDEARBORN — On June 29, the Arab American National Museum (AANM) announced that Devon Akmon would take over as its new director. Akmon previously served as the deputy director of the museum and had been overseeing all daily operations, since the retirement of former director Anan Ameri in May. Akmon started working for...Local man charged with identity theft involving Connecticut victim
DEARBORN — On June 29, 2013, Mahdy Mohammad Qasem, a 35-year-old Dearborn Heights resident, was arrested in Dearborn, near the corner of Outer Drive and Pelham, after passing out behind the wheel and blocking traffic. He was initially arrested and booked at the Dearborn Police Department for “operating under the...Cathy Square appointed as new Hamtramck emergency manager
HAMTRAMCK — Recently, Governor Rick Snyder appointed Pontiac City Administrator Cathy Square to serve as the new emergency manager for the City of Hamtramck, effective July 1. Following the governor’s confirmation that a financial emergency exists in Hamtramck, the city council unanimously supported a resolution to seek the...Michigan Supreme Court recommends removal of four judge positions from Wayne County Circuit Court
DETROIT — The Michigan Supreme Court announced that it has made recommendations that four Wayne County Circuit Court judge positions be cut, while other counties in southeast Michigan, including Oakland and Macomb together, should gain a total of six new judge positions. The cuts to the Wayne County Circuit Court, which were...Snyder visits Metro Detroit hospitals to gain support for Medicaid expansion
LANSING — Governor Rick Snyder visited St. Mary’s Livonia Hospital and Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak on Monday, July 1 and spoke to healthcare workers about putting pressure on their state representatives to agree to the expansion of Medicaid to cover an additional 400,000 low-income residents of Michigan.“Call your senators, call...Dearborn restaurant scammed out of $1,000
DEARBORN — The owner of Fuego Mexican Grill on Schaefer Road lost $1,000 to a swindler, who posed as a DTE Energy representative over the telephone on Thursday, June 27.The scammer called the restaurant in the middle of the establishment’s dinner rush, claiming that he works at DTE Energy. He told the owner, Sam Alvarado, that a work...Former Oakland University basketball player claims religious discrimination
MICHIGAN — Jenna Bachrouche, a Muslim American, says that she faced religious discrimination by Beckie Francis, the former head coach of Oakland University’s women’s basketball team, when she played for the team, from 2010-2012. Bachrouche, a native of Farmington Hills, says that during her time on the team, Francis tried to...Arab Americans join thousands in NAACP Freedom March
DETROIT — Arab American activists joined thousands for the walk down Woodward Avenue on Saturday, June 22 in Detroit, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a march that Martin Luther King, Jr. led in 1963, where he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream Speech,” before it was delivered in Washington, D.C. “We have an...Mike Adray Memorial Golf Tournament raises more than $65,000 for scholarships
DEARBORN — Organizers of the 22nd Annual Mike Adray Memorial Golf Tournament recently announced that they raised over $65,000 in scholarship funding this past May at the Dearborn Country Club, making this year the Foundation’s largest fundraising event. Proceeds from the event are used to fund scholarships for deserving students...HFCC ranks as a top 100 associate degree producer for 2013
DEARBORN — Henry Ford Community College earned national recognition recently as one of the top 100 associate degree producers in 2013, according to the June 24, 2013 issue of Community College Week, a national publication. HFCC earned distinction in three specific categories: a rank of 26th in the Top 50 Associate Degree Producers......
University of Michigan tests breakthrough weight loss pill
ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan is testing what could be a revolutionary weight loss pill. The pill, which was originally created to treat canker sores, has been tested on mice and has left them much slimmer.The remarkable weight loss that was evidenced on the mice has led Dr. Elif Oral to experiment with the pill on overweight...Poetry Corner: The stairwell
Nazik Al-Malaika is, not only the most celebrated female Arab poet of the past century, but also one of the pioneers of modern Arabic poetry. She was among the first poets, in the history of Arabic literature, to use free verse. She was born into a literary family in Baghdad in 1923, and she received a master's degree in comparative...Nelson Mandela, the greatest black man of the twentieth century
My wife, Jane and I had two encounters with Nelson Mandela. Neither was a close encounter, but both were memorable. The first was in 1965. We were teaching in Kenya. Both of us were young and did not have any children, and apparently little common sense as well. We got the crazy idea of driving down to Cape...Michigan Egyptians share conflicting views on crisis in homeland
MICHIGAN — The massive protests against Egyptian President Mohamad Morsi and his ultimate ousting by the army on Wednesday, July 3 have divided Egyptians, between those who support the overthrow of the president, and those who want him to stay in power until his term expires in 2016. The division has caused violent clashes between......
Mid-East Festival returns to Flint, July 12-14
FLINT — The Mid-East Festival will return to the greater Flint area on Friday, July 12. The event will run on that day, from 11:30 a.m. to midnight; Saturday, July 13, from noon to midnight; and Sunday, July 14, from noon to 8 p.m. The event includes free admission and boasts authentic Lebanese fare that is prepared,...U.S. mulls sending military training teams to Lebanon and Iraq
WASHINGTON - U.S. military commanders are examining ways the U.S. could bolster security in Syria’s neighboring countries, and have recommended sending military trainers to Lebanon and Iraq.Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, on Wednesday revealed U.S. plans to strengthen military assistance in Lebanon and Iraq as......
U.S., EU urged to press harder for reform in Bahrain
WASHINGTON - Human rights groups here are calling for the United States and the European Union (EU) to exert more pressure on Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, to seriously engage its opposition and end its repression of its majority Shi’a population."Bahrain claims to be on a path of political reform, but it is heading...Why local politics matter
Arab American immigrants have been an essential component in this community and active participants in the areas of economics, business, medicine and law. However, there is one area that can always be improved upon and that is political involvement. As conflicts arise in the Middle East, the interest in international politics......
