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Wikileaks reveals treacherous terrain for Iran policy
December 4th, 20100 WASHINGTON (IPS) – The leaked reports sent by U.S. officials abroad to Washington reveal a treacherous playing field for the United States in the Middle East. A combination photo shows world leaders mentioned in cables released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks on November 28, 2010. The leaders are (top row L-R) Libya's leader...Carnegie Scholar lectures on Palestine at HFCC
Monday marked the anniversary of the Nov. 29, 1947 adoption of the UN resolution which attempted to establish Arab and Jewish states in the Palestine region. Sixty-three years later, peace is sought, but many have little optimism that efforts will succeed. In the years since the resolution, much has changed in regards to the...
Two local non-profits break ground on new Dearborn Heights complex
December 4th, 20100 DEARBORN — It was a ground-breaking ceremony in more ways than one as local dignitaries came together to officially announce the forthcoming Hype Athletics complex and Hope for Humanity Center, a joint venture between the two well-known non-profit Dearborn institutions. (L-R) Dearborn Heights City Councilman Tom Berry, Zaman...AAI founder discusses new book in Dearborn
AAI Founder James Zogby signs books at UM-Dearborn on Wednesday. PHOTO: Tariq Wahid/TAANDEARBORN — While the future of the United States may hinge on happenings in the Middle East, a new book by Washington, D.C.-based Arab American Institute (AAI) Founder and President James Zogby has shed light on just how much Americans...Former Piston joins Mashhour’s staff on HFCC basketball team
Henry Ford Community College (HFCC), which currently boasts a 5-1 record after finishing fifth in the nation among community colleges last year, has welcomed former Detroit Piston and Michigan Wolverines basketball national champion Terry Mills as an assistant coach. Mills is originally from Romulus High School, where he won the Michigan...
Dearborn budget cuts mean job losses and service reductions
December 4th, 20100 Members of the Dearborn City Council met with a community task force on Tuesday at City Hall to discuss budget cuts. "We need to make some difficult decisions moving forward," Dearborn Mayor John B. O'Reilly said. Dearborn Mayor John B. O'Reilly (R) sits down with city council members and his task force to discuss budget...Non-profit Panera café opens in Dearborn
DEARBORN — Panera Cares, a non-profit community café in Dearborn, is now open. Its location, 22208 Michigan Ave. in West Dearborn, is the second built in the U.S. by the Panera Bread Foundation. There are no prices or cash registers, only suggested donation levels and donation bins. People are encouraged to take what they need and...
Qatar puts Middle East soccer on map
December 4th, 20100 Qatari fans celebrate at Souk Waqif in Doha December 2, 2010, after the announcement that Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup. Summer temperatures which can soar to above 50 degrees Celsius and a concern about lack of infrastructure did not deter FIFA on Thursday from awarding the 2022 World Cup to the tiny Gulf state of Qatar....City resident Saad acquitted of Dearborn Heights police charges
Dearborn Heights resident Joseph Saad, age 61, was acquitted on charges of assaulting a police officer and obstruction of justice in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit on November 22. Joseph Saad was acquitted on Nov. 22 from charges of assaulting a police officer and obstruction of justice stemming from a summer incident....Michigan Wolverines advance to Elite 8 in NCAA Soccer Tournament
The Michigan Wolverines soccer team won their third-round game against South Carolina on Nov. 28 by a final score of 3-1 to move on to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament. Michigan was led by Arab American stars Justin Meram and Soony Saad in the win; Meram of Shelby Twp. scored two goals and Saad of Dearborn added another along with an...Poll shows Americans prefer to holiday shop online
A poll conducted Nov. 19-22 by Zogby International shows 63 percent of Americans say they prefer doing all their holiday shopping online instead of shopping at local malls, and 64 percent plan on making holiday purchases online this year. In recent years 86 percent have made online holiday gift purchases. A third prefer to do their...
Dearborn: Holiday Lights Contest Begins Dec. 11
December 4th, 20100 The Dearborn City Beautiful Commission's annual "Dearborn Aglow" holiday home decoration contest judging will begin on Saturday, Dec. 11 through Monday, Dec. 13. City homeowners are encouraged to turn on their lights from 6-10 p.m. each night as commissioners will search neighborhoods for nominees. Nominations also will be taken...Discussion to question Communication Management Units
A discussion on the policies of Communication Management Units (CMUs) titled, "Experiments in Social Isolation: Communications Management Units (CMUs) and the Expansion of Unconstitutional Detention Policies in the post-9/11 Federal Prison System," is Dec. 8 at the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m....Judge’s verdict shocks car accident victims’ family
The woman found guilty of killing first cousins Mahmoud Bazzi, 20, and Hussein El-Zaghir, 26, of Dearborn on May 17 last year during a car accident in Detroit after speeding and failing to stop at a yield sign was sentenced by a judge Nov. 10 to serve three years' probation. Hussein El-Zaghir's memory is honored...Michigan Civil Rights Commission public meeting scheduled in Dearborn
DEARBORN — The Michigan Civil Rights Commission will hold a public meeting at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 29 at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn. The meeting will present an opportunity to hear from local residents about civil rights concerns they would like the commission to address. A public forum will also be held......
Poll: 61% of Americans oppose body scanners
The recent implementation of full-body scans and aggressive pat-downs by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is opposed by 61% of voters (out of 2,032 likely) polled from Nov. 19 to Nov. 22 by Zogby International Polling in Washington, D.C. In addition, 52% of those polled believe the enhanced security measures will not...Pushing us all off a cliff, for profit
When someone talks about pushing you off a cliff, it's just human nature to be curious about them. Who are these people, you wonder, and why would they want to do such a thing? How big is this particular cliff? According to the World Health Organization, climate change contributes — right now — to the deaths of 150,000 people...Lebanon pressured to improve Palestinians’ lot
BEIRUT (IPS) — Abu Yussif doesn't want to talk about his work any more. "It's not going to help and nothing will change anyway," he says. The tall, white-haired Palestinian has just returned from work and relaxes in his little garden in the refugee camp Bourj ash-Shamali near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. Abu Yussif is a...Egypt rejects “interference” in elections
NEW YORK (IPS) — Egypt's authoritarian government ramped up its crackdown on journalists and opposition politicians ahead of the Nov. 28 parliamentary elections and rebuffed a U.S. call for international observers to monitor "free and fair" balloting. A man walks past electoral banners for Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party......
Professor’s lecture unveils hidden history of Islam and mathematics
Schoolcraft College math Professor Randy Schwartz is expected to give a lecture titled, "Islam and Mathematics: A Hidden History" at the University of Michigan-Dearborn on Thursday, Dec. 2 from 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. inside the CASL building. The event is being sponsored by the Thaqalayn Muslim Association. Refreshments will be...Lebanese American University unites Detroit alumni, offers scholarships
DEARBORN — Lebanese American University (LAU) held its Yalla! 2010 tour stop at Habib's Restaurant in Dearborn on Thursday, November 18 with the main goal of rallying and uniting LAU alumni throughout North America. Scholarship recipients Aseel Baydoun and Arzak Mohammed. PHOTOS: Tariq Abdel-Wahid/TAANThe campaign is part of a......
Campuses work to further the BDS movement
The apartheid situation in South Africa ended in the 1990s in large part because of boycotts on college campuses, and many scholars have argued that the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS) is the most effective way for ending the current blockade and occupation of Palestine by Israeli military forces. The BDS movement...Iran laptop papers showed wrong missile warhead
WASHINGTON (IPS) — The most important intelligence documents used to argue that Iran had a covert nuclear weapons research and development program in 2003 — a set of technical drawings of efforts to fit what appears to be a nuclear payload into the reentry vehicle of Iran's medium-range ballistic missile, the Shahab-3 — turn out to......
