Teenager drowns at Huron River
August 12th, 20160 Abdulraham Labak.SCIO TOWNSHIP - A 14-year-old boy has died after being pulled from the Huron River on the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 11. The boy, identified as Abdulraham Labak, was wading in the water when he began to struggle and went under, around 3:45 p.m. pm Thursday, August 11. Family and friends attempted to locate...ACRL: Two Yemeni Americans unjustly arrested for supposedly fake insurance
Mohamed Wassel (second from left) speaks at an ACRL press confrence, Aug. 8 - Photo by The AANewsHAMTRAMCK — Not even insurance agents could convince Hamtramck police that the proof of insurance of two detained Yemeni American residents was authentic, a complaint filed with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights says. The Arab...
Police, community weigh on strained relationship
August 12th, 20160 A girl with an officer at the National Night Out on Crime eventDEARBORN — Two weeks ago, in the early hours of Friday morning, Dearborn officers pulled over three young Arab Americans near Ford and Chase Roads. They abrasively searched their vehicle, as AANews reporters, who happened to be near the scene, watched from afar.Eventually,...UMD clarifies its stance on Trump
DEARBORN -The University of Michigan-Dearborn is making it clear that its chancellor’s open letter to faculty and students condemning Trump is not a reflection of the university’s views. University officials posted the Dec. 9 letter on its website after an undated copy was circulated on social...HFC’s Arab and Islamic art history courses teach heritage and dispel stereotypes
DEARBORN — Henry Ford College is located in the hometown of the largest concentration of Arab Americans outside of the Middle East; and that is evident in a specialty of academic courses offered to its students. Arab American Fulbright scholar Dr. Hashim Al-Tawil continues to lead the Arab and art history departments with three...
Dearborn Police adds a community voice to the force
August 11th, 20160 Officer Farhat with his wife and two daughters.DEARBORN – Officer Mohamad Farhat was on duty at Dearborn’s Homecoming when a lost child who only spoke Arabic came up to him and asked for assistance. “There were a lot of kids who were lost,” said Farhat, who helped children on three separate occasions...ASU members repair Dearborn Heights park
ASU members from Crestwood High School repair Van Houten Park.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Summer is still in the air, but that hasn't stopped students in the Arab Student Union (ASU) at Crestwood High School from dedicating their services to the city. Van Houten Park, located on Silvery Lane, had fallen into disrepair in recent years, with...
Tlaib: I protested Trump’s speech for my children
August 11th, 20160 Secret service escort Tlaib out of Trump's speech in Detroit.DETROIT — Donald Trump chose Detroit to announce his economic platform. Given the city's bankruptcy and its struggle with poverty and unemployment, it seemed like the ideal place. But Detroiters do not take well to Confederate flags and racial and religious profiling. At...
Muslim center sues Sterling Heights over denying mosque
August 11th, 20160 STERLING HEIGHTS — The Office of Planning had found that the American Islamic Community Center met all the technical requirements for building a mosque that was denied by the City of Sterling Heights last year, a legal complaint revealed. The AICC is suing the city, accusing officials of violating the First Amendment rights of...Study finds Michigan schools lack in special needs services
LANSING - A new study commissioned by the state legislature in 2015 has discovered that Michigan schools need to spend more money helping students with special needs. The findings were presented to the Board of Education this week, the same day the Board discussed a statewide initiative to make Michigan a Top 10...
Sterling Heights officials thought mosque petitioners could be terrorists
August 10th, 20160 STERLING HEIGHTS — While the Sterling Heights planning commission denied a mosque project last year because of technicalities, anti-Muslim protesters celebrated the decision as a triumph. Bias was also prevalent inside city government, emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request revealed. Although petitioners for the...Family of woman fatally shot By Dearborn Police file $10 million lawsuit
DEARBORN – A $10 million wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the City of Dearborn and an officer who was involved in the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old woman in January. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the family of Janet Wilson, the 35-year-old who was shot by an officer during a pursuit. Wilson was killed Jan....
Dearborn by the numbers: Passions, tenstion dominates the democratic process
August 5th, 20160 DEARBORN — The long primary season is finally over. The draining campaigning was not always positive. It escalated into personal attacks and animosity in the community. However, the passion, which turned into rage that bordered on madness, did not trickle down to the polling locations on Tuesday. Despite...
State report highlights immigrants’ contributions: Snyder calls for immigration reform
August 5th, 20160 Imad Mohamad at his naturalization ceremonyLANSING — At a time when nativism is on the rise and politicians are calling for building walls and shutting our doors to newcomers, a report by the state of Michigan reiterated that immigrants help move the economy in the right direction. The Michigan Office for New Americans and the...
Attorney General Lynch: Due process on Terrorist Watch list stalls
August 5th, 20160 DEARBORN — As Arab American community organizations and activists grow more frustrated over the ineffectiveness of talks with federal leaders about systematic discrimination, they reached out to top Justice Department officials for a helping hand. On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch made a special appearance at a......
Dearborn man upstages soccer game with message about Islam
Hussein Aljabali rushes the field at an International Champions Cup at Michigan Stadium.DEARBORN — A 19-year-old resident is receiving massive attention after rushing the field with a positive message about Islam written on his body at the International Champions Cup, hosted at Michigan Stadium on Saturday, July 30. While soccer fans...Yemeni American wrestling champ talks virtues of athletics
MELVINDALE — To Faisal and Ameer Munassar, wrestling is more than a sport; it is a passion, a lifestyle. It represents a bond between a proud father and an industrious son, a dedicated coach and a victorious champion. Ameer Munassar, 19, of Melvindale, a Downriver community of 10,500 people, "got hooked" on wrestling when he...Eric Sabree elected Wayne County treasurer
Eric Sabree.DETROIT — Eric Sabree became the first African American Muslim to be elected Wayne County treasurer after winning the Democratic primaries for the seat on Tuesday. He will be unopposed in the general election in November. Sabree defeated challenger Beverly Kindle-Walker by more than 10,000 votes. He carried Dearborn,...Former County Executive Ficano among finalists for judges
DETROIT — After winning only six percent of the votes in his bid for reelection in 2014, the political career of then- Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano seemed to have come to an end. But Ficano appears to be making a comeback to public service after he placed among the top eight vote getters in the race for Wayne County Circuit......
Wrestler Rhyno wins Republican state rep. race in Dearborn
DEARBORN — Donald Trump is not the only celebrity-turned-politician earning GOP votes. In Dearborn, Republican voters, who favored Trump in March, chose WWE wrestler, Rhyno (Terrance Gerin), in the state rep primaries on Tuesday. Rhyno, 40, will face off against Democrat Abdullah Hammoud in November. Despite the wrestler's physical...
Abdullah Hammoud: We did it for Dearborn
August 4th, 20160 Hammoud embraces his mother after the resultsDEARBORN — There were screams; there were cheers, plenty of hugs and an abundance of joyful tears.As Abdullah Hammoud’s campaign manager burst into the Lebanese American Heritage Club announcing his victory, the hall erupted with chaotic excitement.Hammoud, 25, won the Democratic race for......
Hunt and Dabaja advance to the general election
August 3rd, 20160 Dabaja celebrating with supporters at LaPita.DEARBORN — Attorney Gene Hunt and City Council President Susan Dabaja will be advancing to the Nov. 8 general election in their bids to become a 19th District Court judge, following the primary results on Tuesday. On Tuesday's primary election, Hunt came in first place,...
FBI agents arrest Detroit man with explosives
August 2nd, 20160 A photo on a Facebook account that possibly belongs to the suspectDETROIT — Federal counter terrorism agents have arrested a 29-year-old Detroit man accused of illegally purchasing an arsenal of explosives and other devices capable of mass casualties, according to a criminal complaint filed this week.Sebastian Gregerson, a Detroit......
