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Post office may close area facilities
Fifteen Detroit-area U.S. Postal Service locations may have to close. Officials have said the Postal Service has lost $4.7 billion so far this year and expects the number to grow to $7 billion by the end of the fiscal year, because of the recession and increased use of electronic billing and messaging. The agency has proposed...
U.S. stands to lose if peace process stalls
August 15th, 20090 Barack Obama is in a bit of a bind. Unlike any of his predecessors, this American president chose, admirably, to attempt to tackle the Palestinian-Israeli conflict shortly after taking office, realizing that this long-festering issue has seriously damaged the US image in the Middle East. A Palestinian boy climbs up from a...coney captions
Top to bottom: Favorite halal food items like coney dogs will be available 24-7 throughout Ramadan at Leo's Coney Island in Dearborn. Georgena Baydoun (left) and her daughter Owatif of Dearborn Heights enjoy a meal at Leo's Coney Island in Dearborn. Server Ahmad Farhat offers up a Greek salad at the new Leo's Coney Island in...New halal coney island to open 24 hours for Ramadan
DEARBORN - It's easy to find plenty of quality halal food choices in Dearborn, but up until now, one of Detroit's favorite culinary creations was hard to come by. Leo's Coney Island in Dearborn on the corner of Ford and Greenfield has changed all of that by offering authentic coney island-style food favorites, all with certified halal...The ongoing danger of nuclear war
This August, when hundreds of Hiroshima Day vigils and related antinuclear activities occur around the United States, many Americans will wonder at their relevance. After all, the nuclear danger that characterized the Cold War is now far behind us, isn't it? A girl prays in front of a cenotaph for the victims of the the U.S....Ahmadinejad sworn in amid protests
TEHRAN (IPS) — When incumbent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived at parliament by helicopter to take the presidential oath in front of the members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the setting resembled a country under military rule. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) reads the oath of office as Judiciary...The 2010 Census: What’s in it for Arab Americans?
In less than a year, the nation will conduct its once-a-decade census of the U.S. population. The 2010 Census will ask just ten basic questions about each household — like the name, age, gender, and race of each person living there. Arab Americans, who are not a legally recognized racial or ethnic minority, have no "box" to check and...Will Obama be pressured to slow down peace promotion by Israel’s supporters in the Congress?
President Barack Obama is investing a good measure of his political capital in the Middle East without receiving, so far, much support from the United States Congress. Last week, the president's special Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, was in Israel to work toward reaching a better understanding over limiting Israeli settlements. U.S....
Dearborn City Council race: Five Arab Americans move on to compete in November
August 7th, 20090 DEARBORN – Five candidates with Arab ethnic roots will appear on the City Council election ballot in November after placing among the top 14 vote-getters in Tuesday's primary. Dearborn voter Kefah Saad, 43, inserts his ballot into a vote-counting machine at Woodworth Middle School on Tuesday as his son Hady Saad, 7, watches....
Arab Americans make November ballots in Detroit, Hamtramck
August 7th, 20090 DETROIT — City council candidate Mohamed Okdie, who is Arab American, placed 16th out of 169 in Detroit's primary election Tuesday, garnering 9,374 votes and winning a spot on the November ballot. Detroit city council candidate Mohamed Okdie received 9,374 votes in Tuesday's primary election, placing him 16th and winning him a...
Senate approves ‘Clunkers’ extension
August 7th, 20090 The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to provide an extra $2 billion in funding to the popular "Cash for Clunkers" program. A vehicle sits in a dumpster on display in front of Bill Wink Chevrolet dealership to attract customers in for the "Cash For Clunkers' program in Dearborn, Michigan August 6, 2009. The U.S. Senate voted on...Man hit by falling airplane part
DEARBORN — A Dearborn man was hit by a 7x8 inch piece of jagged metal from an aircraft Monday while standing outside of his home. Forty-year-old Wissam Beydoun was walking up the steps when the aluminum object fell from the sky and hit him on the head. At first, he thought it might have been a bird, but he eventually realized...
Woman takes on Sudan’s ‘indecency laws’
August 7th, 20090 Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, a Sudanese journalist, is at the center of a high profile trial in Sudan. She was charged by the government with "indecency" for wearing trousers. This crime carries the penalty of forty lashes from a whip. Lubna Hussein, a former journalist and U.N. press officer, talks to the media outside the court...Soccer reunites friends from Yemen
Soccer is the most popular sport on Earth in large part because of its breathtaking individual displays of skill. But when it comes to winning championships, Unis AlHidary knows that nothing beats teamwork. Unis AlHidary AlHidary and fellow Michigan Yemen Sports Association player Ismail Nasser would know, as they both won...Chance of a breakthrough with the Kurds?
WASHINGTON — A recent meeting between Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Kurdish President Massoud Barzani appears to be a crucial step in lowering tensions in the country, but it has also prompted questions as to whether the two leaders can put an end to their differences. Kurdish President Massoud Barzani The......
Fatah fights for survival
BETHLEHEM — Fatah, the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), is fighting for its very survival as the movement faces implosion and attacks from all sides. The issues have come to the fore at the sixth revolutionary council of the party that began in Bethlehem Tuesday. Palestinian President Mahmoud...
Our excuses outnumber our votes
August 7th, 20090 It's hard times for Arab American candidates for public office in Dearborn. From the incumbents to the first-timers, they have found it next to impossible to break through the stigma and hesitation that many of the city's majority-white electorate have displayed in historical voting patterns. Thus, they greatly underperform amongst the...
DEARBORN ELECTION RESULTS: Five Arab Americans move on to November election
August 5th, 20090 DEARBORN – The field of 25 City Council candidates was cut to 14 after Tuesday primary elections. The 14 survivors will move on to the November general election, where they'll fight for seven seats. Five Arab Americans, including three incumbents and two newcomers, made the cut. Incumbents George Darany, Suzanne Sareini and...
The seven pillars of Arab vulnerability
July 31st, 20090 A Damascus bazaar BEIRUT — It's bad enough for ordinary Arabs to sense large gaps in their personal quality of life and widespread dysfunction in the public management of their societies. It is much more painful — though always useful — for such self-awareness to be documented in a credible report by knowledgeable......
Fatah’s leadership crisis deepens
Palestinians, whose houses were destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, take part in a protest in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 29, 2009, calling on international donors to help in reconstructing their houses. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa WASHINGTON (IPS) — Fifty years ago, a small group...News in pictures: Milking camels for chocolate
A camel is hand-milked in the early evening at a farm located near Al Nassma's Camelicious camel farm in Dubai. REUTERS/Steve Crisp Miniature chocolate camels are displayed at Al Nassma's Camelicious camel farm store in Dubai, July 29, 2009. Dubai's Al Nassma, the world's first brand of chocolate made with camels' milk,......
The old Bibi is back
JERUSALEM — "Reckless", "cavalier", "unscrupulous", "petty politician, not statesman"…these and such epithets applied to Benjamin Netanyahu by friends and foes alike — not that he ended up with many friends — when he was first Israel's Prime Minister back in the late 1990s. Benjamin Netanyahu Re-elected in...
Ashkelon speaks: The story of the Middle East conflict
July 31st, 20090 The modern Israeli city of Ashkelon, 20 kilometers north of the Gaza border, presents a picturesque setting along the Mediterranean coast. Sparkling white beaches matched by whitefaced apartment buildings, green lawns and several wide boulevards depict a tranquil and content city. Ashkelon, 20 kilometers north of the Gaza......
