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Dingell honored for service to community, country
April 11th, 20090 DEARBORN — Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives John Dingell was honored on Thursday by the Islamic Center of Detroit (ICD) and the Congress of Arab American Organizations (CAAO) in a public ceremony. Representives of the Congress of Arab American Organizations (CAAO), from right, Ali Baleed Almaklani, Sufian Nabhan, Imad...
Grosse Pointe school hosts speaker on importance of Arabic instruction
April 11th, 20090 GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Taking a foreign language class is a requirement at many high schools and colleges across the country, but for most students, the options are limited. Karin Ryding Old standbys like French, Spanish, and German are usually offered but Arabic is extremely hard to find despite the need for better...ACC donates van to charity group
The Arab American and Chaldean Council on Wednesday donated a van to a local group that serves Iraqi refugees in the area. ACC President Haifa Fakhouri hands off to Chaldean American Ladies of Charity President Sally Najor the keys to a van donated by ACC for use in helping local Iraqi refugees, Chaldean American Ladies of...UMS presents traditional Moroccan Sufi performers
ANN ARBOR — Traditional Moroccan Sufi performers Mohammed Bennis and the Hmadcha Ensemble are scheduled for two appearances at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 State Street in Ann Arbor on April 18 and 18. The University Musical Society performances are to begin at 8 p.m. on April 18 and 7 p.m. on April 19. The group...Police seek 4th man in traffic ticket scheme
DEARBORN — Police have identified two alleged co-conspirators in an investigation of a traffic ticket-fixing scheme that previously resulted in the arrest of a police officer and an Arab American resident. Police believe Hasan Charara has fled and is in hiding, Police announced on April 3 the arrest of Isoam Mahmoud Nimer, and...Hamtramck peace activists to gather, demonstrate
HAMTRAMCK — A group of peace and Palestinian rights activists are to hold a silent vigil and a luncheon on April 11 in Hamtramck. The Women in Black vigil is scheduled at noon at Pope Park, on the corner of Joseph Campau and Belmont Streets. The luncheon, organized by Hamtramck Supporters of Palestine, includes a Bangladeshi buffet...Levin, Dingell to hold free financial workshop
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, and a group of federal agencies and local advocacy organizations are co-hosting a financial literacy workshop scheduled for April 13, from 2:30-5 p.m. at the University of Michigan-Dearborn's Social Sciences Building, 4901 Evergreen Road in Dearborn. U.S....
Arab American hoops star headed for NBA?
April 4th, 20090 On Sunday, March 15, the St. Mary's College basketball team gathered in Moraga, California, to watch the NCAA basketball tournament's selection show. Omar Samhan averaged more than 14 points and 9 rebounds for St. Mary's. Among them was Omar Samhan, their starting center and second-leading scorer. The Gaels had just finished a...
FINAL FOUR PREDICTIONS
April 4th, 20090 Michigan State guard Korie Lucious cuts down part of the net after the Spartans defeated the Louisville Cardinals during their NCAA men's Midwest Regional finals basketball game in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 29, 2009. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes Michigan State (30-6 record) vs. Connecticut (31-4) 6:07 p.m. Saturday Not many people...
Final Four a winner for Detroit
April 4th, 20090 Three thousand cases of beer. Five hundred pounds of ground beef. Fifteen hundred stomachs growling under two tents. Sounds like quite the barbeque. Michigan State Spartan Kalin Lucas tries to get past Louisville Cardinals Edgar Sosa (10) during the first half of their NCAA men's Midwest Regional finals basketball game in...
Community briefs: Arab Americans reach out to North American Indian Association of Detroit
April 4th, 20090 Arab American and American Indian leaders came together Tuesday in a rare meeting between the two communities with goals of strengthening bonds and discussing issues of mutual concern. Heads of the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee Michigan and the North American Indian Association (NAIA) of Detroit said the two groups met...
Galloway galvanizes Arab audience in Dearborn
April 4th, 20090 The Morrocan-Algerian border has been opened only twice in the last 10 years. British MP George Galloway, a fervent advocate for Palestinian rights, speaks in Dearborn on March 27. Both times, it was for George Galloway. The British Member of Parliament led an aid convoy through the two countries on the way to Iraq in...Camp David Accord: 30 years later
CAIRO — Egyptian and Israeli officials celebrated the anniversary of the Camp David peace agreement last week. The agreement normalized relations between the two former adversaries 30 years earlier on Mar. 26. Opposition leaders, however, are calling for a suspension of the treaty, which they say fails to serve Egyptian...Sectarian tension on Bahrain’s streets
MALIKIYA, Bahrain — It was just another night in this small Shi'a Muslim village on the Persian Gulf. A mattress and chairs were set on fire in the street. The police shot tear gas canisters at the crowds. Neighborhood children taunted the police. The police fired more tear gas. There were smiles all around, not on the faces of the...
Arab-Latin American ties hailed
April 4th, 20090 DOHA – Latin American leaders have underscored the importance of economic and political ties with the Arab world in a summit meeting with their Arab counterparts in Qatar. Tuesday's meeting, the second Arab-Latin American summit, in Doha, the Qatari capital, followed the conclusion of the Arab League conference in the city.......
Al-Maliki draws U.S. troops into crackdown on Sunnis
WASHINGTON — When U.S. troops and Apache helicopters joined Iraqi forces in putting down an uprising by Sunni "Sons of Iraq" militiamen in central Baghdad last weekend, it was a preview of the kind of combat the U.S. military is likely to see increasingly over the next three years unless a policy decision is made in Washington to avoid...World news briefs: UK diplomat indicted for insulting Israel
Middle East expert and head of the South Asia Group Rowan Laxton was arrested after several witnesses alleged he had used offensive language against Israel and Jewish people after watching a report about the Gaza war on TV in a gym on January 27, the Daily Mail reported. LONDON — Britain has detained a Foreign Office diplomat...ADC challenges tax benefits to groups supporting Israeli settlers
WASHINGTON — The largest Arab American civil rights organization is petitioning the government concerning the tax benefits going to organizations actively aiding the Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. This came after an influential Washington Post columnist observed the irony that tax breaks to these groups...Israeli nuclear arsenal prohibits U.S. aid
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) are heavily lobbying Congress for $2.775 billion in military aid to Israel. However credible reports from the U.S. Army and a former president confirm the existence of an Israeli nuclear weapons arsenal. This could prohibit U.S. taxpayer funded......
Changing the rules of war
The extent of Israel's brutality against Palestinian civilians in its 22-day pounding of the Gaza Strip is gradually surfacing. Israeli soldiers are testifying to lax rules of engagement tantamount to a license to kill. One soldier commented: "That's what is so nice, supposedly, about Gaza: You see a person on a road, walking along a...Israel has no intention of granting a Palestinian state
Let us get one thing perfectly straight. If the wholesale mutilation and degradation of the Gaza Strip is going to continue; if Israel's will is at one with that of the United States; if the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and all the international legal agencies and organizations spread across the globe are going to......
Students win public health scholarships
April 4th, 20090 With the school year drawing to a close, high school students everywhere are on the lookout for scholarships to the colleges of their choice. Three students at Dearborn-area high schools were among the recent scholarship winners in the 2008-09 Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson...Comedians look to laughs as way to ease tensions
It seems as though every culture or ethnicity has a signature comedian or group of comedians to represent them in America. Comedians Sherif Hedayat, R, Joey "The Wacky Iraqi" Nibras, Amer Zahr and Mike Batayeh on stage at All Star Comedy Club in Allen Park on March 29. PHOTOS: Khalil AlHajal/TAAN The Arab community, however,......
