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Dearborn native offers cooking classes for kids
January 19th, 20170 DEARBORN— At 16-years-old, Zee Shami predicted something huge would change her life forever once she turned 30. She didn’t know what it would be at the time, but in the autumn of 2015, at age 30, she established ZeeTheCook, LLC, offering cooking classes in her kitchen. She recalled reflecting on the irony. “When 30...
Community stands in solidarity with public education
January 19th, 20170 DEARBORN — Many of Donald Trump's cabinet nominees have been met with a wave of sharp criticism; and that holds especially true for Michigan's own Betsy Devos, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education. DeVos was the Republican National Committeewoman for Michigan from 1992 to 1997 and served as chairwoman of the Michigan...
Texas State Rep. sends letter to Muslims that questions their beliefs
January 19th, 20170 TEXAS - Texas Muslims have taken offense to a letter from a State Rep. that surveys their beliefs and questions if they support radical Islam. Just weeks into office, it appears State Rep. Kyle Biedermann, R-Fredericksburg, is concerned about Muslims first and foremost. He sent a letter to mosque leaders and Muslim student...
Assad hopes for ‘reconciliation’ deals with rebels
January 19th, 20170 DAMASCUS — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he believed peace talks in Kazakhstan would lead to local "reconciliation" deals with rebels, a sign of his confidence in a process launched by his Russian allies after the opposition's defeat in Aleppo. Assad told a Japanese TV station he hoped the conference would be a platform...
Obama’s legacy: Achievements marred with disappointments
January 19th, 20170 President Obama spent his final hours as president boasting approval ratings nearing 60 percent—comparable to those he had when he entered the White House in 2009. His popularity is a reflection of a legacy of many monumental precedents set by the Harvard Law School graduate and University of Chicago law professor as the first...
Homeless man charged for torching seattle mosque
January 19th, 20170 SEATTLE, WA - A homeless man suspected of setting fire to a Bellevue mosque on Saturday, January 14 was charged with second-degree arson Tuesday by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Bail was set at $1 million. who has an extensive history of mental illness and property damage, was found in a parking lot behind the...
Obesity, diabetes prevalent among Arab Americans
January 19th, 20170 DEARBORN — Six Gulf Community Council (GCC) countries—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE and Oman—have been identified by Rand Health Advisory services as having populations with the highest rates of diabetes in the world. Much of the Arab world is following in the same trajectory, with the World Health...
Pop star Katy Perry defends Muslims in newly produced video
January 19th, 20170 LOS ANGELES - Pop star Katy Perry is coming to the defense of Muslims in a new Public Service Announcement video she produced. The “Dark Horse” singer produced a new video titled “Is History repeating itself?” a video that draws parallels between the rhetoric that caused the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans and the...
Wife of Orlando nightclub shooter arrested
January 19th, 20170 SAN FRANCISCO - The FBI on Monday arrested the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub last year, a massacre that intensified fears about attacks against Americans inspired by Islamic State, officials said. Noor Salman, 30, is being charged with obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting by providing...
Delta employees to receive diversity training
January 19th, 20170 ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines will begin diversity training for all of its flight crews after a series of publicized incidents in which passengers, including Muslims and African Americans, said they were discriminated against or treated uncivilly on its flights. Those incidents include a flight attendant appearing reluctant when a Black...
Trump meets with Martin Luther King III
January 19th, 20170 NEW YORK- On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump met with Martin Luther King III to discuss voting rights at Trump Tower after spending the weekend arguing with civil rights activist and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga). Celebrate Martin Luther King Day and all the many wonderful things that he stood for. Honor him for the great man that...
Actress Kathy Najimy to lead hijab march during Trump’s inauguration
January 19th, 20170 WASHINGTON - Lebanese-American actress Kathy Najimy is prepared to wear a hijab to stand in solidarity with Muslim women on Trump’s inauguration day. Najimy, best known for starring in "Sister Act" and Disney’s "Hocus Pocus," recommended women attending an anti-inauguration march in Washington on Friday wear a scarf around their...
Congress sabotaging peace, U.S. foreign policy
January 13th, 20170 Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly supported a proposal condemning a recent U.N. Security Council Resolution reprimanding Israel for its illegal settlement activities in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The U.N. Security Council resolution passed 14-0, with the U.S. abstaining, citing that...
Man arrested in death of Saudi student
January 13th, 20170 MADISON, Wis. — A Minnesota man with a string of domestic violence convictions was charged in the death of a Saudi Arabian college that occurred last October. Cullen Osburn, 27, of Minneapolis, was charged with felony murder and aggravated battery in the death of University of Wisconsin-Stout student Hussain Alnahdi,...
Ann Arbor Mosque receives hate letter from California
December 2nd, 20160 ANN ARBOR — A mosque in Ann Arbor reported that it received a hate letter from California—advising Muslims to leave the U.S. or else they'd face a massacre. Similar letters stamped in Los Angeles have popped up at mosques all over the nation, including Michigan, California, Ohio, Rhode Island, Indiana, Colorado and......
Michigan has highest number of hate crimes in midwest post-elections
December 2nd, 20160 Michigan had the highest number of hate incidents among states in the Midwest in the 10 days following the Nov. 8 election, according to a new report released this week, according to the Detroit Free Press. There were at least 40 incidents involving bias against African Americans, Latinos, immigrants, Jews, Muslims, LGBT,...
Build bridges, not walls
December 2nd, 20160 The Lebanese authorities are building a wall around the country's largest Palestinian refugee camp. The one square kilometer (.385 mile) Ain Al-Hilweh is home to more than 80,000 refugees. Residents of the camp have likened the 14 ft. high wall and the four watchtowers to Israel's infamous apartheid wall in the occupied West Bank and......
Why the former Dearborn city clerk is under investigation for embezzlement
December 2nd, 20160 DEARBORN — Exclusive details about a murky embezzlement case centered around now-retired Dearborn City Clerk Kathleen Buda have emerged, revealing the reasons State Police raided City Hall last December.On Dec. 16, 2015, Michigan State Police investigators obtained a warrant and seized several boxes of documents and other...
Jill Stein’s Michigan vote recount request challenged by Trump and hiked costs
December 2nd, 20160 LANSING — Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party nominee for president, is spearing efforts to hold vote recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Republican Donald Trump narrowly won those states. Although some election lawyers and data experts say there’s reason to make sure the ballots were counted correctly, there’s little...
Dearborn Heights police donate winter wear to school children
December 2nd, 20160 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Dearborn Heights police officers grew their beards out for a fundraiser called "No shave November" and collected more than $2,100 to donate to local elementary school students in need of winter clothing. Thanks to the department's efforts, schools received more than 1,500 donated gloves and hats. On...
New hijab emojis likely to be added to smartphones next year
December 2nd, 20160 LONDON — Fifty-one new emojis are likely to appear on smartphones next year, including people wearing hijabs, women breastfeeding, characters with beards and emojis representing older people, after phone makers proposed the additions, according to The Telegraph. Unicode approved the new icons, which means there will now be a total......
ASIYA designs sports hijab for Muslim women
December 2nd, 20160 MINNEAPOLIS — Muslim women who are interested in playing sports but have felt held back by their clothing might have a new option to comfortably participate. The company ASIYA has created a sports hijab, which it calls modesty in motion. It is a hijab designed to cover the head as a normal hijab would, but easily allow for...
Twelve detained after Turkish dormitory fire kills schoolgirls
December 2nd, 20160 ISTANBUL — Police in southern Turkey detained 12 people on Wednesday and sought two others over a fire in a dormitory that killed 11 schoolgirls and one other person and injures 24 others, an official at the prosecutor's office handling the investigation said. Flames swept through the mostly wooden interior of the two-story......
Palestinian president seeks Trump support for independence
December 2nd, 20161 RAMALLAH — On Wednesday, the Palestinian president on Wednesday expressed hope that President-elect Donald Trump will support the Palestinian quest for independence, saying little is known about the incoming American leader's policies. In a sprawling speech that lasted well over three hours to his Fatah Party, President Mahmoud...
Syrian government forces, rebels fight in southeast Aleppo
December 2nd, 20160 ALEPPO — Syrian government forces and their allies clashed with rebels in southeast Aleppo on Wednesday, a rebel official and a monitor said, as Damascus and its allies try to build on major gains in the city. There were conflicting accounts of the fighting in Sheikh Saeed, on the southeastern edge of Aleppo. A Syrian military......
