Dearborn, Dearborn Heights residents to choose school board trustees
July 27th, 20180 DEARBORN, DEARBORN HEIGHTS – In Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, voters will select trustees for the Dearborn, Crestwood and District Seven School Board in the Nov. 6 elections. Three seats are available on the Dearborn School Board— one two year term and two six year terms. Current Trustee Mary Lane was the only candidate to...
Arab Americans share views on recreational marijuana legalization
July 27th, 20181 By Tamara Ajjour and Eman Jassem The Arab American News interns DEARBORN — On November 6, Michigan residents will be able to decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. In the United States, nine states and Washington D.C. have already legalized recreational use of the drug. If the drug is legalized,...
Reps. Hammoud, Wittenberg propose clear kosher, halal guidelines to protect consumers
July 22nd, 20181 LANSING — State Reps. Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn) and Robert Wittenberg (D-Huntington Woods) have introduced House Bills 6119 and 6120, which would revise kosher and halal food service laws in Michigan to increase transparency and address fraud. “The goal of my bill is to increase transparency and promote truth in...
Is Dearborn still an attraction for young Arab Americans?
July 21st, 20180 By Tamara Ajjour The Arab American News intern Dearborn — Dearborn has long been known as the hub for all things Middle Eastern. From Lebanese, Iraqi and Yemeni restaurants and grocery stores to cafes, bakeries, mosques and a museum highlighting Arab culture and way of life, many Arab Americans find everything they're looking for...
DHS lets Somali immigrants stay 18 more months
July 21st, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration said on Thursday it would allow some 500 Somalis to remain in the United States for at least another 18 months under protected status, given the violence in their home county. Somalis in the United States with Temporary Protected Status will be able to re-register for an extension of their...
Voters will have to choose how to pay for CSO project
July 20th, 20180 DEARBORN – During the Aug. 7 primary, voters will decide how additional funds will be raised for the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO), which requires $58 million more than originally planned, according to city documents. The ballot will include a property tax increase option. If unsuccessful, the funds will be provided by an increase...
Detroit Mental Health Task force members work to raise awareness
July 20th, 20181 DETROIT — Detroit City Councilman Roy McCalister Jr. and the Mental Health Task Force held a public meeting in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Tuesday, July 17, where approximately 30 people expressed ideas on raising awareness about mental health issues. Attendees included Council members, administration officials, community...
Senate unanimously rebukes Trump’s consideration of allowing Russia to question Americans
July 20th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a resolution against allowing Russia to question former U.S. ambassador Michael McFaul or other U.S. officials. It was a formal rebuke to President Trump, who touted the offer at the Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump faced outrage on Tuesday for his...
EPA’s watchdog urges better water oversight after Flint crisis
July 19th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was slow and ineffective in its response to the 2014 water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and needs to improve its communications with state and local regulators when citizen complaints arise, its internal watchdog said on Thursday. The EPA inspector general said in a 74-page...
Michigan Supreme Court hears arguments over anti-gerrymandering ballot proposal
July 18th, 20181 LANSING — The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments challenging a proposed November ballot initiative to change who draws congressional and legislative districts every decade. The justices held a special session on Wednesday and asked many questions during 75 minutes of arguments. Voters Not Politicians, a group backed by the...
Summer camp focuses on purpose and motivation as keys to success
July 17th, 20180 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Islamic Institute of America (IIA) Summer Camp offers an engaging summer program with fun recreational and educational activities/lessons that are embedded with Islamic studies. The camp, which runs through August 3, is for children from the ages of 5 to 12 and takes place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and...
Dearborn voters to decide on additional funding for CSO project
July 17th, 20180 DEARBORN– On August 7, voters will determine how to pay the remaining portion of the federally-mandated pollution control project known as the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project, which updated much of the city’s infrastructure, including sewers, water mains and neighborhood roads. An additional $60 million in construction...
Arab Americans welcome new Henry Ford College president
July 14th, 20180 DEARBORN— Henry Ford Community College (HFC) President Russell Kavalhuna and his wife, Courtney, attended a dinner at Habib’s Cuisine on Tuesday, July 10, with community leaders celebrating his appointment. Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab American News, gave the opening remarks at the event, welcoming Kavalhuna...
Free Household Hazardous Waste Day for Dearborn residents
July 14th, 20180 DEARBORN– A free Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day takes place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 21 at Detroit City Airport. It is open to all Wayne County residents. Residents can safely dispose of hazardous items like household paints and stains, floor care items, furniture polish, bathroom cleaners and garden chemicals,...
Our colleague Mohammad Ramouni dies of lung cancer
July 13th, 20184 ORLANDO, Florida — The Arab American News lost one of its longtime contributors. Mohammad Ramouni, 64, passed away after surrendering to his sudden and swift illness of lung cancer. Ramouni was a father, husband, grandfather and a colleague. He was a humble man with a great demeanor. He loved his family and his work. He was a dedicated......
Residents look to Dearborn government to curb pollution as MDEQ’s powers go up in smoke
July 13th, 20180 DEARBORN — Residents concerned that large factories in the city's industrial Southend are worsening air quality are turning to the City Council, in hopes it would enact ordinances to more immediately force the corporations to commit to environmentally friendly practices. At a town hall co-costed by the Michigan Department of...
Michigan’s longest zip line opening at Camp Dearborn July 14
July 11th, 20180 Dearborn — Looking for a few more thrills in your life and haven’t been to Camp Dearborn in a while? Check out Camp Dearborn’s newest amenity, a zip line opening July 14 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:30 a.m., presided over by Dearborn Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. The 1,400-foot zip line is the longest in Michigan,...
Protesters across the nation call on Trump to reunite immigrant families
July 8th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities across the United States on Saturday to demand the Trump administration reverse an immigration crackdown that has separated children from parents at the U.S-Mexico border and led to plans for military-run detention camps. Outside the White House,...
U.S. moving some detained immigrants to sites closer to their children
July 8th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government is moving some immigrant parents to detention sites closer to the young children from whom they were separated while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border to meet a court-imposed deadline to reunify families, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said on Thursday. last month, U.S. Judge......
Amnesty International’s ‘I Welcome’ campaign brings locals and refugees together
July 6th, 20180 Human rights organization advocates for building longer tables, not walls DEARBORN – About 80 percent of people surveyed worldwide say they would welcome refugees in their country, community or home, according to a 2017 Amnesty International survey of 27,000 people across 27 countries. Yet, most leaders of those nations...
Arab American doctor who uncovered Flint Water Crisis writes memoir
July 6th, 20180 FLINT — Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, known as the primary whistleblower in the Flint water crisis, documented her personal experience of seeking proof of lead poisoning in Flint’s children in her book “What the Eyes Don’t See.” The book not only describes her struggle bringing the Flint Water Crisis to the public, but includes......
Zriek’s Taekwondo School produces champions
July 6th, 20180 DEARBORN — Since 1979, Grandmaster Kassem Zriek has elevated his students to train in taekwondo and process techniques with more prosperity and diligence. Taekwondo is an evolving South Korean martial arts sport involving many techniques beyond physical exercise; it also relies on combat philosophy and self-defense. The sport...
International artists showcase diversity and unity through music
July 6th, 20180 DETROIT — The 26th annual Concert of Colors, Detroit’s diversity festival, begins events on Wednesday, July 11 and runs through Sunday, July 15. The five day festival is free to the public and held at various venues in Detroit and Dearborn, including the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Arab American National Museum. The......
