Detroit Zoo Kidney Walk on May 17
ROYAL OAK — More than 900,000 Michigan adults have chronic kidney disease and most don't even know it. The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan (NKFM) wants you to help in the fight against kidney disease. The Detroit Zoo will host the 13th annual Kidney Walk on Sunday, May 17. The NKFM welcomes people of all ages to...Star International Academy welcomes special visitor
DEARBORN — Star International Academy of Dearborn was the recipient of a visit from the mayor of Amsheet, Lebanon on Monday for a first-hand look at how the highly-regarded preschool-12th grade school operates. Star Academy founder and superintendent Nawal Hamadeh, L, enjoys lunch with Ghattas Sleiman, Mayor of...
State’s oldest mosque celebrating 70 years
May 2nd, 20090 American Moslem Society congregation members before praying at an Eid Al-Adha gathering. When telling about the roots of their experience in the U.S., all the old-timers of metro Detroit's Arab American community always flash back to times in Dearborn's south end. And waves of new immigrants have never stopped moving into...More than two million refugees waiting to go home
WASHINGTON — The government of Iraq and the international community must establish safe conditions for the return of 2.6 million displaced Iraqis, says a new field report by the non-profit group Refugees International. The report, "Iraq: Preventing the Point of No Return," issued two weeks ago, notes that despite encouraging returns,...Film examines paranoia over anti-Semitism
NEW YORK (IPS) — "I have never experienced anti-Semitism myself, but it's a phrase that always seems to be in the air," begins Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir's lively new documentary "Defamation". "Three words seem to appear over and over again: Holocaust, Nazi, anti-Semitism." This phenomenon will be equally familiar to viewers in...
Detroit, Dearborn Heights elections on May 5
May 2nd, 20090 Detroit voters will go to the polls on May 5 to choose who will serve out the remainder of disgraced ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's term, while Dearborn Heights Crestwood school district voters will choose two of four board of education candidates, two of whom are Arab Americans. Dave Bing Mayoral candidates Dave Bing...Immigration opens new building
DETROIT — The new Detroit District U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) building officially opened on Wednesday with ribbon-cutting and naturalization ceremonies before a packed crowd. The ribbon was cut to officially open the new USCIS Detroit District Office on Wednesday. Fifteen new citizens were sworn in from...Bint Jebail awards deserving students
DEARBORN — The Bint Jebail Cultural Center of Dearborn held its annual scholarship dinner April 24 with the focus on education and preserving Arab culture. Students wait in line to receive scholarship awards valued at $500 each from the Bint Jebail Cultural Center on April 24. PHOTO: Tariq Abdal Wahid/TAAN A total...Lebanese ambassador visits community in Detroit
Ambassador of Lebanon to the United States Antoine Chedid was welcomed in a private reception by the Lebanese American Heritage Club and given a token of appreciation by Dearborn City Councilwoman Suzanne Sareini on Thursday. Ambassador of Lebanon to the U.S. Antoine Chedid, front center, with, from right, Attorney Michael...
Smooth as Silk wining and dining
May 2nd, 20090 When Ramzi Naber first opened the Latin-themed Tu-Can Tango club in West Bloomfield, he did it because he wanted to stand out from the emerging trend of Mediterranean restaurants in metro Detroit. Patrons can either lounge at one of Silk's many tables or take to the dance floor while bands and musicians perform various types of...
Human rights group honors newspaper
April 25th, 20090 DETROIT — The Arab American News received the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights' Media Award at the group's 28th anniversary banquet on April 19. Osama Siblani accepts the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights' Media Award on behalf of The Arab American News. PHOTO: Dale Rich The dinner's keynote speaker was California...Arabs will determine their destiny
A Palestinian boy, the son of Ammar Hudeidoun, sits near his family's belongings after the demolition of their home in Jabal Mukaber neighborhood in Arab East Jerusalem, April 22, 2009. Israel demolished the Palestinian house on Wednesday, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama called on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to take...
Community leaders to meet with law enforcement over spying, immigration issues
April 25th, 20090 DEARBORN — Arab American community leaders are to gather for a roundtable discussion with regional law enforcement officials in Dearborn on April 30 at 11:30 a.m. to discuss various rising issues of concern. Congress of Arab American Organizations officials said the meeting was scheduled as in addition to similar, regular BRIDGES...
Israeli-Palestinian conflict debated at local church
April 25th, 20090 George Khoury, R, of the group Friends of Sabeel, alongside Allan Gale, of the Jewish Community Relations Council, lawyer Jamil Khuja, Don Cohen, of B'nai Brith International and Barbara Harvey, of Jewish Voice for Peace. PHOTO: Khalil AlHajal/TAAN Local forums on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have become increasingly common...Disaster of the free market
Not many economists make much clarity these days, and the general run of the mill economists who populate the majority of political and business positions seem to be mired in their own illusions and myths about what the economy actually is. James Galbraith stands out in contrast to that group and is able to see through the myths of the......
Community groups push Arab American issues
April 25th, 20090 WASHINGTON — With a former community organizer in the White House, now is the perfect time for Arab American community activists to visit Washington, D.C. The National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC) came to the capital last week to advocate for key issues and improve their contacts with federal officials and elected...
Take a spin, Fordson High School wins
April 25th, 20090 The Ford Flex DEARBORN — Test-driving a new car at Fordson High School on April 29 can help raise money for the school's band. Ford Motor Co. and Fairlane Ford dealership are offering to contribute $20 per spin. From 4-9 p.m. that day, for every person who stops by the school during the Drive One 4 UR School event and...The false hope of a long rope
In my daily conversations with ordinary people, I've discovered that many don't know how much a billion or a trillion dollars is. It means the same thing to them as a gazillion. So they don't begin to understand the stimulus package that is promising to inject $789 billion into the economy, nor what kind of impact it is supposed to...
Lebanese food ‘the way it’s supposed to be’
April 25th, 20090 DEARBORN — With so many restaurants focusing on the late-night youth demographic in Dearborn, it seems as if a good, honest family restaurant is becoming harder and harder to find. But New alAmin restaurant on Warren between Greenfield and Chase in Dearborn has stuck to its roots as a clean, relaxing place for an authentic,......
Afghanistan could torpedo Obama’s domestic agenda
April 18th, 20090 President Obama (R) meets with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai of last year. Last week, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was revealed that the Obama administration is planning on sending an additional 21,000 troops to Afghanistan with no clear benchmarks for progress...Can the United States put pressure on Israel?
Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and now Barack Obama have all publicly stated that the United States seeks a "two-state" solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In other words, the United States supports the creation of a viable Palestinian state in virtually all of the West Bank and Gaza. The new Israeli government led by......
The killing of Islamic secularism
April 18th, 20090 Debate about the relationship between religion and state has been stifled by history – and the influence of a colonizing West. Ninety years ago in Egypt a new political party was formed. The Secular Party, as it was initially known, campaigned under the slogan: "Religion belongs to God, the homeland belongs to everyone." The...
Group assails MSU’s Tutu invitation
April 18th, 20090 EAST LANSING — Michigan State University announced last week that retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu would give this year's commencement address. Two days later, the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy organization, filed a protest. South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu In a letter to Michigan State......
