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Newly anointed US citizens gear up to vote
November 1st, 20080 Waad Nakad, 21, of Livonia, took her oath of citizenship in August, but she doesn't feel any more American because of it. She's been in the US since age one, when her family came from Syria in 1988. Shadi Hajal, 35, of Canton, shows off his newfound American spirit after taking the oath of citizenship and registering to vote on...
Community members weigh in on election
November 1st, 20080 Thirty-nine year old Daad Katato, a Palestinian American political activist associated with American Muslims for Palestine, is voting for Cynthia McKinney in the upcoming election. Daad Katato Katato, of Troy, says "I'm thinking of voting for Cynthia McKinney because I feel the other two candidates are not fair to Arabs...Activists question surge in ICE raids
After a rash of immigration detainments on Sept. 23 and 24, a number of family members and community organizations have complained that the sudden surge of arrests has served to intimidate and preoccupy immigrant communities just before the election, making people less likely to vote. The arrests were made during scheduled appointments...
Woman fights city as foreclosure looms
November 1st, 20080 Maria Gavrau, a 61 year-old Romanian immigrant who's lived in her Dearborn home for 18 years, is facing foreclosure after a severe fall on the sidewalk outside her home in April left her injured, causing her to lose her job as a...
Rugby gains popularity in Dearborn
November 1st, 20080 DEARBORN — Since they're at a commuter college, the athletic programs at the University of Michigan-Dearborn have had a hard time finding success. Some sports such as hockey have had their share of good seasons, but consistency is hard to come by for many of the other sports. Just two years into their existence as a sport at UM-D,...Conference dispels stereotypes
DEARBORN — Arabophobia in America was the subject of Arab Detroit's annual workshop, "Images and Perceptions of Arab Americans," on Thursday, October 22, at the University of Michigan—Dearborn. The event, entitled "Arabophobia in the Media: Myth or Reality," hosted various media figures and included workshop sessions that focused...
City to suspend parking rules near election sites
November 1st, 20080 DEARBORN — The city will suspend enforcement of Public Service Day parking rules near polling sites on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, to allow voters to cast their ballots without worrying about the twice-a-month parking restrictions. Public Service Day parking rules will be enforced as normal that day on streets not near polling...HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE: PLAYOFFS-WEEK 1
Dearborn High School (6-3, 4-2 Mega Red) Last week: Lost to Detroit Country Day, 42-37 Playoffs: at Walled Lake Western, Saturday at 7 p.m. Edsel Ford (8-1, 5-1 Mega Blue) Last week: Beat Dearborn Heights Crestwood, 53-7 Playoffs: vs. Wyandotte Roosevelt at home, Friday at 7 p.m. Fordson (9-0, 6-0 Mega Red) Last...Groundbreaking interfaith conference
PONTIAC — The first annual New Directions New Connections conference, which the Michigan Roundtable is co-sponsoring with the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) will be held on Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 10-11, at the Marriott Pontiac Centerpoint and will feature Reuniting the Children of Abraham on Monday evening. While walk-ins will be...
Detroit Medical Center opens Dearborn site
October 31st, 20080 Dearborn — The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) has established a new Wellness Center at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn. The DMC Wellness Center will offer a variety of health and wellness programs, physical therapy, athletic training and injury prevention programs. Wellness Programs include basic health...
Anthony fires up AAPAC crowd
October 26th, 20080 DEARBORN - The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) distributed its official election literature, energized its membership and presented public service awards at its annual banquet on Friday. Arab American Political Action Commitee awardees, elected officials and guests, including Rev. Wendell Anthony, head of the...
Third party and independent presidential candidates
October 26th, 20080 In last week's issue of The Arab American News, we took a fair look at Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, detailing where they stand on several issues, as the two major presidential candidates that voters have to choose from. This week, we explore other options. In most states, the ballots for the Nov. 4 election will list the names...Powell marks latest Republican defection
WASHINGTON (IPS) - The announcement by former Secretary of State Colin Powell Sunday that he will vote for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president Nov. 4 marks the latest and most prominent, if not entirely unexpected, defection of a major Republican figure from his party's election campaign. Former Secretary of State Gen....“We have to share this pain”
PORTLAND, Oregon (IPS) - Veterans from the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, along with Iraqis, Afghanis, Vietnam veterans, and family members of U.S. military personnel converged in this west coast city over the weekend to share stories of atrocities being committed daily in Iraq, in a continuation of the "Winter Soldier"...Final Iraq agreement reveals farce
WASHINGTON (IPS) - The final draft of the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces agreement on the U.S. military presence represents an even more crushing defeat for the policy of the George W. Bush administration than previously thought. An Iraqi girl watches as U.S soldiers search her family house in a village near Baquba in Diyala......
Pressure building on Hamas ahead of unity meet
CAIRO (IPS) - Egypt recently re-opened its border with the Gaza Strip to limited traffic in advance of an upcoming Palestinian reconciliation conference to be held in Cairo next month. But some independent commentators say Egypt is merely using the border as a means of pressuring resistance faction Hamas into accepting its proposals for...Another Canadian held abroad
Canadian citizen Bashir Makhtal has been sitting in an Ethiopian jail for two years, having been arrested while fleeing Somalia during the fighting in that country. Kenya, to where he fled, turned him in to Ethiopia, where he was born. Family suspect that Ethiopia jailed him because his grandfather was a founder of the Ogaden...
They deserve your vote
October 25th, 20080 Even from the sidelines, where Arab Americans and American Muslims have been relegated by the current anti-Arab, anti-Muslim climate of fear perpetrated upon America, this has been an exciting election year. History is being made, as the first African American nominated for president by a major political party seems closer to...America: The castrated bull
Once a bull is castrated, it loses its value and its reason to stay alive. It doesn't turn into a cow that can produce milk or calves. It is suddenly worth more dead than alive, good for nothing but meat. The castrated bull creates problems for linguists, accountants and politicians. What do you call a bull that has lost its......
Israel targets Palestinian students
GAZA CITY (IPS) - The letter of acceptance that 28-year-old Hazem Hussain got for a business graduate program in a Californian university once brought joy. Now he does not know what to do with it. He has admission, and a visa to the U.S., but the Israelis will not let him leave. "I have tried to get out through every means possible...Two Palestinian girls detained in Israel without trial for months
On the night of June 5, someone knocked on the door of the Salah house in Khader, near Bethlehem. Had it not been 2 a.m., nobody in the family would even have been suspicious. Nevertheless, said Siham Salah, her eldest daughter, Salwa, opened the door. "Soldiers and a officer entered," Siham related. "They sat down calmly and began......
Bush bio-pic good way to end regime
October 25th, 20080 Now playing. Rated PG-13. Written by Stanley Weiser. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Thandie Newton and Jeffrey Wright. Running time: 125 minutes. Lionsgate. It's probably not easy to be fair when making a movie about George W. Bush, but director...The rape of Palestine
"Hope Destroyed, Justice Denied: the Rape of Palestine," by William A. Cook, Netherlands, 2008 The cover of "Hope Destroyed, Justice Denied: the Rape of Palestine" tells a significant story on its own: from a Palestine of green dotted with a few Jewish settlements, mainly in the north, transiting through the UN partition plan......
