Judge Mariam Bazzi to receive Distinguished Service Award at HFC commencement
April 23rd, 20180 DEARBORN — Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Mariam Bazzi will receive the 2018 Henry Ford College Distinguished Service Award at HFC's afternoon commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 5. The ceremony will take place at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center at 1:30 p.m. Bazzi is a former member of the HFC Board of...
EnvisionTEC reveals world’s longest 3D printed chain
April 23rd, 20180 DETROIT — On April 20, Dearborn-based EnvisionTEC unveiled a 328-foot chain of groundbreaking new material in the world's longest chain printed from a 3D printer. The chain was printed over the course of 99 hours unattended and required a computer with extreme processing power. The chain took more than two weeks to design and...
People ask: Is strike against Syria justified?
April 23rd, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News "Assad either didn't carry out the chemical attack or he "is the dumbest dictator on the planet Earth." -Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) DEARBORN — The U.S. and its European allies carried out airstrikes on Friday, April 13, in retaliation for a suspected but unconfirmed chemical attack on April 7 in...
Lebanese consul general assures voters: Head to polls with no reservations
April 23rd, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News DEARBORN — In a town hall meeting at the Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn on Wednesday, April 18, Suzan Mouzi-Yassine, the Lebanese Consul General of Lebanon in Detroit, joined with other speakers in addressing Lebanese Americans on the process of voting in the upcoming Lebanese...
LAHC gives awards, $100,000 in scholarships at 30th annual gala
April 23rd, 20180 DEARBORN — Few could have anticipated that a cultural and heritage club that formed to accommodate a young local Lebanese American community would become a vital social service organization serving Metro Detroit. Its initial relationship with the community's youth was through a sports program, but 30 years later, the Leaders...
Push for ‘Dreamer’ immigration bill gains steam in House of Representatives
April 19th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives on Wednesday urged Speaker Paul Ryan to schedule debate on bills to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation, in a move aimed at reviving a push that sputtered in the Senate in February. Backers said they had 240 House members on board so far...
Senator Sanders introducing bill targeting opioid manufacturers
April 17th, 20180 WASHINGTON,D.C. — Senator Bernie Sanders will introduce a bill on Tuesday that would fine opioid drug manufacturers for deceptive marketing and implement the harshest penalties yet on drugmakers found responsible for contributing to the drug epidemic. Sanders, an independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in...
Dearborn alleys scheduled for reconstruction
April 13th, 20180 DEARBORN — A number of alleys throughout the city are scheduled to be improved this year. Scheduled repairs include pavement at 650 locations and sidewalk repairs at approximately 200 locations. Construction will begin in the spring. Some alley locations are scheduled to be inspected. These alleys are east of Schaefer between...
Hamadeh Educational Services to host inaugural scholarship gala on 20th anniversary
April 13th, 20180 Advertorial DEARBORN HEIGHTS – They say it takes a village to raise a child, but effective avenues to accomplish that are few and far between. Hamadeh Educational Services (HES), will do just that by holding its inaugural Scholarship Gala on Friday, April 20 at the Edward Hotel in Dearborn. Proceeds from the event will...
House Speaker Ryan to quit, shaking Republicans as elections near
April 13th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan will not seek re-election and will leave his post at the start of 2019, dealing a blow to fellow Republicans and President Trump ahead of fast-approaching Congressional elections. By triggering a House leadership struggle when the party should focus on defending its...
Michigan State student sues, claims school ignored rape by basketball players
April 13th, 20180 DETROIT — A Michigan State University journalism student sued the school on Monday, claiming she was raped by three basketball players and that she was discouraged by counselors from reporting the 2015 attack to police. Identified as Jane Doe in the U.S. District Court lawsuit, the student, who was 18 at the time, claims MSU had a...
Community hosts fundraiser for Michigan Supreme Court justices
April 13th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News DEARBORN — Several community members, including fellow judges, were present Tuesday at a fundraiser for Justices Kurtis T. Wilder and Elizabeth T. Clement, hosted by Published Osama Siblani at La Pita. Both justices are running for reelection this year. Last year, Gov. Snyder...
Flint free from state oversight
April 13th, 20180 FLINT — When Flint’s oversight moved to a receivership transition advisory board, Governor Snyder stated that city officials worked hard to reverse the financial emergency that led to state-appointed emergency managers from November 2011 to April 2015. Flint’s emergency manager changed the city’s water source in 2014 in an...
How could the citizenship question on 2020 Census impact Dearborn?
April 13th, 20180 DEARBORN – Even as the city looks to a new dawn of economic prosperity with a wide range of major investments, it could be dealt a blow two in two years. Residents, city officials and community advocates are anxious about the implications of a proposed question on the 2020 Census that would ask people if they’re citizens. They...
After Parkland shooting, states shift education funds to school safety
April 13th, 20180 NEW YORK – Before the ink could dry on Florida Governor Rick Scott’s signature last month, critics cried foul over the bill he signed into law to spend $400 million boosting security at schools across the state following February’s Parkland mass shooting. School officials, local sheriffs and Democrats opposed different......
Arab Student Union creates street art protest at U of M-Dearborn
April 13th, 20180 DEARBORN – On March 30, Land Day 2018, the Israeli army shot more than 1,000 protesters killing 17 of them, according to multiple reports. On April 8, members of the Arab Student Union at the University of Michigan-Dearborn drew bodies outlined in chalk, with the names of the victims written inside them, on the sidewalk between the...
Metro Detroit Youth Foundation offering scholarships to high school students
April 13th, 20180 WARREN — In support of the foundation's 36th annual Metro Detroit Youth Day, the Michigan Youth Appreciation Foundation is offering 100-125 scholarships per year to graduating seniors who have been accepted to a university, college or collegiate program beginning in the fall of 2018. In an effort to encourage the students to further...
Lebanese embassy urges participation in parliamentary elections following community’s voting concerns
April 13th, 20182 Is voting for Hezbollah candidates considered material support? DEARBORN – Some Lebanese Americans who are seeking to vote in Lebanon’s May 6 parliamentary elections for the first time are concerned that casting their ballots will label them as supporters of terrorism and lead to their facing persecution and extra...
Federal agents raid Dearborn clinic
April 13th, 20180 DEARBORN – FBI agents conducted a raid April 12 on Detroit Visiting Physicians, a clinic owned by Dr. Fares Yasin, removing boxes of evidence. Yasin has been accused of overprescribing opioids as well as other drugs. Agents also raided Yasin’s home and six cars before visiting the Michigan Ave. clinic. “There'd be lines......
Congress zeroes in on Facebook
April 13th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg navigated through his first congressional hearings On Tuesday and Wednesday without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business. During nearly five hours of questioning by 44 U.S. senators on the first day,...
Local pharmacists and doctor charged with insurance fraud
April 13th, 20180 DETROIT – Four pharmacists, a doctor and a patient recruiter have been charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office in connection with a scheme to bill insurance companies for medicine that was not given to patients. Pharmacists Samir Berri of West Bloomfield, Anthony Cole of Wyandotte, Shamimur Rahman of Clinton Township, Ghassan Hamka......
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg starts testifying in Senate hearing
April 10th, 20180 WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO ―Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg started testifying before Congress on Tuesday as he looks to fend off the possibility of new regulations as a result of the privacy scandal engulfing his social network. The 33-year-old internet mogul faces tough questioning from a joint hearing of the U.S....
Flint school children to be screened for effects of lead after agreement
April 10th, 20180 LANSING ― School children in Flint will receive screening and in-depth health assessments to measure the effects of lead-tainted drinking water on their ability to learn, under a more than $4 million legal agreement reached on Monday. The agreement partially settled a federal lawsuit related to a water crisis in Flint that drew......
