ACC to celebrate three decades of service
Bahrain's ambassador to the U.S. Houda Nonoo, is expected in Detroit on Saturday, Oct. 17 to help the Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) celebrate 30 years of service at its annual Civic and Humanitarian Awards Gala, 6 p.m. at the Detroit Marriott in the Renaissance Center. Bahrain's ambassador to the U.S. Houda...
Head of local Muslim academy denies wrongdoing, blames abrupt closure on financial distress
October 17th, 20090 The former head of a Detroit private school spoke out Thursday about the academy's abrupt closure in September. Mahmoud Hazime, once director of the shut-down American Muslim Academy, said he had to close the school after a last ditch effort to secure a large donation to save it fell through. "I was hoping to the last minute that...
AAPAC releases endorsements for November election ahead of 12th annual banquet
October 17th, 20090 The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) on Tuesday released endorsements for the upcoming Nov. 3 election, showing support for 20 candidates in eight different races spanning five cities. The group, founded in 1997, conducts interviews with candidates who request endorsement in the weeks before announcing choices, ahead of...Independent journalist documents Israeli media bias
DEARBORN — As a self-described "independent journalist," Alison Weir doesn't have to worry about whether or not a higher-up at a newspaper or TV station will approve of her story ideas. Alison Weir, founder of www.IfAmericansKnew.org. And it is for this reason that Weir believes she is able to cover the Israeli/Palestinian...Part 6: Reflecting on 25 years of The Arab American News
Community leaders and elected officials comment on The Arab American News' silver anniversary: Publisher and founder of The Arab American News Osama Siblani (left) poses with Corp! business magazine Editor-in-Chief Edward Deeb after winning an award for being one of metro Detroit’s top diversity focused companies. PHOTO:...Online tutoring available soon at Fordson
DEARBORN — As the school calendar reaches deeper into fall, the importance of understanding the curriculum is magnified with each passing day. One of the best ways for any student to excel is through tutoring, and for Fordson High School students who receive free or reduced lunch, a new program is available for one-on-one tutoring...No local hate crime charges in Ann Arbor attack
ANN ARBOR — Despite the main victim's claim that slurs were used against her, ethnic intimidation charges will not be filed in the case of a 16-year-old Arab Muslim girl who was beaten by multiple attackers last month in Ann Arbor, according to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's office. "There is going to be litigation that comes out...YABA celebrates 40-year anniversary
DEARBORN — The Yemeni American Benevolent Association (YABA) celebrated 40 years of service on Oct. 3, gathering longtime community leaders and officials from throughout the region who have worked with the group over four decades. "YABA, through these 40 years, has always been dedicated to women's education by providing...
Afghanistan is now a war about nothing
October 14th, 20090 In the coming weeks, President Obama must decide whether or not to send up to 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as general McChrystal has reportedly proposed. It is plain that our president is taking his time to reassess the war in Afghanistan, because there isn't a well developed military option presented nor an overall objective...Iran’s nuclear ‘theater’ meant to divert attention
World events have taken an interesting turn recently, with the Goldstone Report, which wreaked havoc in the beginning of the week, being nearly completely overshadowed by Iran's revelation of another nuclear facility, according to diplomats in Vienna on September 25. The Iran nuclear threat — although theater is a more suitable term...Part 5: Reflecting on 25 years of The Arab American News
Michigan elected officials comment on The Arab American News' silver anniversary: "For the last 25 years, the Arab American News has provided a tremendous service to the people of southeast Michigan and throughout the state. I look forward to many more years of their important contributions and work for our community." Debbie...Iran should not derail peace
Damn the Iranians and full speed ahead. That was the U.S. policy in the Middle East. But the waters have proved treacherous, with torpedoes everywhere. Despite an initial hopeful sit-down with Iranian negotiators, this won't be the October the White House wanted on the foreign policy front. By now, Barack Obama was supposed to have...Girls’ conference seeks to educate, inspire
Girls Matter, a nonprofit group focused on boosting self-esteem and leadership skills in young girls, is to host an annual conference Saturday, Oct. 10, featuring workshops for girls age 9-17, their parents and professionals who serve girls in Metro Detroit, 9 a.m.-2:15 p.m. at Schoolcraft College's VisTaTech Center, 18600 Haggerty...Muslims donating medical care
In a small quiet medical clinic in a poor neighborhood in Detroit, the uninsured are received with courtesy and kindness, see a physician, have the required diagnostic work done and sent on their way with the medication they need or a prescription for it and instructions on where to get it filled. They also have a return appointment....
U.S. Commerce Secretary visits Arab American community, listens to business concerns
October 10th, 20090 About 70 business owners and community leaders attend a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke at the Lebanese American Heritage Club in Dearborn on Tuesday. PHOTOS: Nafeh Abu Nab/American Elite Studios DEARBORN — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke did not have all the answers to Michigan's economic woes, or to many......
Judges Kelly and Keith honored with “Gaurdian of Justice” awards
Prominent judges from throughout the region attended the 8th Annual ADC Judges Night at Bint Jebeil Cultural Center in Dearborn on Thursday. DEARBORN - The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) hosted its 8th Annual Judges Night at Bint Jebail Cultural Center in Dearborn on Oct. 1, with the goal of honoring...
ACC celebrates clients’ recoveries
October 8th, 20090 DETROIT — Standing in the middle of poverty-stricken Detroit like an oasis in the desert, the Arab and Chaldean Council Clubhouse has established itself as a place of healing for Wayne County residents suffering with mental and substance abuse problems. Joyce Johnson (left) helped give Youkhana Kako the support he needed...
She’s only 17 and she’s dead either way
October 8th, 20090 Ever since Rifqa Bary ran away from her home in Columbus, Ohio in early August, the ex-Muslim's story of an alleged imminent honor killing at the hands of her parents for her conversion to Christianity has galvanized the Right in a way reminiscent of the Terry Schiavo case. Short on facts but big on opportunism, the Right sought to...Michigan poverty rate climbs to 14.4 percent
Voter forums held, guides released DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The League of Women Voters hosted a City Council forum for both Dearborn and Dearborn Heights on Sept. 29 and 30, coinciding with the release of their new non-partisan voter guide just over a month out from the city's general elections. At the Dearborn Heights council forum at......
A new approach to U.S. aid in the Muslim world
The American University of Beirut (AUB), from which tens of thousands of Arab leaders have graduated over the last 140 years, is a shining example of foreign aid put to good use. What distinguishes the graduates of AUB is not only leadership and a sense of service to the Arab world; graduates of this New York-chartered university are...
Book casts new light on Palestine’s ethnic cleansing
October 7th, 20090 A Palestinian boy flashes a victory sign as he holds a stone during a protest near the Nahal Oz crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip September 16, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem In recent years, a growing number of accounts of the 1948 war have corrected and exposed the founding myths of Israel, including claims......
More lies, more deception
The G-20 ministers declared their meeting in Pittsburgh a success, but as Rob Kall reports in OpEdNews.com, the meeting's main success was to turn Pittsburgh into "a ghost-town, emptied of workers and the usual pedestrians, but filled to overflowing with over 12,000 swat cops from all over the US." Ali Akbar Salehi, head of...Eyeless in Gaza: Obama’s Palestine flop
Obama's peace initiative on Palestine suffered a stunning, perhaps fatal, blow last week. Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu rejected out of hand any freeze on the West Bank settlements which the White House had pressed as a necessary first step toward serious negotiations. The Obama plan is now stillborn, never having drawn a......
