August 7th, 20230By David Sands
Woodbridge resident Mark Jones has always been curious about history, but lately he's been applying his interest to his own neighborhood.
Jones works as a data analyst with the city of Detroit. His specialty is working with geographic information systems (GIS), computer-based tools that can be used to collect,...
June 9th, 20230DETROIT — A Detroit gas station clerk allegedly shot and killed a man he claimed was a shoplifter as he was running from the station.
Reports state that police arrested the employee and shut down the business at that time.
The Mobil gas station located at Clark and Vernor was shut down by police Monday, June 5, following the...
June 9th, 20230DETROIT — Wildfires in Canada have emitted smoke into the United States, harming the air quality in many states, including Michigan.
According to the IQAir Air Quality Index, Detroit ranked second for worst air quality in the world on Wednesday morning. The Air Quality Index identifies air quality in different parts of the world...
May 26th, 20230By Mohamad Moslimani
Arabic has become a much more widely spoken language in the United States in recent decades. The number of people ages 5 and older who speak Arabic at home in the U.S. rose from 215,000 in 1980 to 1.4 million in 2021, making it the nation’s seventh-most common non-English language spoken at home. Arabic speakers...
May 19th, 20230DETROIT — On Thursday, a gas station clerk who locked the gas station store door during a dispute with an armed customer over a small purchase was charged with involuntary manslaughter after the uproar led to the fatal shooting of another man.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy filed the charge against Al-Hassan Aiyash, 22, of...
May 1st, 20230DETROIT — The Custard Company, an Arab American-owned ice cream company, opened its third location in Little Caesars Arena (LCA) earlier this year.
Jamal Jawad, The Custard Company's CEO, opened the first Custard Company establishment in Dearborn in 2019.
Karim Kadouh, vice president of operations and marketing for The Custard...
May 1st, 20230DETROIT — The Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN) has announced a comprehensive plan to ameliorate the treatment care capacity for behavioral health in Metro Detroit. The DWIHN has sought the state’s assistance to invest $227 million in both crisis care and residential housing.
This investment would address the mental...
March 11th, 20230DETROIT — The Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) has been named one of the most prominent airports in the United States, according to the 2022 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) awards.
The airport was awarded the ASQ award for the best airport of 25 to 40 million passengers in North America, according to the Airports...
November 19th, 20220By David Sands. All photos: Steve Koss
Bishop Daryl Harris has fond memories of his formative years in the area now known as Detroit's Osborn neighborhood. A longtime resident whose Total Life Christian Ministries church is headquartered there, he remembers when it was full of commerce and activity.
"Back in the '70s and '80s,...
November 18th, 20220DETROIT — Fresh off a double digit election victory over a Trump-backed candidate, Governor Whitmer spoke at the 50th anniversary gala for ACCESS in Detroit on Thursday.
More than 1,000 people attended the half-a-century celebration at the Marriott hotel in the Renaissance Center for an organization that began as a modest,...
November 18th, 20220NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP — A Northville couple was killed early Sunday when their vehicle veered off the road, rolled over and crashed into a tree, police said.
In a Sunday news release, police identified the victims as 46-year-old Northville resident Dr. Omar Salamen and his 40-year-old wife, Manal Kadry.
The fatal crash happened just...
November 11th, 20220After the state lost a congressional seat from the census and with redistricting causing upheaval to the U.S. House maps, Democrats have broken the tie in the Congressional roster from Michigan and added two new faces.
After the Nov. 8 election, Michigan will have seven Democrats and six Republicans in the U.S. House of...
November 9th, 20220Democrats cleared victories with wide margins despite a renewed push by Republicans to make in-roads with voters, with the picture becoming clearer as election results came out of the Dearborn Clerk’s office Tuesday night.
With all precincts reporting in Dearborn, unofficial results from the Dearborn City Clerk showed comfortable...
November 3rd, 20220DETROIT — Metro Detroit artists are invited to apply for Kresge Artist Fellowships, now in its 15th year.
Kresge Artist Fellowships are $25,000 no strings attached awards, which include professional development support and the creation of a short film highlighting the artist’s work.
In 2023, Kresge Arts in Detroit — a...
October 14th, 20220LANSING – A former Dearborn priest has been convicted of criminal sexual conduct by a jury in Wayne County, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Thursday.
Joseph “Jack” Baker, 60, was convicted of first degree criminal sexual conduct — sexual penetration with a person under 13 — in Detroit’s Third Judicial...
October 8th, 20220By Zeinab A. Lecanu, special to The Arab American News
From a childhood marked by loneliness and want, Wayne State President M. Roy Wilson forged an extraordinary life of accomplishment and acclaim. His accomplishments include the presidencies of four universities, dean of two medical schools and deputy director of one of the National...
October 3rd, 20220By David Sands
Authorities were baffled by a geological incident that caused the ground itself to buckle in Detroit's Delray neighborhood last fall.
On the night of Sept. 11, 2021, the intersection of Dearborn and West Fort Street experienced a shifting of the ground that left a roughly eight-foot-high mound of earth. The upheaval...
September 30th, 20220DEARBORN — U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Michigan) brought Robert Santos, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, to Dearborn this week to meet with members of the local Arab American community and local officials.
The two visited Dearborn and Detroit on Monday for two roundtable meetings to discuss how to improve the process of...
September 27th, 20221DETROIT — The MIU (Michigan Institute of Urology) Men’s Health Foundation is hosting the 12th annual Men’s Health Event on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Ford Field in Detroit.
Metro Detroit-area men 18 years and older, with or without health insurance, are encouraged to take advantage of this free event focused on...
September 24th, 20220ROMULUS - The Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA), which operates Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), is hosting a job fair on behalf of its concessionaires.
The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at the Nomads Building – 10100 Middlebelt Road in Romulus.
The airport authority says...
September 23rd, 20220DETROIT - Officials from Huntington Bank joined Detroit, Wayne County and state officials on Wednesday for the grand opening of Huntington Tower, the first large new downtown Detroit building to be completed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The tower was originally envisioned to be the headquarters for Chemical Bank,...
September 22nd, 20220A Michigan hospital network is the first in Michigan to receive a blood test technology that detects cancer early, when it can be cured.
Henry Ford Health, which has several hospitals in the Metro Detroit area, is among an early group of healthcare providers that will offer Galleri, a "Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) blood test"...
September 11th, 20220As we quietly marked the 38th anniversary of our establishment on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, we can’t help but reflect on the challenges we’ve faced, the advancement we’ve achieved and the issues we’ve reported on and overcome together as a community.
Running a media publication has always been difficult, challenging and...
August 25th, 20220DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department said on Thursday that with the cooperation of local media and the public who provided tips, the individual they earlier sought in connection with a non-fatal shooting had contacted the department.
Detectives were able to determine that the incident occurred in the city of Detroit and the...
August 23rd, 20220DETROIT — On Tuesday, DTE Energy announced the appointment of Khalil Rahal as director of economic development.
The energy company said in a press release that Rahal will be responsible for leading DTE’s efforts to drive economic development in communities across Michigan.
“I am thrilled to be joining DTE,” Rahal said....
August 23rd, 20220DETROIT — Assad Turfe has been named deputy Wayne County executive, the county announced this week.
Turfe previously served as chief of staff to Wayne County Executive Warren Evans, a position he’s held since 2018. His new position and relevant duties become effective upon approval by the Wayne County Commission, the county said...
August 18th, 20220HAMTRAMCK — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 17-year-old Hamtramck resident in connection with last week's fatal stabbing of Ali Mahyoub-Ali Mohammed, 56, also of Hamtramck, on Belle Isle in Detroit.
The Prosecutor's Office said in a press release that last Friday, Aug. 12, at approximately 4:20 p.m., the juvenile...
August 18th, 20220DEARBORN — Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities (LAHC), a long-running, Dearborn-based and Arab-founded nonprofit, will be hosting an International Overdose Awareness Day event on Aug. 24, in honor of those lost to substance overdoses.
The international day to commemorate and raise awareness around overdoses occurs on Aug....
