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May 25: Liberation Day should be hailed and celebrated
May 27th, 20160 Woman celebrates the victory with Lebanese army soldiers.Six days. It took Israel six days to defeat the combined armies of Egypt, Jordan and Syria in 1967. Demoralized Arabs had gotten used to catastrophes and setbacks as Israel colonized their land before the resistance in south Lebanon reclaimed their honor. It wasn't until...AAPAC begins endorsement process for upcoming elections
May 27th, 20160 AAPAC members interview a state rep. candidate, May 25.DEARBORN — The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) has begun its process of interviewing candidates to determine who will receive the organization's endorsement before the August 2 primary. Formed in 1998, AAPAC consists of a diverse group of Arab American...Community supports Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon at fundraiser
May 27th, 20160 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Community members and local officials from across Southeast Michigan reaffirmed their support for Wayne County Sherriff Benny Napoleon at a fundraiser, Wednesday, May 25, at a hookah lounge. The venue was at full capacity as a sizable crowd stepped foot for the first time in the third iteration of The Lava...Yemen warring parties ‘closer’ to agreement
May 27th, 20160 KUWAIT — The U.N. envoy said Wednesday the warring parties in Yemen were closer to agreement at peace talks in Kuwait as he headed to New York to brief the Security Council."We are moving towards a general understanding that encompasses the expectations and visions of the parties," Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said in a...Migrants boat capsized in Mediterranean, 5 dead
May 27th, 20160 ROME — A large wooden fishing boat overcrowded with migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, the Italian navy said on Wednesday, with some 562 people rescued and five found dead.Photographs show the blue fishing boat rocking violently before capsizing, sending migrants tumbling into the sea. Some then climbed onto the hull of...Military college allows Muslim woman to wear Hijab
May 27th, 20160 NORTHFIELD, Vt. - The nation's oldest private military college will, for the first time, allow an incoming freshman to wear a Muslim headscarf. Officials at Norwich University say the school will allow the hijab as part of the student's Corps of Cadets uniform. The female student had requested the...Graduation Day: Ahmad Yaser Alnajjar
May 27th, 20160 Ahmad Yaser Alnajjar with family in Kansas.Ahmad Yaser Alnajjar, 22, a California resident, decided he wanted to move out of state for his undergraduate degree in political science, so he moved to Kansas, where he attended Kansas State University. "I did it because I wanted to experience life outside of home," Alnajjar said....Lebanese Americans celebrate Liberation Day
May 27th, 20160 Community activists at the Liberation Day celebrationDEARBORN — Amal Movement in the United States, Message of Hope USA, celebrated the 16th anniversary of liberating south Lebanon from the Israeli occupation on Wednesday. Israeli forces occupied swathes of south Lebanon from 1982 until 2000. The Israeli army was driven out of...ESL program helps immigrant youth become tomorrow’s leaders
May 27th, 20160 ESL students speak up at Crestwood School District meeting, May 24 - Photo by The Arab American NewsDEARBORN HEIGHTS — Mina Aldayyeni's least favorite class in eighth grade was gym. She was bullied, always picked last in sports and had no friends. One time, she found herself crying on the locker room floor, surrounded by her...Arab Americans claim police brutality in Dearborn Heights
May 27th, 20160 A local woman gets arrested in front of her home.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Arab American community has reached a boiling point with the Dearborn Heights Police Department following a number of incidents where residents claim they were arrested without justification. This week, a video circulated on social media showing a local Arab...Americans are helping eight million people break this bad law
May 27th, 20160 Last week immigrants, their families and legal advocates rallied outside the Supreme Court as eight justices heard oral arguments in United States v. Texas, an immigration case concerning the Obama Administration's Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program, which would have offered deferred...Dearborn parents slam “explicit” sex ed curriculum
May 27th, 20160 DEARBORN — While some of city's public school teachers have recently called for a more comprehensive sex education curriculum, some parents have expressed outrage over "explicit" lessons taught in class. A local mother of a 15-year-old ninth grade student at Fordson High School, said her daughter and other classmates walked out of...Airport screening made 70,000 miss American Airlines flights this year
May 26th, 20160 NEW YORK - Airport screening delays have caused more than 70,000 American Airlines customers and 40,000 checked bags to miss their flights this year, an executive for the airline told a U.S. congressional subcommittee on Thursday. A shortage of staff and a surge in air travelers have created a nightmare......
Clinton faces major setback with Email scandal
May 26th, 20160 WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton broke government rules by using a private email server without approval for her work as U.S. secretary of state, an internal government watchdog said on Wednesday. The long-awaited report by the State Department inspector general was the first official audit of the controversial...Trump agrees to debate Sanders, after Clinton declines
May 26th, 20160 LOS ANGELES - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders on Thursday explored staging an unconventional U.S. presidential debate in California that would sideline Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. The two men -- a billionaire and a democratic socialist -- expressed interest in a televised......
Authentic? — Arabic food evolving locally
May 26th, 20161 Chef Taher JaberDEARBORN — Do you get angry when your White friends add hummus where it doesn’t belong or use it as a dip for their chips?I do. I have often wondered if my draconian approach to Arabic food is irrational. Who is to say where hummus belongs? It is harmless if someone enjoys it with pizza or rice. But the...Dearborn Board well represented at the National Association of Realtors
May 26th, 20160 Michigan Realtors meeting with Senator PetersWASHINGTON — From May 9 to May 14, the National Association of Realtors held its annual legislative meetings and expo, with the Dearborn Area Board of Realtors well represented. Sam Baydoun, the 2016 president of the organization, attended many of the legislative meetings along with...High school cancels ‘Hijab Day’ after flood of complaints
May 26th, 20160 BOSTON - Students from the Arabic Club at Medford High in the city of Medford, about a 15-minute drive north of downtown Boston, planned a “World Hijab Day” early this semester. The annual event was created to promote awareness and understanding of Muslim women who wear the headscarf as an expression of their...Graduation Day: Hanan Yahya
May 26th, 20160 Hanan Yahya, a recent University of Michigan-Ann Arbor graduate, is the second of nine siblings to earn a college degree and daughter of immigrants with no formal education. To her, education is more than sitting in a classroom for hours on end and struggling her way through homework. She said education helped her find herself and......
Annual Jewish pilgrimage starts in Tunisia
May 26th, 20160 TUNIS — An annual Jewish pilgrimage to Africa's oldest synagogue started Wednesday in Tunisia where security forces were deployed heavily to ward off potential terrorist attacks.Small groups of pilgrims including families with children began arriving in the searing heat at the Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba in...Chain restaurants required to post calorie counts by May 2017
May 26th, 20160 WASHINGTON — Restaurant owners will have an extra five months to post the calorie counts of the food they sell under a new federal deadline of May 5, 2017. The national calorie disclosure rule is part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, also known as Obamacare and aims to help consumers battle the bulge since Americans eat and drink......
City manager resigns after asking staff to map Muslims in the area
May 26th, 20160 WASHINGTON - A former city manager in Washington state wanted to map out the exact locations in which Muslim residents lived over terrorism concerns, according to an independent investigation. The inquiry into James “Donny” Payne was conducted after a complaint about his behavior while he was interim manager for the city of SeaTac...Dearborn to extend hookah lounge curfew during Ramadan
May 25th, 20160 Sky Lounge on Warren Ave. DEARBORN — Customers looking to spend their summer nights enjoying a hookah until the early morning may need to go elsewhere, as the city has begun to enforce a strict 2 a.m. curfew for all Dearborn hookah lounges.The hookah lounge ordinance implemented last year forbids businesses from operating between 2......