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Dearborn Police Department settles lawsuit with local man
May 6th, 20160 DEARBORN — The Police Department has settled a lawsuit filed in 2014 on behalf of Ali Beydoun, a mentally disabled local man, who was subjected to excessive force by multiple police officers in an altercation that was captured on dash cam footage. The case of Ali Beydoun vs. the city of Dearborn, Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad and...
Yemeni activists call for boycotting Jordanian airline
May 5th, 20160 HAMTRAMCK — Intimidation, segregation, disrespect, aggressive searches and theft — these are some of the abuses Yemenis are facing at Amman's airport, according to activists calling for boycotting the Royal Jordanian Airline. After the conflict in Yemen started last year, Jordan started requiring a visa for Yemeni nationals, even...Arizona student arrested for exposing genitals in yearbook
ARIZONA - An Arizona prosecutor will not press criminal charges against a Phoenix-area high school student arrested for exposing his penis in a football team photograph published in the school’s yearbook, police said on Wednesday.The case against Hunter Osborn, 19, will be dropped after the Maricopa County...Saudi security operation kills ISIS fighters outside Mecca
RIYADH — Saudi security forces shot dead two alleged ISIS fighters and two others blew themselves up outside the holy city of Mecca on Thursday, the interior ministry said.State-owned Al-Arabiya TV reported that the security forces surrounded the group in the Wadi Noman area south of the city, showing images of police trucks...Egyptian journalists demand sacking of interior minister
CAIRO — Thousands of Egyptian journalists called on Wednesday for the presidency to dismiss the interior minister and apologize for a police raid on the press syndicate and arrest of two opposition reporters.Defying a heavy police presence outside their union, around 3,000 journalists attended an emergency meeting to...Iraq’s all-female combat unit seeks revenge on ISIS
Iraqi fighters near Mosul, April 20BAGHDAD — When ISIS swept into the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar in 2014, a few young Yazidi women took up arms against the militants attacking women and girls from their community."They took eight of my neighbors and I saw they were killing the children," Asema Dahir told Reuters last month at a...U.S. kills 39,000 turkeys in outbreak of mild bird flu
U.S. authorities destroyed 39,000 turkeys in Missouri due to an outbreak of a mild form of avian flu, the World Organization for Animal Health said on Tuesday, as officials remained on alert for new cases. State authorities also have begun a quarantine and taken surveillance measures around the farm in Jasper County that was hit with...Study: Smoking worsens semen quality
A new review confirms that smoking has bad effects on a man's semen. Using the most up-to-date definition of abnormal sperm from the World Health Organization, the researchers found that smokers have lower sperm counts, poorer sperm movement, and more irregularly shaped sperm than nonsmokers. Ashok Agarwal of the American Center...
Dearborn Police Union slams chief for bringing in the feds
May 5th, 20160 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Union is criticizing Chief Ronald Haddad for involving the federal government in the affairs of the department, a memo obtained by The Arab American News revealed.The strongly worded document accuses Haddad of prioritizing political correctness over the interests of his employees.The Dearborn Police...
Becker Elementary students lead charitable efforts for refugee family
May 5th, 20160 Becker students gather at an assembly in collaboration with Zaman International.DEARBORN — Students at Becker Elementary School raised an impressive $1,850 during the month of April to support two struggling families in metro Detroit. The initiative involved a collaborative effort with the school's PTA and Zaman International, a...Visteon leader Husein Dakroub aims to motivate young engineers
Dakroub demonstrating a Visteon product at a convention in Los Angeles.DETROIT — Dearborn resident Husein Dakroub was one of the youngest engineers when he was hired into Visteon Corporation in 2011, a leading automotive global supplier based in metro Detroit. Last month, Dakroub, 25, represented Visteon's upcoming project at...Woman who painted unflattering Trump portrait assaulted
LOS ANGELES - A young artist who depicted Donald Trump in the buff with a less than flattering depiction of the newly “presumptive” Republican presidential nominee’s genital claims to have been violently assaulted by Trump supporters in Los Angeles.24-year-old artist Illma Gore painted a portrait of Trump in February, called...Donald Trump stresses on Muslim ban
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump, in a Wednesday interview on “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, doubled down on his previous calls to stem the tide of Muslim immigration – calls that set him at fierce odds with civil-rights activists and pro-Muslim organizations – and said he didn’t care so much about hurting his...
FBI suspects man poisoned over a dozen Michigan grocery stores
May 5th, 20160 ANN ARBOR - The FBI has arrested a man suspected of spraying food with a mouse poison mixture around Ann-Arbor grocery stores.Kyle Bessemer, 29, was arraigned Thursday on four felony food poisoning charges.Ann Arbor 15th District Court Judge Elizabeth Pollard set Bessemer’s bond at $250,000, and set house arrest as a condition...Graduation Day: Layla Sareini
Layla Sareini with her familyDEARBORN— Every year, thousands of college students enthusiastically return their textbooks and dispose of their notes in anticipation of graduation. As the Arab American population continues to establish itself in local communities, the names of an increasing number of Arab American graduates are read out......
Graduation Day: Ali Beydoun
Ali Beydoun with his familyDEARBORN— Every year, thousands of college students enthusiastically return their textbooks and dispose of their notes in anticipation of graduation. As the Arab American population continues to establish itself in local communities, the names of an increasing number of Arab American graduates are read out...Graduation Day: Fatima Fahs
Fatima Fahs with familyDEARBORN— Every year, thousands of college students enthusiastically return their textbooks and dispose of their notes in anticipation of graduation. As the Arab American population continues to establish itself in local communities, the names of an increasing number of Arab American graduates are read out loud......
Graduation Day: Rafa Khansa
Rafa KhansaDEARBORN— Every year, thousands of college students enthusiastically return their textbooks and dispose of their notes in anticipation of graduation. As the Arab American population continues to establish itself in local communities, the names of an increasing number of Arab American graduates are read out loud at...Celebrating mothers: Amira Kassem
Amira KassemAmira Kassem is a teacher at home as much as she is a mother in the classroom, according to her daughter Julia Kassem, who teaches advanced English at Dearborn High School. Julia Kassem was taught the dual nature of the Arab American identity by her mother, who embraced American values without forgetting her...Celebrating mothers: Ensaff Sabbagh Jawad
Ensaff Sabagh JawadEnsaff Sabagh Jawad lost a husband and two sons during her lifetime. But she never let setbacks dictate her life.Ensaff Jawad was the mother of nine children, including Ali Jawad, the founder of the Lebanese American Heritage Club. The resilient mother, who passed away earlier this year, was born in the southern...Celebrating mothers: Fatima Elabed
Rashida Tlaib and Fatima ElabedThey say it takes a village to raise a child. Fatima Elabed has raised 14— seven boys and seven girls. She is the mother of former State Rep. Rashida Tlaib and prominent activist Rachid Elabed. Tlaib said humor was her mother's secret to achieve the difficult task of caring for so many children."My......
Celebrating mothers: Zinat Shatila
Zinat ShatilaShatila Bakery is a symbol of the Arab American dream— a far reaching entrepreneurial success that stems from a mix of innovation and tradition. Zinat Shatila, widow of the legendary Riad Shatila, is the president of the company. She is also a hard-working mother who helped raise three women: Nada, Tanya and Batoul.Nada...John Kasich drops out of the Republican race
KasichWASHINGTON — Donald Trump's last remaining challenger for the Republican Party presidential nomination, John Kasich, dropped out of the race on Wednesday, leaving the presumptive nominee with the task of uniting a fractured party around his White House bid.Even before winning his home state of Ohio in March, Kasich was facing......
Obama visits Flint as questions linger
President Barack Obama on Wednesday visited Flint, as questions linger over whether his environmental regulators could have acted more urgently to address the lead poison water crisis.Obama will get updates from federal officials on the response in Flint, a mostly African-American city where more than 40 percent of the city's 100,000...
Sanders wins Indiana
May 4th, 20160 Bernie SandersINDIANAPOLIS — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders won the Indiana primary in an upset over Hillary Clinton, who had led the Hoosier State in polling.Sanders led 53 percent to 47 percent, with 92 percent of precincts reporting, according to The Associated Press."The past few weeks the corporate media has......