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Rasmea Odeh should be honored, not imprisoned
I remember distinctly the experience that pushed me to decide I wanted to dedicate my life to making the world a better place. In 2009, I spent the year working at the Arab American Action Network in Chicago and had the opportunity to interact with so many amazing individuals who were committed to working for positive social...Amer Zahr named adjunct professor of law at the University of Detroit-Mercy Law School
DEARBORN—Classes at the University of Detroit-Mercy Law School are about to get a lot of more interesting. The venerable institution has recently added a new course for the Spring 2015 semester, entitled, “Arab Americans and the Law.” Teaching it will be Amer Zahr; and, while Zahr is often first thought...Israeli FM calls for beheading Arab citizens disloyal to Israel
Avigdor LiebermanThe Israeli foreign minister and head of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party Avigdor Lieberman suggested during a campaign event that Arab citizens of Israel, who are disloyal to the state, deserve to be decapitated."Whoever is with us should get everything," Lieberman said in a speech at the Interdisciplinary Center...
Muslim man killed in Texas while taking photos with his wife
March 6th, 20150 DALLAS - The North Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW) today called on law enforcement authorities to address community concerns about what motivated the alleged killers of a 36-year-old Muslim who was shot Wednesday. while taking pictures of the snow. A report on social media indicates that the...
Panel discusses civil rights at UM-D
March 6th, 20150 Chief Ronald Haddad, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, UM-D professor Sally Howell, ADC Michigan Director Fatina Abdrabboh, Judge David Turfe, UM-D president Dan Little.DEARBORN — A panel of local and regional community officials gathered Tuesday, March 3 at the University of Michigan-Dearborn to discuss various civil rights, law...
The forgotten philanthropy of American Muslims
March 6th, 20150 Young Muslim women partnering with Zaman International to provide struggling families throughout metro-Detroit with meals.DEARBORN — American Muslims have made great contributions to society. However, their philanthropic efforts are often overlooked by the media. There is widespread misconception that Arab and Muslim Americans...
Study: Arab Americans’ health affected by pollution
March 6th, 20150 Five-year-old south end resident Marya Aladwar who has asthma.DEARBORN — A study was conducted last year by researchers at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine to determine whether there is an association between changes in air pollution and asthma symptoms in young and old Arab Americans. The Southend of Dearborn...
Local lawmakers anger Arab Americans by attending Netanyahu’s speech
March 6th, 20150 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 3DEARBORN— With the exception of Rep. John Conyers (D- Detroit), all of Michigan's representatives in Congress attended the controversial speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on...
Dearborn begins decommissioning paid parking in downtown district
March 6th, 20150 DEARBORN — according to Mayor Jack O'Reilly, an objective to decommission parking meters in west Dearborn is now in full swing. At this week's city council meeting, O'Reilly announced that the city has been revoking parking meters in the business district in downtown Dearborn since late February. From Feb. 24- March 3,...Detroit cop faces jail on intoxicated with firearm charge
DETROIT — A 38-year-old Detroit police officer could face 93 days in jail after she was arraigned Feb. 26 on a charge of being intoxicated while carrying her department-issued firearm. Deloma Stone was arrested Feb. 23 around 8:30 p.m. at the Golden Greek Bar on Eight Mile Road. She was charged with possession of a firearm under the...Father of Pontiac baby charged in death
PONTIAC — The 18-year-old father of a 7-month-old baby has been charged with first degree felony murder in the child’s death on Saturday. Damon Horner was denied bond and will face a preliminary examination before Judge Ronda Gross on March 17. The child, Aiden Logan, died as a result of cranial cerebral trauma. Horner had claimed...Shootings on Detroit’s east side leave 2 dead, 7 injured
DETROIT — This past weekend, four separate shootings on the city’s east side left two men dead and seven people injured. On Saturday, a man believed to have been between 35 and 40 was shot on the 4800 block of Nottingham after being chased by a would-be robber who’d tried to hold him up out side a store at Nottingham and...
Local scientist wins environmental award for research on birth defects in Iraq
March 6th, 20150 Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani ANN ARBOR — Local scientist Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani won the prestigious Rachel Carson Prize for her work on the effects of war on public health, particularly the rise of birth defects in Iraq, because of pollution from bombs dropped during the war. The Rachel Carson Prize is awarded annually in...
West Bloomfield officials accused of racism face recall efforts
March 6th, 20150 Oram.WEST BLOOMFIELD — Three members of the West Bloomfield Township board of trustees are facing a recall effort over allegations that they discriminated against Chaldeans. Resident Charlene Mitchell Rodgers filed recall petitions to get Clerk Catherine Shaughnessy and trustees Lawrence Brown and Howard Rosenberg removed from...
UM-Dearborn deer cull ends
March 6th, 20150 DEARBORN — The recent deer cull at the University of Michigan-Dearborn ended this past Sunday. Hunters were initially called in to kill about 50 deer near the campus on Feb. 24 to reduce the animals’ population. Last year an aerial study revealed 57 deer in the area. By this January, their numbers had increased to 76. The......
Sterling Heights cultural exchange taking place March 13
March 6th, 20150 STERLING HEIGHTS — The city of Sterling Heights and its Ethnic Community Committee will hold its 2015 Cultural Exchange on a new date this year, Friday, March 13, from 6 to 10 p.m. in the Senior Center. The public is welcomed and encouraged to attend this celebrated event. Free overflow parking and shuttle service is available...
Urban League to honor Dr. Haifa Fakhouri
March 6th, 20150 DETROIT — Dr. Haifa Fakhouri, president and CEO of the Arab American and Chaldean Council, will be honored at the Urban League of Detroit and Southeast Michigan’s 36th annual Salute to Distinguished Warriors Dinner. The event will take place Thursday, March 26 at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center Hotel. Other honorees will......
Ferguson policies targeted Blacks, created toxic environment
Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson is pictured in this undated evidence photo.WASHINGTON/KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A U.S. probe found systemic racial bias targeted Blacks and created a "toxic environment" in Ferguson, Missouri, but cleared a White officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black teenager there, Attorney General Eric Holder said...Californian tried to join “Islamic State” in Syria
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California man whom prosecutors say sought to travel to Syria last year in a bid to join "Islamic State" fighters was indicted on federal charges, the Justice Department said on Wednesday. The suspect, Adam Dandach, 21, of Orange, California, was indicted by a grand jury in Santa Ana, California, the...Muslim man killed in Texas while taking photos
DALLAS — The North Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW) today called on law enforcement authorities to address community concerns about what motivated the alleged killers of a 36-year-old Muslim who was shot Wednesday. while taking pictures of the snow. A report on social media indicates that the...Supreme Court split over Obamacare challenge
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply divided on ideological lines on Wednesday as it tackled a second major challenge to President Obama's healthcare law, with Justice Anthony Kennedy emerging as a likely swing vote in a ruling. The nine justices heard 85 minutes of arguments in the case brought by conservative......
The Arab intellectual is resting, not dead
Whenever a new poem by Mahmoud Darwish was published in al-Quds newspaper, I rushed over to Abu Aymen’s newsstand that was located in the refugee camp’s main square. It was a crowded and dusty place where grimy taxis waited for passengers, surrounded by fish and vegetable venders. Darwish’s poetry was too cryptic for us...Our representatives insulted us
We are disappointed that most of Michigan’s congressional delegation attended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial and insulting speech on Capitol Hill. Their decision to stand and applaud for Netanyahu's lies as he undermines President Obama and pretends to care more about threats to world peace than our......
Chaldeans at AIPAC do not speak for the community
March 6th, 20151 Last week, Chaldean State Rep. Klint Kesto (R- Commerce Township) and California businessman Mark Arabo attended the national conference of the American Israeli Political Action Committee (AIPAC). Then, they filled their social media pages with expressions of fondness of Israel and calls to protect Iraqi Christians—sometimes in the...
Dearborn council addresses negative attention following Chapel Hill murders
March 6th, 20150 City Council meeting on Tuesday, March 3.DEARBORN — At the city council meeting on Tuesday, March 3, council members addressed negative media attention that has been directed at the city following the murder of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, N.C. In a resolution by Councilman Mike Sareini that was supported unanimously......