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The Western left and its sterile ‘field of ideas’
Over the year, I realized that the term "left" is not exclusive to a political ideology, but a mode of thinking championed mostly by self-tailored "leftist" western intellectuals. I grew to dislike it with intensity. But that has not always been the case. My father was a communist, or so he called himself. He read the translated work...The South’s Nazi flag
The savage act of racial terrorism at “Mother Emanuel”, the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C., has been met with extraordinary expressions of faith in that community. On Thursday, June 18, the victims’ relatives offered the terrorist their forgiveness. On Sunday, Mother Emanuel’s doors opened for regular...
Non Muslims share Ramadan fasting experiences
June 26th, 20150 Steven Urenda and Lauren UrendaWith the holy month of Ramadan now into its second week, Muslims throughout the U.S. are well into their daily fasts. But they’re not alone. A number of non Muslims have decided to participate in fasting as well.These individuals decided to partake in Ramadan for different reasons and...
Obama hosts Iftar dinner to mark Ramadan
June 26th, 20150 WASHINGTON — President Obama hosted an Iftar dinner on Monday, June 22 to mark Ramadan and to reach out to the roughly 1.5 billion Muslims around the world. The president said that the holiday dinner "is also a reminder of the freedoms that bind us together as Americans, including the freedom of religion — that inviolable...
Local teen publishes poetry book
June 26th, 20150 DEARBORN — Fatima Najdi, a recent graduate from WISE Academy, has published a poetry book called “Light.” Najdi, a 16-year-old Dearborn resident, currently attends the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The book is an uplifting and comforting collection of poems revering God. “My goal is not to indoctrinate the idea of God...ISIS kills 14 Iraqi soldiers
BAGHDAD — "Islamic State" militants detonated a car bomb and then opened fire on Iraqi troops in the western province of Anbar on Thursday, killing 14 soldiers, security sources said. Iraqi government forces and their Shi'a militia allies are hoping to recapture Anbar's provincial capital, Ramadi, which was seized by the terrorist...
Meet our intern: Ahmad Alnajjar
June 26th, 20150 Alnajjar.DEARBORN – Ahmad Alnajjar, 21, a student at Kansas State University, has come to The Arab American News to work as an intern this summer.Alnajjar, born and raised in San Jose, California, is of Palestinian descent. He enrolled at Kansas State University in 2012 to major in political science. He subsequently decided to minor...
ACCESS Community Health and Research Center deputy director chosen
June 26th, 20150 DETROIT – The Greater Detroit Area Health Council (GDAHC) Board of Directors and its membership approved the nomination of an ACCESS leader to its board at its annual meeting June 12. Mona Makki, deputy director of the ACCESS Community Health and Research Center (CHRC), was appointed to the board along with four other executives...
Meet our intern: Hassan Khalifeh
June 26th, 20150 Khalifeh.DEARBORN — Hassan Khalifeh, 23, a Wayne State University student majoring in broadcast journalism, recently joined the staff of The Arab American News as an intern for the summer. Khalifeh, who grew up in both Lebanon and Michigan, now lives in Canton. In addition to his broadcast journalism major, he is minoring in business...
Dearborn student wins area wide stock trading challenge
June 26th, 20150 BLOOMFIELD HILLS — More than 500 high school students from Wayne, Oakland and Macomb county high schools competed in Bloomfield Hills Financial’s Fourth Annual Stock-to-Scholarship Challenge. Students competed in the contest, which offered a total of $8,500 in scholarships. This year’s winner, Rida Khatib, a senior at...
ADC-MI holds cultural training seminars with TSA leaders
June 26th, 20150 DEARBORN – The American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee of Michigan (ADC-MI) held a cultural competency training seminar with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week in anticipation of increased travel by Arab and Muslim Americans over the summer months. ADC-MI organized the training session as a means of...
Project aims to stop water contamination in 1,200 Lebanese schools
June 26th, 20150 DETROIT — Children who attend public schools across Lebanon have developed diseases as a result of water contamination. In 2013, the Lebanon Water Project was launched to address the humanitarian issue. The project is expected to provide sustainable clean water to 1,200 public schools across Lebanon by replacing water tanks...White nationalists condemn church killings, identify with shooter
WASHINGTON — Leaders of America’s core white supremacist groups have a laundry list of perceived grievances. They say the media ignore black on white crime; that desegregation has led to poorer schools for white students; that white people in the United States have lost power to black people. And while they don’t condone last...
Dearborn to ban smoking in parks
June 26th, 20150 DEARBORN — The city council is moving to ban all forms of smoking at parks. On Tuesday, Jun 23, the council tabled the ordinance, which is expected to pass unanimously after a second reading next month. The ordinance outlaws "exhaling smoke from burning tobacco or any other burning product that is contained in a hookah, pipe, cigar,...
Illegal fireworks use disturbs Dearborn residents
June 26th, 20150 DEARBORN — Many Dearborn residents are disturbed by the noise and illegal use of fireworks in their neighborhoods. As Dearborn’s large Muslim population celebrates the month of Ramadan, adults and children fill the city’s streets and shops at night. With the upcoming Fourth of July holiday, some teenagers add to the......
Our schools are essential to the future
The future of our country and community is in the schools. Children in classrooms across the nation will be the next generation of leaders, workers and artists. The quality of education at Dearborn Public Schools, which host more than 13,000 Arab American students, is critical to the wellbeing of our community. A new...
Homes and buildings damaged after tornadoes hit the region
June 26th, 20150 SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — Tornados reported west and north of southeast Michigan Monday night left several homes and buildings damaged. As of Tuesday morning, 30,000 DTE customers were left without electricity, down from 44,000. One of the tornados damaged buildings in Washtenaw County, but no injuries were reported.......
Study finds White Supremacists a bigger danger to Americans than foreign terrorists
WASHINGTON — Nine people were added to a long list of lives taken by domestic terrorism when a 21-year old allegedly began shooting inside a historic Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17. Since Sept. 11, 2001, nearly twice as many people have been killed by White supremacists, antigovernment fanatics and other...
Experts on torture file legal brief in support of Odeh
June 26th, 20150 Several rights organizations and experts on the effects of torture are weighing in on the appeal of Palestinian American activist Rasmea Odeh, who is challenging her 2014 conviction on an immigration charge. "Odeh, who was tortured and raped in an Israeli prison, was denied the right to present a meaningful defense in her...
Iftar dinners raise money for less fortunate overseas
June 26th, 20150 Iraqi refugees who were forced into exile in 2014 after the emergence of ISIS living in a refugee camp in Syria.DETROIT — Zakat, the third pillar of Islam, is almsgiving for the relief of the poor. Many Muslims fulfill this mandatory religious obligation during Ramadan. The holy month of fasting is a time to get closer to God...Dearborn student wins area wide stock trading challenge
BLOOMFIELD HILLS—More than 500 high school students from Wayne, Oakland and Macomb county high schools competed in Bloomfield Hills Financial’s Fourth Annual Stock-to-Scholarship Challenge. Students competed in the contest, which offered a total of $8,500 in scholarships. This year’s winner, Rida......
Homes and buildings damaged after tornados hit Michigan
June 24th, 20150 TUSCOLA COUNTY—Homes and buildings were damaged after tornados were reported west and north of southeast Michigan Monday night. As of Tuesday morning 30,000 DTE customers were left without electricity, down from 44,000. One of the tornados damaged buildings in Washtenaw County, but no injuries were...
Dearborn School Board selects Glenn Maleyko for Superintendent
June 23rd, 20150 DEARBORN - The Board of Education announced the selection of Dr. Glenn Maleyko as the new Superintendent of Dearborn Public Schools on Monday, June 22.Maleyko will replace Brian Whiston in the post beginning July 1st.Maleyko and Associate Superintendent of General Education for the Shiawassee RESD, Dr. John Van Wagoner, completed final......
Diverse Detroiters pay homage to Charleston victims
June 22nd, 20150 DETROIT—In the wake of the deadly shooting spree in Charleston, S.C. on June 17, local community members and leaders of multiple faiths gathered at the Historic King Solomon Baptist Church on Saturday, June 20 in solidarity against racism that is “alive and well today.”A 21-year-old White man has been arrested for the mass...Three men charged with manufacturing and distributing fake 5-hour energy drinks
DETROIT - Federal officials have charged 11 people across the country, including three from metro Detroit, for manufacturing and distributing fake bottles of 5 hour energy drinks.5 Hour Energy is used by 9 million Americans a week and has $1 billion in annual sales.The fake bottles were allegedly made in plastic vats and included......
