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History-making convention on Musa al-Sadr
March 28th, 20080 ANN ARBOR — An unprecedented conference on Imam Musa al-Sadr, who was termed "The Vanished Imam" by writer Fouad Ajami, took place here last week. Sadr rose to prominence in Lebanon ahead of the Lebanese civil war, and disappeared mysteriously during a visit to Libya in 1978, never to be heard from again. He was the first...
Death of the two-state solution
March 28th, 20080 It is now clear beyond reasonable dispute that a two-state solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has passed into the realm of fiction. The project — if it ever was a real project — is stone dead. Some Western politicians, U.S. President George W. Bush among them, continue to pay lip service to the notion of an independent...Kilpatrick pleads ‘not guilty’ to felonies
Chicago — For decades, Detroit has been the symbol of the dying Rust Belt, a once-great city that was left hollowed out by a shrinking auto industry and white flight. But in recent years, the Motor City has been enjoying a bit of a comeback. New development has gone up downtown. Businesses are moving back. Detroit hosted the Super...Arab American educators honored
Dearborn – On Thursday of last week, March the 13th, the Education Committee at Bint Jebail Cultural Center held its annual event in honor of Arab American educators. Traditionally in Middle Eastern countries, and specifically in Lebanon, schools are not in session on Educator's Day or "Eid al-Mu'alem" as it is referred to in...Amira Hass to speak at U of M
ANN ARBOR — Israeli Journalist Amira Hass will present the 2008 Motorola Lecture at the University of Michigan on Tuesday, April 8. Entitled "Virility and Arms: Male Individualism in the Last Round of Israeli-Palestinian Bloodshed,” the lecture, sponsored by the Women's Studies Department and the Institute for...Summer language camp accepting applications
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT — The Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy (MMLA) has been awarded funding to support a limited number of scholarships for heritage speakers of Arabic and Mandarin Chinese. Broadly speaking, heritage speakers are students from families with an Arabic or Chinese heritage, but who lack formal education in the...Appeal Social Security decisions online
Some people know that when you apply for disability benefits from Social Security, you have the right to appeal the decision you do not agree with. But did you know that now you can file an appeal over the Internet? Doing it online can help speed the process and assist Social Security in serving you better. The Internet...Eighth grader Heba Basha wins Stout Spelling Bee
DEARBORN — On February 8, Stout Middle School held its 6th Annual Spelling Bee in the school's auditorium. Twenty four contestants, eight from each grade, competed in front of their peers for the title of 'Stout's Spelling Champ.' Eighth grader, Heba Basha, won the event on the word tessellation with another eighth grader, Imane...Oncology nurse mentorship program offered
DETROIT — Applications are being accepted now through April 15 from Detroit public and charter school minority sophomores and juniors to participate in the 2008 Oncology Nurse Mentorship Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. The Oncology Nurse Mentorship Program, a cooperative effort between the Barbara Ann Karmanos...Dearborn Public Library provides legal, business resources
DEARBORN — Dearborn Public Library now makes finding legal and small business information fast and easy. Thanks to Gale LegalForms and Small Business Resource Center, Dearborn Public Library patrons have access to two databases of information containing such documents as wills, power of attorney forms and sample business...Dennis Archer to headline Leadership Conference
DEARBORN — Former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer will be the featured guest speaker at the first annual Edsel Ford High School Leadership Conference for students taking place on Wednesday, March 26, 2008. One hundred students from Edsel Ford will be selected to take part in the half day event beginning at 8:00 a.m. in the Boardroom of...DMC sued for ethnic harassment
DETROIT — In response to a discrimination lawsuit filed by a Macomb Township Arab American against the Detroit Medical Center, a top hospital official has defended the atmosphere at the facility as one of tolerance and diversity, while a Council on American Islamic Relations official has cited complaints of a "racially...Dearborn High students “Mix It Up”
DEARBORN — The Diversity Advisory Group at Dearborn High sponsored a special event at the school that challenged students to "Mix It Up" at lunch. The lunch is part of a national project that encourages students to get to know their classmates and meet new people. Organizers at Dearborn High were encouraged by the outcome of the "Mix...Mezza Mediterranean Grille is hot!
DEARBORN — Restaurant owner Samir Saleh proves that perseverance in the face of adversity can result in great success. When the West Bloomfield La Shish that he owned suffered from rapidly declining business after the restaurant franchise's legal troubles, Saleh decided to turn it into a newer, more improved establishment:...UM ‘Israel Lobby’ event draws hundreds
ANN ARBOR — Two years ago, two prominent American scholars broke the silence on a taboo often referred to as the "third-rail of politics," the disproportionate power of the Israel lobby. A fairly obscure intellectual journal, "The London Review of Books," published their essay, "The Israel Lobby." In it, John......
‘Awraat Exposed’
Rain from F-16 the merciless rocketsU.S. made on Gaza and Deir Al-BalahDates are ripe-day six, on tripsHow many I make to palm treeBring a'saf en-nakhel in green to coverThe dead and how many woundsMust a palm endureAs daflas flowering - not any moreTheir blooms all cutTo honor the dead? A hundred twenty-four killedAmong them...A look at Canada’s role
While this book focuses on the relationship of Canada to the Middle East, that relationship turns out to some extent to be secondary to Canada-U.S. relations. Thus, Rex Brynan, who is a professor at McGill who has worked for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Development, notes that Canada has been "reluctant...The eye of the beholder
"Art is in the eye of the beholder," as the saying goes. What is deep and profound to one is just a meaningless mess of images to another; or in some cases, smut. The same goes for terrorism — one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter, and the distinction is based as much on perception and personal bias as it is...
Students protest on war anniversary
March 21st, 20080 DEARBORN — Students United for Peace and Justice (SUPJ) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus here, held a week-long series of events called "Iraq Awareness Week" to highlight the death and destruction of the Iraq war. "Five years ago, the United States of America began its war on Iraq without the permission of the......
Easter message from Michel Sabbah
Jerusalem Patriarch challenges the world to build societies, not destroy...Granholm did not deserve the coverage
To the Editor: How much did Granholm pay you to write this untrue letter about her and the state of Michigan? (Michigan ranked one of best-managed states, Issue 1153, March 8-14, 2008). Granholm is an anti-American who hates herself and everyone else! She's trying to close all the schools here, the jails and the mental......
End the shame of NSEERS
Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security, and the United States Citizens and Immigration Services (USCIS) introduced a plan that would reduce the Naturalization Background backlog, as well as the green card backlog. Officials hope to move nearly 900,000 applicants by the end of September. This is great news for...State Department got it all wrong with report on “new anti-Semitism”
The U.S. State Department released a report on March 13 from the Office of the Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism. It follows up on a 2005 document and was dedicated to the memory of U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to have served in Congress. The Hungarian-born Lantos died last month......