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Community leaders discuss Iran deal with Rep. Dingell
August 13th, 20150 — On Saturday, Aug. 8, community leaders and activists met at La Pita in Dearborn to discuss the Iranian nuclear deal with Rep. Debbie Dingell (D- Dearborn). Congress is expected vote on the measure in the coming weeks. Community members encouraged Dingell to vote in favor of the deal. In the historic deal, the...
Detroit area Iraqis protest poor services in homeland
August 13th, 20150 DETROIT — Local Iraqis are expressing solidarity with demonstrators in their homeland. The wave of protests rocking Iraq over poor services and government corruption have prompted them to call for reforms. Last weekend, a group of Iraqi Americans protested for reforms in Iraq outside the old Dearborn City Hall on Michigan...
Arab Americans struggle to pass Arabic to future generations
August 13th, 20150 DEARBORN — Fewer young Arab Americans read and write Arabic as they seek to assimilate. Hala Hazimeh, principal at the Muslim American Youth Academy (MAYA), a pre-school to eighth grade Arabic and Islamic school, said Dearborn is unlike any other Arab American community, because its members tend to stick closer together . While...Crestwood superintendent owes Arabs explanation on discrimination findings
More than two years have passed since the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission made findings that the Crestwood School District (CSD) discriminated against Arab Americans in hiring and recruitment. Last year, the CSD reached a settlement agreement with the civil rights division of the Department of Justice to improve...
Arab American activists demand “home field” advantage from the Detroit News
August 13th, 20150 DETROIT — Arab American activists met with Detroit News Publisher Jon Wolman and the paper's managing editor, Gary Miles, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, demanding more positive coverage of the community. The community leaders also raised issues about a recent story in the paper headlined "FBI spy plane zeroes in on Dearborn." Civil rights...
Muslim woman denied entry into Westland Advance America
August 13th, 20150 WESTLAND – A local Muslim woman was denied entry into Advance America on Thursday, August 6, after refusing an employee’s demand that she remove her hijab. Westland resident Zeinab Zreik had intended to purchase a money order. Instead, she discovered that the payday lending company had long been implementing a discriminatory...
Second lawsuit filed against United Memorial Gardens
August 13th, 20150 PLYMOUTH — On Friday, August 7, a press conference was held at United Memorial Gardens to announce a lawsuit against the cemetery for burying a stranger’s body in a plot previously purchased by a Muslim family. United Memorial Gardens is a prominent cemetery used by many local Muslims. The cemetery includes an Islamic garden meant...
Arab American activists: Trump divisive but popular
August 13th, 20150 TrumpDEARBORN — The Iowa caucus are not until February of next year, but the presidential elections are on. Republicans had their first debate on Aug. 6, with TV personality and real estate mogul Donald Trump emerging as the unlikely leading candidate, according to public opinion polls. Trump, a businessman who never held an...
Iran’s plan for Syria and the challenges for diplomacy
August 13th, 20150 Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) talks with Lebanon's Prime Minister Tammam Salam at the Government Palace in Beirut, Aug. 11.The Iranian nuclear deal is echoing through the halls of diplomacy in the Middle East. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has visited Beirut and Damascus, introducing a road map to end...Fifty eight House members to make trip this month to Israel
Fifty eight House members — 22 Democrats and 36 Republicans — are making a trip this month to Israel, right before Congress is set to consider the controversial Iran nuclear deal. The trip is being paid for by the American Israel Education Foundation, the charitable arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee...Dengue rife, malaria spreading in the streets of Yemen
SANAA – Trash piling up on the streets of Yemeni towns is helping the spread of dengue fever and malaria, a charity employing local people to clear up the filth said on Wednesday, as fighting, baking heat and a lack of food and water add to their hardships.Garbage lying in the streets has contaminated soil and water and attracted...
Dearborn receives grant to fund smoke detectors for residents
August 13th, 20150 DEARBORN – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell announced Thursday that the Dearborn Fire Department will receive a $69,753 Fire Prevention & Safety grant through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. The funding will be used to help provide and install smoke detectors for all...
Arabs and Latinos rally for relief from deportation
August 13th, 20150 DETROIT—Families of immigrants facing deportation gathered Wednesday along with immigration advocates and faith leaders to express their frustration and to call out Detroit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field director, Rebecca Adducci.The supporters of the rally argue that Adducci is...Famed Egyptian actor Nour el-Sherif dies
CAIRO — Famed Egyptian actor Nour el-Sherif died on Tuesday. He was 69. The Egyptian state news agency said he died after battling an unspecified long illness.El-Sherif’s big break was in the late 1960s when he played a supporting role in “The Palace of Desire,” the screen adaptation of one of the novels in a trilogy by...
Dearborn Democratic Club announces support for Iran Deal
August 12th, 20150 DEARBORN—The Dearborn Democratic Club is encouraging Michigan members of congress and the senate to support the Iran Nuclear Deal. A resolution passed unanimously in the general body of the Dearborn Democratic Club stating, “The Dearborn Democratic Club thanks the members of the Michigan Democratic......
Detroit gas station owners consider suing City of Detroit
August 12th, 20150 DEARBORN—Gas station owners are considering taking legal action against the City of Detroit over licensing and ticketing issues.During a meeting Monday, Aug. 10 at Byblos Banquet Hall Detroit gas station owners discussed the possibility of filing a class action lawsuit over the issues.The meeting was held for small business owners...
Newlyweds arrested for planning to join ISIS
August 12th, 20150 OXFORD, Miss. (Reuters) - A Mississippi couple, accused of seeking to join the militant Islamic State group on a planned honeymoon trip, remained in custody on Tuesday after being denied bond in federal court.Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, and Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla, 22, were charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support......
Gas prices to go up by more than 50 cents
August 11th, 20150 DETROIT — Gas will prices will increase by up to 80 cents per gallon in the next few days, gas wholesalers told The Arab American News, citing reports of technical issues in a BP refinery in the Midwest.Average gas prices in Michigan are already higher than the east coast. Crude oil prices have been...
Michigan jury says hugs in prison allowed, awards inmate $1,251
August 11th, 20150 DETROIT — A Michigan inmate was awarded $1,251 after a jury ruled his rights were violated when a guard barred him from hugging his wife during a prison visit.Kevin King, 52, who is serving a life sentence for a 1982 murder, was awarded $1 in Detroit federal court last week for a violation of his First Amendment rights and $1,250 as...Politics sometimes shred the facts of immigration
Political rhetoric implies that unauthorized immigration, especially across the U.S. border with Mexico, is wildly out of control.Is that true?According to a July 24 immigration report by the Pew Research Center, the number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States is not up. It’s down.The peak, 12.2 million, was eight...Early detection decreases chance of death from lung cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. In 2014, approximately 160,000 deaths occurred in the U.S. alone. Early detection is key for decreasing the incidence of death from lung cancer. Lung cancer is typically asymptomatic in early stages and is usually diagnosed in advanced stages when the chances of......
Iraqis protest against corruption, poor services
BAGHDAD — Iraqis complaining about corruption and poor services, epitomized by power cuts during a heatwave, took to the streets on Tuesday, underlining the pressures on a government struggling to fend off radical insurgents. The unrest, though limited and largely peaceful, could weigh down the government of Prime Minister Haider...U.S.-trained Syrian rebels captured by al-Qaeda
DAMASCUS — The United States said on Tuesday it had indications that Syrian rebels trained by the U.S. military were captured by fighters from al-Qaeda's Syria wing, Nusra Front, in the latest blow to a fledgling program at the center of America's war strategy. The Pentagon said in a statement it was monitoring the situation but had......
Nightlife turns into a nightmare for residents in east Dearborn
August 7th, 20150 Sky Lounge on Warren Ave.DEARBORN — On the evening of Monday, Aug. 3, a Dearborn Police officer pulled over a biker on Ford Road, after he had led a pack of motorcyclists through traffic, with several of them swerving across lanes, cutting off other vehicles and disregarding all traffic signals— breaking several motor vehicle laws...200 migrants feared drowned off Libya
TRIPOLI — More than 200 migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean were feared to have drowned Wednesday after their overcrowded fishing boat capsized off Libya. The boat, believed to have been carrying more than 600 migrants, including women and children, ran into difficulty about 15 nautical miles off Libya......