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Farewell to Yarmouk: A Palestinian Refugee’s Journey from Izmir to Greece
The refugee camp of Yarmouk was ever present in his being, pulling him in and out of an abyss of persistent fears that urged him to never return. But what was this refugee without Yarmouk, his first haven, his last earth? How could any other spot in this unwelcoming universe ever be a 'home' when he had learned that only Palestine,...Community extends a hand to the Detroit Regional Chamber
Siblani and Baruah engage with community membersDEARBORN — According to Detroit Regional Chamber President Sandy Baruah, the Chamber's number one job is to attract capital, talent and business investment into the 11 counties in southeast Michigan. "Through our efforts and other partners we work with at the state and local level, we...
Muslim-ish: Secular Muslims in America
July 29th, 20160 Ibrahim Abdallah PHOTO: Alishba Zarmeen/Purple Canvas Photography TorontoNEW YORK — "Take your shoes off and come in, brother," said a warm, reverent man as he gestured past the gates of the mosque on 33rd Street. Cab drivers, pharmacists, teenagers and mothers, among others, had just risen from their last kneeling in prayer. On this...Houthi-led bloc says to set up council to govern Yemen
SANAA — Yemen's dominant Houthi group and its allies in ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh's party said on Thursday they would establish a governing council to run the country, in a move the United Nations said threatens peace talks in Kuwait.Senior officials in President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's government said the move...Netanyahu thanks Sisi for his “leadership”
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday praised warming relations with Egypt and its president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ousted a democratically elected government seen as hostile to ties between the neighbors.Egypt was the first of a handful of Arab countries to recognize Israel, in 1979, but the...Syria’s Nusra Front says ending link to al-Qaeda
DAMASCUS — Al-Qaeda's powerful Syrian branch announced on Thursday it was ending its relationship with the global terrorist network founded by Osama bin Laden and changing its name, to remove what it called a pretext used by world powers to attack Syrians.In the first known video statement ever to show his face, the leader...Michigan auto insurance rates set to increase
LANSING- This upcoming October, approximately 2 million Michigan drivers will pay an additional $40 per vehicle for their auto insurance. Auto Insurers believe the rate increase on the elimination of an $80 million tax credit from the state’s 2016-2017 budget is the cause. State lawmakers explained that the...
Outside the DNC: An Arab American perspective
July 29th, 20160 Sanders' supporters and the #FreePalestine movement rally outside the convention center. PHOTO: Wihad Al-TawilPHILADELPHIA — Local Arab Americans partook in the unprecedented discord that transpired outside of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week. Tensions reached a boiling point just hours before the kick-off of...
Netherlands, Latvia lead world in height
July 29th, 20160 If you want to see a tall population of men, go to the Netherlands. Tall women? Latvia. And in the United States, which lags behind dozens of other countries in height, the average for adults stopped increasing about 20 years ago. That's the word from researchers who analyzed a century's worth of height data from 200 countries....Behind Democrats’ email leak, U.S. experts see a Russian subplot
PHILADELPHIA — If the Russian government is behind the theft and release of embarrassing emails from the Democratic Party, as U.S. officials have suggested, it may reflect less a love of Donald Trump or enmity for Hillary Clinton than a desire to discredit the U.S. political system. A U.S. official who is taking part in the...Arab American receives basketball scholarship to Madonna University
Mohamed Bazzi graduates high school as a scoring leader on the basketball team.LIVONIA — Mohamed Bazzi, 17, a graduate of Star International Academy in Dearborn Heights, will be attending Madonna University this fall on a basketball scholarship. While at Star, Bazzi had become a renowned basketball player. In his freshman year,...Taekwondo Master Hameed Dakroub places top 3 in the U.S.
Hameed in blue following his victory.DEARBORN- On July 7, Master Hameed Dakroub, longtime student at Koubeissi Tae Kwon Do School, competed in the USA Tae Kwon Do National Championships in Richmond, Virginia, where he placed in the top three in the country. Dakroub did not expect to make it this far because of his busy...
Inside the DNC: An Arab American perspective
July 29th, 20160 Fay Baydoun with Senator Debbie StabenowPHILADELPHIA — Local Arab Americans were among party leaders and legislators who were inside an unusually tense Democratic National Convention held from July 25-July 28. Fay Baydoun, executive director of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce, attended the DNC for the fourth time. This year,...Transgender woman assaulted at West Dearborn bar
A screengrab from the victim's video/ Post BarDEARBORN — Police are investigating an assault on a transgender woman at a bar in West Dearborn in the early hours of Wednesday morning. They have not ruled out the possibility of a hate crime. Around 1:50 a.m., an argument started after a Post Bar patron made derogatory comments...Man charged with misdemeanor for attempting to run Muslim woman off road
A Tennessee man who allegedly spat at a Muslim woman, attempted to run her off the road, called her a terrorist and threatened to kill her will not be charged with a hate crime. Instead, his case is being prosecuted as a misdemeanor. The incident occurred in May in Rutherford County when 52-year-old Michael Robinson in his truck......
Trump adviser calls for electronic ‘tagging’ of Muslims
PHILADELPHIA — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said he would be in favor of forcing Muslims on the federal government's terrorism watch list to wear electronic monitoring tags or bracelets for authorities to track their whereabouts."I would think that's an excellent idea," said Giuliani, an adviser to Republican...Syrian army texts residents to leave rebel-held Aleppo neighborhoods
The Syrian army sent text messages to residents of rebel-held eastern Aleppo saying it will grant safe passage to people wishing to leave the area, which has been effectively besieged by pro-government forces, state media said on Tuesday.The army called on residents to push "mercenaries" out of the city -- a reference to rebel......
Doctors urged to check pregnant women for Zika
Health officials are strongly urging doctors to ask all pregnant women about a possible Zika infection at every checkup. So far, there have been no confirmed cases of a Zika infection from a mosquito bite in the United States, although officials expect mosquitoes will start spreading it in Southern states. All U.S. illnesses have been...Man charged for making threats on Facebook to burn down mosque
MASSACHUSETTS - A Massachusetts man was arrested and charged on Tuesday with threatening on Facebook to burn down a Boston mosque in the wake of the November attacks in Paris, where Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people.Patrick Keogan, a 44-year-old resident of the Boston suburb of Winchester, was charged with...Bill Clinton under fire for ‘Muslim’ comment
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Clinton's attempts to appeal to Muslims living in America, and counter what some consider xenophobic rhetoric toward them from GOP candidate Donald Trump, appears to have backfired. The 42nd U.S. president delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Tuesday night in which he...Hate graffiti left on Nevada auto shop
PAHRUMP — Spray paint graffiti on a business in Nevada is being investigated as a hate crime. A Muslim business owner discovered that his property had been spray painted with "derogatory terms directed at the business owner," a news release said. "These statements insinuated a bias based on the business owners religion, and......
Clinton makes history, secures Democrats’ White House nomination
July 26th, 20160 ClintonPHILADELPHIA — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton secured the Democratic Party's 2016 nomination for the White House on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to head the ticket of a major party in U.S. history.In a symbolic show of party unity, Clinton's former rival, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, told the...Lincoln Park man dies at Dearborn car dealership
Police cars outside the dealership. Photo: WXYZDEARBORN — A 59-year-old Lincoln Park man died after being pinned between two trucks while at work at Fairlane Ford dealership in Dearborn. A preliminary investigation revealed that the victim had been in the process of moving new vehicles as part of his daily duties, police said.......
Elderly priest killed in French church, attack claimed by ISIS
Father Jacques Hamel, who was killed in the attackPARIS — A priest in his mid-80s was killed with a knife and another hostage seriously wounded on Tuesday in an attack on a church in northern France carried out by assailants linked to ISIS.Both attackers were shot dead by French police. Five people in all had been taken hostage. A...
Michelle Obama at DNC: This country is already great
July 26th, 20160 The first lady speaking at the conventionPHILADELPHIA — Democrats divided over the future of their party agreed on at least one thing at their national convention in Philadelphia on Monday night: Michelle Obama was a star.The first lady gave a speech in support of a former first lady, presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, and......