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Dearborn Heights homeowners slam city for ‘shady’ business development
September 23rd, 20160 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — In May, the police department came under fire for allegedly arresting a number of Arab Americans without justification, but the city with newly built mansions dwarfing neighboring antiquated smaller homes is now being criticized by its richest residents.Following the rezoning of a residential block on Ford Road...
Dearborn Mayor slammed with lawsuit by former business developer
September 23rd, 20160 Hakim Fakhoury former owner of several buildings on Michigan Ave. in West Dearborn.DEARBORN — The city has long pointed a finger at business developer Hakim Fakhoury for a batch of abandoned buildings in west Dearborn that officials claimed prohibited them from turning the area into a hot spot. Now, a new lawsuit filed in...Former ambassador to Morocco recalls moments with Clinton, courts Arab Americans
Young professionals with Ambassador Ed Gabriel.DEARBORN — Few communities have a more vested interest in Middle Eastern affairs than Arab and Muslim Americans. Their status in the U.S. and the future of their home countries rest in the policy views of the next president. To some, choosing between the two major presidential...Dearborn Public School district reveals initiatives to enhance education
DEARBORN — Through cooperation and trust with staff members, students and the community, the Dearborn Board of Education and Superintendent Glenn Maleyko planned major developments for the 2016-17 school year, which they hope to expand over the years. "The district has implemented policies and taken actions to give students,...‘KKK’ and racial slurs deface EMU dorm
YPSILANTI — Eastern Michigan University officials carried out an investigation after staff members found racial insults and the letters "KKK" — denoting the Ku Klux Klan — plastered on the University's King Residence Hall early Tuesday. The incident led more than 150 students to protest in a march to the home of the University's...
Honoring Aylan Kurdi by ending the war in Syria
September 23rd, 20160 "A photograph, no matter how emotionally wrenching, can only do so much," wrote Paul Slovic and Nicole Smith Dahmen in QZ.com. The photograph referenced in their comment was that of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, whose body was washed ashore on some Turkish beach in September 2015. It has been over a year since that tragic photograph of...Iraqi army captures key town south of Mosul
BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces backed by air strikes from the U.S.-led coalition gained complete control of the northern district of Shirqat on Thursday, bringing the military a step closer to a main push on Mosul later this year. Brigadier-General Yahya Rasool, spokesman for the military's joint operations command, said in a statement...Syria ceasefire collapses
DAMASCUS — Warplanes mounted the heaviest air strikes in months against rebel-held districts of the city of Aleppo overnight, rebel officials and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday. There was no immediate comment from the Syrian military on the reports, or mention of Aleppo air strikes on state media. U.S....Dozens killed in Yemen airstrike
SANAA — The death toll from a Saudi-led air strike which hit a house in a residential area in western Yemen has risen to 26 people, medics and residents in the Houthi-held area said on Thursday, and the alliance said it was looking into the report. Warplanes of the Saudi-led alliance launched missiles on Wednesday at a residential...
Celebrities launch ‘We Are Not Afraid’ refugee campaign
September 23rd, 20160 LONDON — More than 175 world renowned artists including Sting, Robert Plant and Elvis Costello, have joined forces to back a song that supports greater action to address the global refugee crisis, campaign organizers said on Monday. The royalties from "We Are Not Afraid" will be divided between the International Rescue Committee –...
Dearborn seeks to revoke Nar Bar’s liquor license following shooting
September 22nd, 20160 DEARBORN — City officials are looking to revoke the liquor license of Nar Bar, following a heated shootout that occurred between customers outside the business on Saturday, September 17. Officers responded to a call of shots fired at the bar, located on the 21900 block of Michigan Ave. When they arrived, the shooting was still...ACC gala emphasizes the Syrian refugee plight
ACC President and CEO Haifa Fakhoury with Keynote Speaker Huwaida Arraf.DETROIT — At the Arab American and Chaldean Council's (ACC) 37th annual Civic and Humanitarian Awards Gala, keynote speaker and honoree Huwaida Arraf, a Palestinian American human rights activist and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, delivered...Boats carrying 600 migrants capsized near Egypt, scores dead
CAIRO — A boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the coast of Egypt on Wednesday. At least 52 people died. Police arrested four members of the boat's crew. Security sources said it had been loaded with almost 600 migrants. The boat sank early on Wednesday off Burg Rashed, a village in Egypt's northern Beheira province...Sikh man causes scare at mall
PENNSYLVANIA- Passersby in a shopping center in Northampton County immediately called the police on a Sikh man, thinking he was Muslim because of the kirpan he was carrying. Harpreet Singh Khalsa, 33, said he was the victim of racial profiling, but police believed that the people who called did the right thing.They received many...Lt. Gov. Calley extends hand to Arab Americans, talks Trump, investment and education
DEARBORN — Lt. Gov. Brian Calley addressed a group of local government officials, community leaders and entrepreneurs last week about extending hands across party lines to introduce policy changes in Lansing that would impact the city. He spoke about creating environments to draw investment, improve education and eliminate lead......
Investment Development Authority of Lebanon chairman: Now is the time to invest in homeland
Nabil Itani, chairman of the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon.DEARBORN — During a recent trip to the United States, Nabil Itani, chairman of the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL) conveyed a message to the Lebanese community that now is the right time to invest in their home country. Itani visited New York...Texas says withdrawing from U.S. refugee resettlement program
DALLAS - Texas gave notice on Wednesday that it was withdrawing from participating in the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement's program, citing security concerns after failing in federal court to halt the inflow of Syrian refugees into the state.The Texas State Refugee Coordinator sent a letter to the agency,......
Law enforcement interrogates N.Y. bomber’s family
NEW YORK - The wife of the Afghan-born U.S. citizen charged in last weekend's bombings in New York City and New Jersey has returned to the United States, a law enforcement official said, as a defense lawyer pressed to get access to the accused man.Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, has been held in a Newark, New Jersey,...Obama tells Israel ‘it cannot permanently occupy Palestinian land’
NEW YORK - Barack Obama has told Israel it cannot permanently occupy and settle on Palestinian land in a speech to the United Nations. The move marks another bitter shift in the rocky relationship with the president and the country's closest ally. Obama said both sides would benefit...Oakland County Exec: I will sue to stop Syrian refugees
TROY – Oakland is the leading county in the state that has resettled the most refugees, and Oakland County Executive Brooks Patterson isn’t having it.Patterson on Tuesday announced that he plans to sue the government in order to put a halt on the growing number of Syrian refugees who have settled in cities...U.S. mistakenly grants citizenship to 858 people from countries of “concern to national security”
WASHINGTON — An internal Homeland Security audit has revealed that at least 858 immigrants from “countries of concern to national security” were mistakenly granted citizenship.Many of the residents had deportation orders, although the Homeland Security report didn’t specify how many. The Homeland Security Department’s......
Father murders four children in Dearborn Heights
September 21st, 20160 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - A man called police early Wednesday morning and said that he had murdered his children and step children. Police arrived to the residence on Hipps street near Annapolis, when they found the man sitting on his front porch. Inside the home, police found a horrific scene. Officers said the victims were attacked...Lebanese man sentenced 10 years in Iran prison for being “U.S. spy”
WASHINGTON - Iran sentenced Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen with permanent U.S. residency, to 10 years in prison and a $4.2 million fine after he was found guilty of “Being a U.S. spy,”, his U.S.-based lawyer announced on Tuesday.Zakka, an information technology expert, was invited to Iran by a government......
Yogurt shop in Royal Oak evacuated after caller made ISIS bomb threat
ROYAL OAK – Yogurt City was evacuated on Tuesday around 3:30 p.m., after a caller called the shop and said he was affiliated to ISIS and that “a bomb would go off at the business in four hours.” Located at 11 mile and Main Street, in the heart of downtown Royal Oak, employees and customers were quickly...
Dearborn Schools leading the way in accommodating immigrants
September 20th, 20160 Students at William Ford Elementary on the first day of school.DEARBORN — The city has come a long way from the days when Mayor Orville Hubbard wanted to keep it White. Now, Dearborn is home to the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the country.About 30 years ago, Mayor Mike Guido wanted to talk about the “Arab problem.”.......
