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As 2012 polls loom, caution’s the word for Obama foreign policy
U.S. presidents seeking a second term are not known for taking risks in foreign policy in election years.WASHINGTON (IPS) - Ronald Reagan quickly withdrew U.S. troops from Lebanon in 1983, a year before he sought re-election, after the U.S. forces there became the target of bombings by Hizbullah. George W. Bush...
Community protests Gilmour appearance at Chamber banquet
October 23rd, 20110 Gilmour made hasty decision to remove pioneering journalist Helen Thomas’ name from the Spirit of Diversity Award at WSU after her comments on Zionism, but said he did not believe she is anti-Semitic. DEARBORN — Roughly nine months after admitting that he pulled the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity journalism award too abruptly,...
THE ‘KING OF KINGS’ MEETS HIS END
October 22nd, 20110 SIRTE - Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after National Transitional Council fighters overran loyalist defenses in Sirte, the toppled Libyan leader's hometown and final stronghold. A man purported to be Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is seen in this still image taken from video footage October 20, 2011."We have been waiting for this moment...
Iraqi bus mechanic wins civil rights case
October 22nd, 20110 Barash (right) celebrates after the Michigan Civil Rights Commission ruled in his favor in Lansing. PHOTO: Nafeh AbuNab/TAAN FARMINGTON HILLS -- The Michigan Civil Rights Commission ruled last Thursday in favor of Mazyn Barash, a bus mechanic from Farmington Hills who filed a suit against his former place of employment...
‘Occupy Wall Street’: An ‘American Fall’ follows ‘Arab Spring’
October 22nd, 20110 World intrigued by ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movementTahrir Square in Cairo, Green Square in Tripoli, Syntagma Square in Athens and now Zuccotti Park in New York -- popular anger against entrenching power elites is spreading around the world. A business man walks past Zuccatti Park during heavy rain where Occupy Wall Street protestors...
A long and winding road to the end for Gaddafi
October 22nd, 20110 SAN SEBASTIAN - I came across an anti-Gaddafi demonstration for the first time in February 2011 in Baghdad’s Tahrir square.Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Tunisia’s former ruler - had left the country a few weeks earlier, and Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak would be ousted just a few days later. In the context of the "Arab spring",...City planning survey response about “Arab influence” shocks residents
DEARBORN — Late last month, Ghassan Hassan was one of about 50 people who showed up to find out the much-anticipated results of the city's "Master Plan" initiative, a series of surveys and workshops mandated by the state in order to find out the best ways to utilize land for future development.But one particular response to a survey...
Overcoming domestic violence: Arab women discuss their experiences
October 21st, 20110 Three local Arab Americans are opening up about their previous marriages that were plagued by domestic violence for more than a decade. Despite enduring physical and verbal abuse for so long, they’re confident, empowered and determined to launch successful careers through college. “Even if you are abused have dreams, and that...
Detroit News publisher meets with community leaders
October 21st, 20110 Jon Wolman DEARBORN - On Thursday members of the Arab American community addressed concerns about local media coverage with Detroit News Publisher Jon Wolman during a dinner meeting at Habib’s Cuisine. Some suggestions made to Mr. Wolman included increasing the paper’s coverage on Arab Americans in southeast Michigan, and...Snyder says he’s the “most pro-immigration governor” in the U.S.
ANN ARBOR - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder continued to tout his pro-immigrant stance in a speech at the University of Michigan last Friday at the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Symposium, saying that the state should work to attract immigrants with degrees in medicine and high-tech industries. Snyder noted that some of the...
U.S. hawks behind Iraq war rally for strikes against Iran
October 21st, 20110 WASHINGTON (IPS) - Key neo-conservatives and other right-wing hawks who championed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq are calling for military strikes against Iran in retaliation for its purported murder-for-hire plot against the Saudi ambassador here.Leading the charge is the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI), the ideological successor to the...
Palestinian prisoners swap: Freedom is a move to a larger prison
October 21st, 20110 SHEIKH JARRAH, Occupied East Jerusalem (IPS) - Rawda Odeh had mixed feelings when she heard the news that her son, 33- year-old Loai Mohammad Ahmed Odeh, was going to be released from prison as a result of the recently brokered prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas. Former Palestinian prisoners, who have arrived from...Turkey masses 10,000 troops on Iraq border
Turkish troops are backed up by F-16 warplanes, helicopter gunships and dronesISTANBUL - The Turkish military dispatched about 10,000 troops to the border with northern Iraq yesterday as part of its largest offensive against Kurdish militants for three years.Turkish television reported last night that most of the troops, part of 22...ASU of HFCC holding panel discussion on Palestinian statehood
DEARBORN – The Arab Student Union of Henry Ford Community College will host a panel discussion titled "The Statehood of Palestine" on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 11 a.m in room L-14 of the Liberal Arts Building on campus.Guest speakers include Hasan Newash of the Michigan Palestine Cultural Office, Dr. Nabeel Abraham, Director of the Honors...Islamic House of Wisdom Semi-Annual Fundraising Dinner a success
Guests listen to Imam Elahi’s speech at the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights. Elahi emphasized the importance of reaching out to the youth and serving the community. PHOTO: Naheh AbuNabDEARBORN HEIGHTS —Imams, community leaders, members of religious, cultural, social and educational institutions and interfaith......
Occupy Detroit activists rally, organize for long road ahead
DETROIT – On a cold, pitch black, rainy Wednesday night in what used to be one of America's most affluent cities but has now become the most visible symbol of its economic turmoil, activists from a wide variety of backgrounds met on the fourth floor of Central United Methodist Church to discuss the future of the Occupy...Bashar Kallabat: Middle Eastern hairstylist to the stars
Excellence should be accessible to all. Bashar Kallabat has decided to run his business according to this motto. Kallabat is the co-owner and operator of Heidi Bashar Salon in the Somerset Collection. He is also a nationally renowned hair stylist. In 1989, Bashar opened a salon with his then-wife Kennice Kallabat,...Dearborn Education Foundation FORE golf outing raises almost $100,000
DEARBORN — The FORE Dearborn (Funding Opportunities and Resources in Education) golf outing raised more than $95,000, nearly doubling its total from last year. Proceeds will go towards special projects that benefit Dearborn schools earlier this month."In these times when budgets are so tight, education is so important and resources are...HFCC hosting Middle Eastern Film Festival from Oct. 25-Nov. 29
DEARBORN — The Henry Ford Community College (HFCC) Arab Cultural Studies Program and the Council of American Cultures will host “Middle Eastern Visions III,” the third annual fall film festival running from Tuesday, Oct. 25, to Tuesday, Nov. 29. This film festival takes place in HFCC’s Berry Auditorium located in the Andrew A.......
U-M reports $7.8 billion endowment
ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan's endowment has doubled over the past decade and now stands at $7.8 billion, the Ann Arbor school reported.The amount represents the seventh-largest endowment of any university in the nation."It's a huge year," Erik Lundberg, the university's chief investment officer, told AnnArbor.com. "We...NATIONAL POLL: 9 of 10 voters concerned about another U.S. recession and foreclosures
UTICA, NY – Pessimism about the economy is almost a consensus among voters from both major parties as 95% say they are very or somewhat concerned the U.S. economy is slipping into another recession and 89% are similarly concerned there will be an increase in home foreclosures for the next two years, a new IBOPE Zogby interactive poll......
Enforcement of nuisance vehicle violations to increase in November
DEARBORN – Dearborn Police will begin increasing enforcement of nuisance vehicles stored on private property starting on Nov. 1. Those with a title to an unwanted vehicle are encouraged to use the city's amnesty program by calling Rusko's Towing at 313.274.4550 to avoid a $500 fine. Unwanted vehicles will be towed for no cost. The...Suffering in silence: The struggle to overcome mental health stigmas
DEARBORN — The issue of psychological problems has long been considered taboo within United States families and communities despite the prevalence of such issues and their devastating effects. The field of mental health is still relatively new, having begun its new era as a serious study in the 1950s, but the same problem......