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Three Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan programs approved for national research
DETROIT — Researchers from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University have been awarded a total of $2,741,501 for three research studies to evaluate several aspects of the Michigan Blues' Value Partnerships programs. The highly competitive research grants will allow experienced, outside researchers to test and...Glut of fatwas spurs Saudi king to impose curbs
CAIRO — The ideology that reigns in Saudi Arabia comes into plain view on the website of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars, where boys and girls sharing a swimming pool causes "mischief and evil" and bringing flowers to a hospital patient is to be discouraged because it's a foreign custom that "imitates Allah's...Obama foreign policy likely to face Republican challenges
WASHINGTON (IPS) — While foreign policy issues played almost no role in Tuesday's election results, the historic Republican landslide will almost certainly make Barack Obama's vision of a more positive U.S. role in international affairs more difficult to pursue. The Republicans, who won control of the House of Representatives and...GOP and the deepening divide
The partisan divide on issues related to Arabs and Muslims has become disturbingly wide. For example, when, in a recent poll, we asked American voters whether they had favorable or unfavorable attitudes toward Arabs and Muslims, the results were shocking. Attitudes towards Arabs: Democrats - 57% favorable, 30% unfavorable; Republicans -...The myth of American pressure
Recent reports that the Obama administration offered Israel a series of incentives to continue its limited ten-month moratorium on settlement building have sparked an outcry among Palestinians and their supporters. Although the concessions for halting the construction of new settlements for only 60 days are unprecedented, Washington's...Snyder leads GOP to victory, helps party regain Supreme Court
Republican Supreme Court Justices Bob Young and Mary Beth Kelly claiming victory on election night at the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit hotel. PHOTO: Natasha Dado/TAANRepublicans celebrated their victory together Tuesday night at Michigan Governor-elect Rick Snyder's election party at the Westin Book-Cadillac Detroit Hotel with...
Publisher discusses paper’s history, ethnic media role in American life
November 7th, 20100 DEARBORN - "We need to engage in a real and substantive discussion, in a dialogue that doesn't muzzle people or stifle any debate," said Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab American News, to open his lecture at Henry Ford Community College on Wednesday, November 3. The Arab American News' publisher, Osama Siblani, spoke on...Helen Thomas to receive the 2010 Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award
Washington — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is proud to announce that the 2010 Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award will be presented to Helen Thomas at ADC's November 18, 2010, Gala dinner in her honor. The National Arab American Journalists Association (NAAJA) and the family of the late Arab American leader, Dr....Egypt’s Muslim leaders slam Al Qaeda threat to Copts
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says believers must protect Christian houses of worship. CAIRO -An Al Qaeda threat to Egypt's Coptic Christians has met with growing condemnation from leading Muslim figures and the press in Egypt, which said it was an attack on national unity. The Muslim Brotherhood, the country's biggest opposition group,...Democrat Darany defeats Sareini in state rep. race
DEARBORN - The race for 15th District State Representative was one of the most talked-about in recent memory in the city of Dearborn, and when the dust settled on the night of Tuesday, November 2, Democrat George Darany had defeated fellow city council member and Arab American Suzanne Sareini of the Republican Party. State...
Local Muslims and Christians condemn bloody Baghdad church massacre
November 7th, 20100 According to media reports 58 were killed and 75 more injured after Al-Qaeda extremists in suicide vests raided Our Lady of Salvation Syriac Church in Baghdad, Iraq during evening mass on Sunday. Residents mourn near the coffin of a victim killed in an attack on the Our Lady of Salvation church, during a funeral at St. Joseph...Students counter-protest Baptist hate group from Kansas
DEARBORN - Around 25 high school and college Arab American students stood alongside the road early Monday near the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn to counter-protest activists of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), who call Islam a "false religion." "We organized this because we're sick and tired of the Westboro Baptist Church...High school students to explore ways to improve race relations
DEARBORN — Some 200 students from 78 different southeast Michigan high schools will converge on the University of Michigan – Dearborn campus Saturday, Nov., 6, for a one-day summit sponsored by New Detroit and the University that will explore ways to improve race relations in their schools and neighborhoods. The theme of the...
Dearborn votes for Snyder but remains Democrat
November 6th, 20100 Tuesday's election can easily be called a Republican tsunami. Republicans won big across the country and across the state of Michigan. In fact, all three major state offices are now held by Republicans, who also control the State House and Senate. So why did Republican Suzanne Sareini lose her bid to become a State...
Republican tsunami sweeps Michigan
November 6th, 20100 Republicans sweep Michigan's top posts, control both houses Voters register at Salina School on Dearborn's south end on election day this past Tuesday, Nov. 2. AAPAC volunteers passed out voting slates that could be taken into the voting booth. The top three Michigan posts were won by Republicans but Democrats did well......
Gamerz USA: Redefining family fun in Westland
DEARBORN — When Dearborn businessman Morgan Hammoud surveyed the metro Detroit landscape, he saw plenty of places for teenagers to hang out and plenty of places for younger kids to hang out. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the new Gamerz USA family fun center in Westland. Here, owner Morgan Hammoud (c) cuts the ribbon...Ascent TV film featured at Voxtropolis Film Festival
DETROIT - Ascent TV's most recent short film, "Rock Bottom," was selected to premiere among three other short films at the Voxtropolis Film Festival on Oct. 15th and 16th in Troy and Detroit. The film chronicles the true story of a young man named Adam who loses direction in life at an early age. Adam was hurt by outside factors...ADC offers scholarship opportunities to high school seniors
DEARBORN - The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is celebrating its 12th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration and Scholarship Reception on Friday, Feb. 11. However the deadline to apply is Jan. 18. Students are required to submit an essay. For further inquiry on the ADC scholarship application process visit,...Hackel to join Patterson, Ficano as new county executive
DETROIT - Macomb County will be represented by a county executive for the first time, starting in January. County Sheriff Mark Hackel was elected to the post - which voters approved as part of a new county charter last year. Hackel says Macomb County and the southeast Michigan region stand to benefit from the change. "I think it......
Career workshop offers women expert advice
DEARBORN — On Wednesday, Nov. 17, Henry Ford Community College is hosting "Imagine the Possibilities: Non-Traditional Careers for Women in Technology," from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The workshop gives women an introduction to work positions that have generally been dominated by men. Those fields include architecture,...Community, scholars respond to alleged Al Qaeda spokesman
Adam GadahnA 48-minute video posted on the Internet by the Maryland-based SITE group showing a video message from alleged American spokesman Adam Gadahn on Sunday, October 23 garnered both local and nationwide media attention over the past week. Gadahn, who was born in California as Adam Pearlman and is of Jewish descent, called......
Dingell’s office receives $150 million for railway development
Michigan will be receiving $150 million for the development of a high speed railway between Dearborn and Kalamazoo. Congressman John Dingell announced the grant receipt Monday Oct.25. According to Dingell, this railway is just the first step to upgrades that will help create a railway between Detroit and Chicago. The grant is...
ADC honors “Guardians of Justice” at 9th Annual Judges Night
October 31st, 20100 PHOTO: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee-Michigan Regional Director Imad Hamad (center, wearing hat) poses with judges honored at the 9th Annual Judges Night event at Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn on Thursday, October 28. PHOTOS: Nafeh AbuNab/American Elite StudiosDEARBORN — Around 400 people gathered at the Byblos......
