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Saudi Arabia makes driving legal for women
September 26th, 20170 RIYADH ― Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, state media said, ending the conservative Islamic kingdom’s status as the only country where that is forbidden. The royal decree ordered the formation of a ministerial body to give advice within 30 days and then implement the order by June 2018,...
Proposed auto insurance plan could cut rates by 50%
September 26th, 20170 LANSING ― Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, along with groups like the NAACP to the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and legislators from both parties, announced a plan Monday morning to reduce drivers’ car insurance bills in Michigan. Michigan residents bear the highest insurance premiums in the nation. The new bipartisan legislation to...
Supreme Court cancels arguments on Trump travel ban
September 25th, 20170 NEW YORK ― The Supreme Court canceled oral arguments scheduled in October to decide the legality of President Trump’s previous travel ban, signaling the court might dismiss the case. The Court acted after the White House announced on Sunday it was replacing the temporary executive order with a more tailored ban on eight countries...
NFL players, managers defy Trump on anthem protests
September 24th, 20170 SOMERSET, N.J. ― National Football League players from the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars knelt and linked arms during the pre-game national anthem on Sunday, hours after President Trump called on fans to boycott teams that do not discipline players who protest. At the first game since Trump stepped up his criticism of...
Not my Wonder Woman: The Zionist agenda in U.S. mainstream feminism
September 22nd, 20172 By Zarefah Baroud Most women will agree that female representation in the media is incredibly important for a plethora of reasons— not only in media but also politics and other platforms lacking opportunity for female participants. Providing women of all ages a strong and positive role model could break a toxic habit and pattern...
35 years after Sabra and Shatila: An indictment of the international community
September 22nd, 20170 By Nabil Mohamad On September 16, 1982, following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the right-wing Christian Phalange militia stormed the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in West Beirut and began a massacre which ended in the deaths of hundreds, maybe thousands, of mostly Palestinian civilians. I was 19-years-old at the time. By chance...
Rasmea Odeh deported to Jordan
September 22nd, 20171 DETROIT — Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh, was deported to Jordan and left the U.S. from Chicago O'Hare Airport on September 19. Odeh was convicted of lying on immigration forms and sentenced last month. Federal prosecutors said Odeh lied about being convicted in Israel in the late 60s for two bombings, one of which killed two...
Ford teams with Domino’s on self-driving pizza delivery test
September 22nd, 20170 ANN ARBOR — Ford Motor Company and Domino's Pizza Inc. will begin testing consumers' reactions to having their pies delivered by self-driving vehicles, the companies said late last month. It will not be the first experiment with advanced pizza delivery technology. Australia-based Domino's Pizza Enterprises, the Ann Arbor-based...
$4.5M bond set for genital mutilation doctor
September 22nd, 20172 LIVONIA — A group of 17 supporters of Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, the Detroit doctor charged with performing illegal female genital mutilation, have put their homes and other assets up as collateral to raise a $4.5 million bond to release her from prison until her trial. Nagarwala performed two genital mutilations at a clinic in Livonia...
Teen allegedly killed his mother for being ‘too American’
September 22nd, 20170 FARMINGTON HILLS — During a pre-exam conference on Friday, Sept. 15, Judge Marla Parker of the 47th District Court scheduled a preliminary hearing for Nov. 17 to determine whether Muhammad Altantawi, 16, will be tried for the death of his mother, 35-year-old Nada Huranieh. Altantawi is accused of throwing his mother out of an upper...
If threatened, Trump vows to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea
September 19th, 20170 UNITED NATIONS ― President Trump escalated his standoff with North Korea over its nuclear challenge on Tuesday, threatening to “totally destroy” the country of 26 million people and mocking its leader, Kim Jong Un, as a “rocket man.” In a hard-edged speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump offered a grim portrait...
Home-made bomb injures 22 on packed London commuter train
September 15th, 20171 A home-made bomb on a packed rush-hour commuter train in London engulfed a carriage in flames and injured 22 people on Friday in Britain's fifth major terrorism incident this year, but apparently failed to fully explode. Passengers heading into the British capital fled in panic after the blast as the train was about to depart Parsons...
At 33, we are growing stronger
September 15th, 20170 On September 7, 1984, The Arab American News was established to purely tell Arab Americans' and the Arab world's untold stories, but instantly developed into something more— an unexpected educational center for thousands to learn what they'd been denied access to elsewhere. Our mission has been and will continue to be to provide a...
Bannon: Republicans could lose U.S. House over immigration fight
September 15th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― Republican infighting over the fate of immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children could be so vitriolic that the party loses control of the U.S. House of Representatives next year, Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump, said in an interview airing on Sunday. Bannon, whose far-right views...
Hussein Berry’s lies and destructive behavior could ruin the school district
September 14th, 20171 Last Monday’s meeting of the Dearborn Board of Education necessitated careful attention and study as the issue of overcrowding is still at the forefront and the future of our kids and two important institutions— Fordson and Dearborn High Schools— is at stake. After much evaluation and dialogue on the issue as well as other......
Lebanon to complain to U.N. over Israel violating airspace
September 14th, 20170 BEIRUT ― Lebanon will file a complaint to the United Nations against Israel for violating the country’s airspace and causing damage by breaking the sound barrier in the south of the country, its foreign minister said on Monday. Israeli jets flew low over the southern city of Saida on Sunday, causing sonic booms that broke windows...
Qatar, neighbors trade insults at Arab League over boycott
September 14th, 20170 CAIRO ― Diplomats from Qatar and the four states boycotting it exchanged heated words at an Arab League meeting on Tuesday. Tensions flared after Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi discussed the boycott in his opening speech despite the Gulf dispute not being on the agenda. He called the......
ISIS suicide attackers kill 60 in southern Iraq restaurants, checkpoint
September 14th, 20170 BAGHDAD ― Three suicide attacks claimed by ISIS killed at least 60 people in southern Iraq on Thursday, a health official and police sources said, suggesting a shift in the ultra-hardline group’s tactics since it lost control of its stronghold in Mosul. Iraqi and Kurdish security officials say the militants are likely to wage a...
Smoking tied to frailty in older adults
September 14th, 20170 Older adults who smoke are more likely to become physically frail than their counterparts who are former smokers or never used tobacco products, a recent study suggests. Researchers studied people age 60 or older in the U.K. who had not yet developed so-called frailty, a term that describes a lack of robustness and physical reserves...
Kids who skip breakfast may miss key nutrients
September 14th, 20170 Children who skip breakfast on a regular basis are likely to fall short for the day in getting all their recommended essential nutrients, a U.K. study suggests. Kids who skipped breakfast every day were less likely to get enough iron, calcium, iodine and folate when compared to kids who ate breakfast every day, the research team...
Saudi Arabia’s calls for social media informants decried as ‘Orwellian’
September 14th, 20170 Saudi Arabia ― The Saudi Kingdom has urged its people to report subversive comments spotted on social media via a phone app, a move denounced by a human rights watchdog as “Orwellian”. The appeal, announced on a Twitter account run by the interior ministry late on Tuesday, coincides with an apparent crackdown on potential......
China backs U.N. call for justice in Yemen, while U.S. and Saudis don’t
September 14th, 20170 GENEVA ― China signaled on Wednesday it was willing to back an international inquiry into atrocities in Yemen, as demanded by the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, but Saudi Arabia and the United States said they did not support the idea. For three years running U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra‘ad al-Hussein has asked the 47...
From refugee camp to runway, hijab-wearing model breaks barriers
September 14th, 20170 NEW YORK - Roughly one year ago, Denise Wallace, executive co-director of the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, received a phone call from 19-year-old Halima Aden asking if she could compete in the contest wearing her hijab. “Her photo popped up and I remember distinctly going, ‘Wow, she is beautiful,'” Wallace said. The......
State Reps. Introduce fireworks reform legislature
September 14th, 20170 LANSING — State Reps. Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn) and Brian K. Elder (D-Bay City) have introduced legislation to improve Michigan’s fireworks laws. The bills, 4924 and 425, would make an amendment to the Michigan Fireworks Safety Act established in 2011. “Throughout the summer, we received numerous constituent complaints about...
House Democrats Jobs for America Task Force names Dingell co-chair
September 14th, 20170 WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) was selected to co-lead a new task force focused on crafting legislation to help middle-class citizens. Dingell’s political career has focused on the manufacturing-based economy in Michigan and will continue those efforts on the board. “Today, every industry — from autos and......
