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Dearborn Stars kick off soccer season
DEARBORN When it comes to most sports teams, the only thing on their mind is winning as many games as possible. But ask just about anybody on the Dearborn Stars Michigan Premier Soccer League team what their main goal is for the upcoming season, and odds are they'll tell you it's to rally support from the local community. The...Professor oversees new research center
Southfield Lawrence Technological University will dedicate its Center for Innovative Materials Research (CIMR) on Friday, May 2, from 4 to 6 p.m., on its campus at 21000 West Ten Mile Road in Southfield. And Civil Engineering Department Chair Nabil Grace and his research team are an integral part of making it happen. For more...Washington cedes its role
It is telling of the damage the United States has done to its influence in the Middle East that the potentially most important diplomatic development in the past generation a possible Israeli-Syrian treaty seems to be taking place without any significant American role. LOS ANGELES -- One of the important...Why Palestinian unity is not an option
Just days after the HAMAS-Fatah clash last June in Gaza, Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas looked firm and composed as he shook hands with members of his new emergency government. He made sure his move appeared as legitimate as possible, issuing decrees that outlawed the armed militias of HAMAS, and also suspended...Small victories to celebrate
Those advocating for issues of importance to Arab Americans rarely have anything to celebrate. In an era defined by the growth of anti-Arabism and Islamophobia in the West, activists' work is necessary, although uphill. Last week, activists fighting for related causes won rare, but small, victories. Groups...Why Israel is demonizing Jimmy Carter
The Jewish state is determined to avoid serious negotiations. Little wonder, therefore, that the gentle, peace-loving Jimmy Carter is seen as an enemy, not a friend by Israel and the Bush administration. By Patrick Seale Why did Israel treat the former U.S. President Jimmy Carter so rudely...What the Iraq war is all about
The Bush regime has quagmired America into a sixth year of war in Afghanistan and Iraq with no end in sight. The cost of these wars of aggression is horrendous. Official U.S. combat casualties stand at 4,538 dead. Officially, 29,780 U.S. troops have been wounded in Iraq. On April 17, 2008, AP News reported that a new study...
Dabke appeals to Westerners, Arabs alike
May 3rd, 20080 TUSCON Hani Ghaziz has a loud stomp. The dabke instructor stomps his feet forcefully on the ground, kicks his heels forward and pushes them back down on the floor, making the smooth, wooden floorboards shout. He sashays gracefully forward and tip-toes in place, balancing on his left foot while circling his right leg forward....Open letter on ‘Toronto 11’ to authorities
Ottawa, Canada In an open letter, the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) in partnership with the Canadian Arab Federation (CAF), Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC), Federation of Muslim Women (FMW), Islamic Ahlul Bayt Assembly of Canada, Islamic Circle of North America Canada (ICNA Canada), Islamic Society of...Jewish Defense League energized by Israel’s far right
TORONTO (IPS) Like an aging group of retro rocker musicians, the Jewish Defense League (JDL) resurfaced in Toronto recently after a decade of dormancy, trying to look a little more mainstream. The group made its largest public foray in quite some time on Mar. 27, when it hosted a meeting of about 150 for Israeli politician Moshe...More Canadians fighting in Iraq
The lie that Canada has stayed out of the war in Iraq is becoming less and less believable. There is an ongoing rotation of Canadian generals serving with the international forces there. Canada continues to have some soldiers there on troop exchanges with the Americans and British. Now new information has come out...
Bush to Nasrallah: An offer Hizbullah cannot refuse?
May 3rd, 20080 The Bush administration no longer believes there is a viable military option American, Israeli or combined for destroying Hizbullah "The Bush administration parking a flotilla from its U.S. 6th fleet off the coast of Lebanon was made necessary, it claims, to demonstrate Washington's 'commitment to...Tunisia strives for religious tolerance
TUNIS In Tunisia, synagogues and churches stand side by side with mosques. Jewish and Christian minorities freely practice their religious rituals. This tolerant climate is ensured by the constitution which provides for habeas corpus, guarantees freedom of conscience and protects freedom of religious practice. But this open...Israel told to tackle West Bank plight
JERUSALEM Israel is coming under concerted international pressure to give swift agreement to specific measures to improve Palestinian life in the West Bank which senior diplomats believe could eventually make or break negotiations between the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas....
Pollard is the Americans’ Vanunu
May 3rd, 20080 Like a particularly dirty cloud of smog, the Pollard case has been following us for decades, polluting everyone who comes in contact with it. Many of the young men and women who worked on behalf of Jonathan Pollard in the various political frameworks were not even born in his finest days, while the malicious people who handled him......
Shirin Ebadi on Iran and the world
While Bush administration's actions and threats of "regime change" increase the repression by the Iranian state, and economic sanctions only hurt the people, Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi says there are ways the outside world can support reform in Iran. At least 400 dissidents, activists and intellectuals a...Christian divisions complicate politics
BEIRUT (IPS) The political crisis gripping Lebanon has chipped away at what has been viewed by most since the 2005 parliamentary elections as an unlikely alignment of two political heavyweights. The recent falling out between Michel Aoun, head of the Christian Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and Michel Murr, the Greek...Greek Orthodox patriarch looks to the future
JERUSALEM (AP) The Greek Orthodox Church in the Holy Land is trying to recover from a moral and financial crisis, its top clergyman, Patriarch Theofilos III, told The Associated Press in a rare interview. In recent years, the church has been shaken by secretive real estate deals with Israelis, by Palestinian laymen angry about...Detroit Riverfront’s the place to be
DETROIT The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy released details this week on several new initiatives that will be bringing new activity to the Detroit Riverfront in 2008. New to the riverfront this summer will be the RiverWalk Cafι, with locations at Rivard Plaza and Pavilion and Gabriel Richard Park Plaza and Pavilion. The......
Nine ways to teach kids that money doesn’t grow on trees
If you're looking for a silver lining to the economic slowdown, Eric Tyson says it's the perfect impetus for your kids to learn smart personal finance habits. Indianapolis With inflation on the rise (gas prices, grocery bills, health insurance premiums, etc.) and many companies being more conservative, more...Flower power makes business bloom
DEARBORN With its newer location in a familiar spot, the old Shatila Bakery building, you'd think that customers would know exactly what to expect when walking into Flowers by Renee on Schaefer Road in Dearborn just south of Warren. But just about every time they walk past the Greek-inspired faηade and through the double doors,......
The Visitor: Redeeming images of Arabs
Actor Haaz Sleiman, a Detroit native and co-star of "The Visitor," after a screening of the film in Bloomfield Hills on April 7. Photo: Khalil AlHajal A new semi-mainstream movie in theaters this weekend kills two giant birds with one stone, countering decades of negative imagery associated with Arabs in American...Judge clarifies issuance of ‘impeding traffic’ tickets
DEARBORN As the weather starts to warm up and more cars hit the road, the City of Dearborn wants to make sure that police officers and prosecutors know the rules in regards to traffic violations, and the citizens of the city should know as well. In the past few years, Dearborn has seen tickets for impeding traffic violations......