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Dave Abdallah sworn in as Dearborn Heights City Councilman
Dave Abdullah with family and supporters at City Hall. DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Dave Abdallah and two other Council members were sworn into office at the Dearborn Heights City Council meeting on Tuesday, November 24 at City Hall. Friends and supporters of Abdallah, Ray Muscat and incumbent Lisa Hicks-Clayton packed City Hall to witness...AFL-CIO to renovate, sell vacant Detroit homes
DETROIT — The AFL-CIO will invest up to $30 million to rehabilitate as many as 300 abandoned homes in the city through a partnership announced Monday. The AFL-CIO’s Housing Investment Trust said its Detroit Neighborhood Home Repair Program is aimed at stabilizing neighborhoods over three to five years, using union labor to fix...
ACRL elects Nasser Beydoun as new chairman
November 26th, 20150 Nasser M. BeydounDEARBORN — The Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) has elected Nasser M. Beydoun as chairman of its board of directors, replacing founding chair Nabih H. Ayad. The non-profit civil rights organization said its mission is to "protect and advance" the community’s rights through community engagement, education...
Is Snyder retracting his position on Syrian refugees?
November 26th, 20150 Gov. Rick SnyderLANSING — Arab American and pro-immigration groups slammed Gov. Snyder last week and went as far as accusing him of Islamophobia for deciding to pause efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in the state. But the Michigan Office for New Americans said the governor is still committed to welcoming immigrants and refugees...
Duggan defends refugee screening process
November 26th, 20150 Duggan.On Monday, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan stood by his commitment to resettle refugees in the city. "We stand prepared in Detroit to do our share," Duggan said in terms of hosting refugees from Syria and elsewhere. He reiterated his pledge to welcome 50 refugee families per year to the city for the next three years. "We have the...Review: “In The Algerian”, a would-be terrorist discovers compassion
"Most of Algeria and the Middle East are trapped in history" while the U.S. is "a product of history." That is the explanation Ali, an Algerian engineering student studying at a Los Angeles university, gives to his history class study partner. This line represents his struggle as both a Muslim and new American immigrant—...
Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad: Be cautious but remain at ease
November 26th, 20150 Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad. DEARBORN — Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad told The Arab American News that the department is doing its best to ensure residents are safe following potential threats last week aimed at the community. A social media threat made by Navy veteran Sarah Beebe started a wave of fear and anxiety across the...
Turkey and hummus: Arab Americans go all out on Thanksgiving
November 26th, 20150 "When we love, we love to the extreme; when we celebrate, we celebrate to the extreme."DEARBORN — Dr. Heidi Abadeh puts cranberry and raisins in the rice she serves with turkey on Thanksgiving. She makes fried kibbe and hummus alongside mashed potatoes and corn. It's a culinary testament to being Arab and American. Arab Americans...
Dearborn Police’s internship program grooms students from community
November 26th, 20150 Officers in the Dearborn Police Internship Program with Chief Ron HaddadDEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department’s latest group of interns are a diverse group of students who simultaneously attend Henry Ford College or the University of Michigan-Dearborn while working part time with the department. The internship program has been...
Wayne State lauds Arab American alumni and students
November 25th, 20150 Members of the Arab American Pharmacist Association at Wayne State University. DETROIT - Arab American alumni and community leaders gathered at Wayne State University on Wednesday, November 18, to honor the empowerment of its diverse student body. Wayne State's president, M. Roy Wilson; Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab...
Improving city services in Detroit
November 25th, 20150 Korean Business owners in Detroit visited Deputy Mayor Isaiah McKinnon to discuss how to improve city service.DETROIT - Most citizens of metro Detroit realize that the basic infrastructure of the city needs tremendous improvement. While downtown Detroit is bubbling with new businesses and upcoming artists, city services are lacking. It...
Hamtramck students rally for peace amid media scrutiny
November 25th, 20150 Senior Agron Berishaj speaks to classmates from Hamtramck High School at a peace rally in the city's Pope Park Photo: Merinda ValleyHAMTRAMCK — The entire world in two square miles — that’s how some Hamtramck High School students describe their city. They hope the small community can serve as an example of coexistence...Obama tells Americans homeland is safe as millions set off on Thanksgiving travel
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Americans they are safe as millions of people traveled on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday, with security heightened at airports, New York City's parade festivities and other venues after the Paris attacks."Right now, we know of no specific and credible intelligence...Boy donates money from his piggy bank to vandalized Mosque
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas -- A 7-year-old boy donated $20 from his piggy bank to a Texas mosque that was vandalized on Monday.The Islamic Center of Pflugerville was vandalized by someone who tore up a Quran and covered it in feces. Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime, possibly...Ahmed ‘the clockboy’ demands $15 million in damages
TEXAS - Fifteen million dollars and apologies from the mayor and police chief.That's what an attorney says the family of Ahmed Mohamed is demanding from city and school officials in Irving, Texas, or they say they'll file a civil suit.In September, 14-year-old Ahmed made international headlines when he brought a handmade clock to......
ISIS suicide bomber kills 12 in Tunisia
November 25th, 20150 Tunisian forensics police inspect the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Tunis, Nov. 25TUNIS — Tunisian authorities said on Wednesday a suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with plastic explosive blew up a presidential guard bus a day earlier, killing at least 12 troops in an attack claimed by ISIS.Tuesday's explosion on a main...Henry Ford College to offer first bachelor’s degree program
DEARBORN — Henry Ford College has launched its first four-year degree program. Students in the program can earn a Bachelor of Science degree in culinary arts. Classes will begin in the winter 2016 semester. “The multidisciplinary approach to hospitality education with the Bachelor of Science in culinary arts builds on the......
Michigan safest state to have prostate biopsy
The Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MUSIC) and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan released findings that show Michigan is the safest state to have a prostate biopsy. Using the unique Collaborative Quality Initiative (CQI) model, they reduced the post-biopsy infection rate in Michigan to 0.6%. The national average...Yemen’s Socotra burns two tons of qat after island bans drug
YEMEN — Authorities on Yemen's Socotra island burned two tons of the mild narcotic drug qat on Saturday, a shipment seized from smugglers trying to defy last week's ban by the archipelago's governor, local officials said. Yemenis have chewed qat for centuries and although widespread, its use is seen as a social ill by some, sapping...Saudi court sentences Palestinian poet to death for apostasy
Ashraf Fayadh has been sentenced to death by a court in Saudi Arabia.RIYADH — A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a Palestinian poet to death for apostasy, abandoning his Muslim faith, according to trial documents seen by Human Rights Watch, its Middle East researcher Adam Coogle said on Friday. Ashraf Fayadh was detained by the...Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Putin warns of ‘serious consequences’
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu speaks at a press conference about Turkey's right to respond to airspace violationsTurkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying the jet had violated its airspace. It is one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half......
Police arrest two in shooting of Minnesota Black Lives Matter protesters
Black Lives Matter protesters at the north Minneapolis police precinct Photo: ReutersMINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police said on Tuesday they have arrested a 23-year-old white man and a 32-year-old Hispanic male in relation to the shooting of five people near a city police station where demonstrators have gathered for more than a week...Robbers shoot Dearborn Coney Island employee in leg
Dearborn Coney IslandDEARBORN― According to police, two men robbing Dearborn Coney Island at dusk on Nov. 24 shot an employee in the leg.The employee was repairing a back door when two masked men forced him inside the diner and ordered him to hand over money from the cash register. One of the suspects shot the employee while he was......
Driver attempts to run over Muslim woman in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cincinnati) today called on the FBI and local law enforcement authorities to investigate an alleged attempt to run down a Muslim woman as a hate crime.CAIR-Cincinnati said the woman, a University of Cincinnati pre-med student who wears an Islamic...Dearborn Heights pedestrian struck in fatal accident
DEARBORN — A 57-year-old Dearborn Heights woman was struck by a vehicle while walking across Michigan Avenue to catch an eastbound bus. The driver of the vehicle, 47, of Woodhaven, was eastbound and crossing through a green light at Outer Drive when she hit the pedestrian. The accident happened at about 6 a.m. Tuesday, Nov.......