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Sen. Peters meets community leaders before Middle East trip
September 4th, 20150 Community activists with PetersDEARBORN — Senator Gary Peters (D- Mich.) met with Arab American activists and heads of organizations at the offices of The Arab American News, on Monday, Aug. 31, before leaving on an official visit to the Middle East. The senator listened to Arab Americans' concerns about civil rights, immigration,...
Sterling Heights mosque controversy spills across Chaldean and Muslim communities
September 4th, 20150 STERLING HEIGHTS — The mosque controversy took an ugly turn this week after Mayor Michael Taylor publicly proclaimed his stance against the project, following concerns from residents that he and other city officials were leading an agenda against Chaldean residents. Residents came out in droves in recent weeks to oppose the mosque at...
Detroit gas station owners to join organization to safeguard interests
September 4th, 20150 Shaker Aoun addresses Detroit gas station owners at Byblos Banquet HallDEARBORN — More than 50 Detroit business owners, representing about 100 gas stations, decided to join a coalition to aggregate their efforts against what they consider unfair treatment by the city. At a meeting at Byblos Banquet Hall on Monday, Aug. 31, the...Poetry corner: The note
This poem by Iraqi poet Ahmad Matar is translated from Arabic The note The thief has left us A note On the shelf of the pantry. It said: May god curse The prince. He has left Nothing for us To steal Except the snoring -Translated by Ali Harb ...Celebrating 31 years in a painful world
The Arab American News staff during our 30th anniversary celebrationThe Arab American News was established 31 years ago, on Sept. 7, 1984. Since then, it has grown from an idea to become a destination for tens of thousands of readers, journalists and politicians seeking the news of Arab America.The newspaper has matched the growth and...Former ICC chief prosecutor pushes for Yazidi genocide case
The former chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) is pushing for a case to be opened into the "ongoing genocide" against Iraq's Yazidi community at the hands of ISIS militants. Luis Moreno Ocampo said he was approached in the United States recently by Yazidi activists who are seeking justice for the systematic...ISIS attack kills 28 in Sanaa mosque
SANAA — ISIS's Yemen branch claimed responsibility for two bombings at a mosque in a northern district of the capital Sanaa that killed at least 28 people and wounded 75 on Wednesday. The al-Mo'ayyad mosque, in the al-Jarraf neighborhood of Sanaa, has previously been targeted by ISIS, who regard the Iran-allied Houthis as...Chinese auto supplier to build headquarters in Northville
NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP — Gov. Snyder has announced an advanced manufacturing technical center will be built by a Chinese auto supplier. On Monday, Snyder announced that the auto supplier, CW Bearing USA Inc., will spend about $26 million on a Northville Township facility that will include an engineering and technical center and advanced...Detroit police seek four teens who fled treatment facility
Detroit — Police are searching for four teens who escaped Aug. 27 from a treatment program at a facility on the city’s east side. The teens were residents in a program at the DePaul Youth Treatment Center in the 600 block of East Grand Boulevard, said Sgt. Cassandra Lewis, a spokeswoman for the Detroit Police Department. The...
Oral arguments for Odeh’s appeal set for Oct. 14
September 4th, 20150 Odeh outside the federal courthouse in Detroit after her conviction CINCINNATI — Palestinian community leader Rasmea Odeh will challenge her immigration fraud conviction Wednesday, Oct. 14 in the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. In November 2014, Odeh was convicted for failing to disclose on a U.S. naturalization application...We should be grateful for our Constitution
Concerning your editorial of Aug. 27, about the proposed Mosque in Sterling Heights: There is a teachable lesson that we can all learn from… and that is; sometimes it takes the newer citizens— those who are the most grateful for our Bill of Rights, those who vividly remember the oppression they are fleeing— to remind us what a...Backlogged rape kits in Detroit leads to further investigation
DETROIT — Most of the 11,000 rape-evidence kits left languishing in a Detroit warehouse have been analyzed since they turned up several years ago, with DNA matches leading to further investigation in 35 states, Gov. Snyder said on Wednesday. The rape kits, which were found abandoned on a storage shelf in 2009, contain DNA samples from...
Syria’s refugees: Poetry doesn’t help; action needed
September 4th, 20150 Aylan KurdiThe photo of Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian child who drowned and washed on the shores of Turkey, has inspired volumes of poetry and sympathy. But words and tears will not help the people of Syria. Actions are needed by all governments— including ours— which considers itself the leading force in the free world. Aylan, 3,...Suspect who shot gas station attendant in Westland arrested
A screenshot of the robberyWESTLAND — The suspect who shot a gas station employee in Westland last week was arrested in Bay City on Wednesday, Allie Berry, vice-president of Armada Oil & Gas Company, said.The gas station at the corner of Warren Ave. and Wayne Rd. is in a safe location across the street from Westland Mall. But...
Photo of drowned Syrian toddler alert world to refugees’ suffering
September 3rd, 20150 ANKARA — The distraught father of two Syrian toddlers who drowned with their mother and several other migrants as they tried to reach Greece identified their bodies on Thursday and prepared to take them back to their home town of Kobani. Abdullah Kurdi collapsed in tears after emerging from a morgue in the city of Mugla near Bodrum......
Poetry corner: The note
This poem by Iraqi poet Ahmad Matar is translated from Arabic.The noteThe thief has left us A noteOn the shelf of the pantry.It said:May god curseThe prince.He has left Nothing for us To stealExcept the snoring-Translated by Ali Harb ...ISIS attack kills 28 in Sanaa mosque
SANAA — ISIS's Yemen branch claimed responsibility for two bombings at a mosque in a northern district of the capital Sanaa that killed at least 28 people and wounded 75 on Wednesday.The al-Mo'ayyad mosque, in the al-Jarraf neighborhood of Sanaa, has previously been targeted by ISIS, who regard the Iran-allied Houthis as......
Twelve Syrians drown heading from Turkey to Greek island
A Turkish police officer stands next to the body of the young boy. Photo: ReutersANKARA — An image of a drowned toddler washed up on the beach in one of Turkey's prime tourist resorts swept across social media on Wednesday, after at least 12 presumed Syrian refugees died trying to reach the Greek island of Kos.The picture showed a...
Complaint filed against airline for placing Muslim flight attendant on leave of absence
September 2nd, 20150 The Council on American-Islamic Relations of Michigan (CAIR-MI) filed a complaint with the the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this week after ExpressJet Airlines placed a Detroit-based flight attendant on a leave of absence for objecting to serve alcohol based on her religious beliefs as a Muslim. The complaint...ISIS accused of launching chemical attack in Iraq
ERBIL, Iraq — Kurdish authorities said on Tuesday they suspected a homemade rocket fired by ISIS at their peshmerga forces in northern Iraq contained chemical substances, accusing the terrorists of an increasing use of chemical weapons.The Kurdistan Region's Security Council (KRSC) said the attack had taken place along the front line...Rochester Hills man sentenced to life for beating parents to death
PONTIAC — A Rochester Hills who had beaten his elderly parents to death was sentenced Tuesday in Oakland Circuit Court to life without the possibility of parole. Jeffrey Brian Maurer, 54, was found guilty of first degree murder in January after killing his parents.Maurer's father, William Maurer, was 87 and his mother Gayle Maurer......
Arab Americans demonstrate in support of “You Stink” protesters
August 31st, 20150 DETROIT — Dozens of Arab Americans gathered in front of the Lebanese Consulate in Detroit, in solidarity with the anti-corruption "#YouStink" protesters in Lebanon.The Detroit demonstration on Saturday coincided with a massive protest in Beirut, where thousands poured into a main square, defying heightened presence of...More in-depth reporting on air pollution in Michigan’s Wayne County could save lives
Southend resident Marya Aladwar has asthma and attends Salina Elementary School in Dearborn. Aladwar is holding up the inhaler she uses to treat her asthma. Air pollution from industrial sources can trigger asthma attacks.DETROIT — Air pollution from industrial sources in Wayne County— especially in the low income ZIP......
Local matchmaker offers dating tips
August 30th, 20151 Sitto Here is a compilation of dating tips offered by metro Detroit based Chaldean Matchmaker Theresa Sitto: Phone Etiquette Remember that your phone greeting leaves an impression on your caller. Set up that mailbox; it's not that hard. Leave a clear, concise greeting that does not include work related prompts or...
Hundreds of Sterling Heights residents turn out to protest Mosque
August 29th, 20150 STERLING HEIGHTS - Hundreds of residents turned out to protest a proposed controversial mosque that religious leaders plan on building on 15 mile and Ryan Rd, near a residential area.The proposal garnered massive backlash in recent weeks by local residents. While many have continued to argue that building the mosque at the site......
