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“Islamic State” commander killed in Mosul
BAGHDAD — An "Islamic State" leader has been killed in an air strike in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, residents and a local medical source said on Thursday.Radwan Taleb al-Hamdouni, whom the sources described as the extremist group's leader in Mosul, was killed with his driver when their car was hit in a western district of the...PLO: Israel detained 10,000 Palestinian children since 2000
RAMALLAH — More than 10,000 Palestinian minors in the occupied West Bank and annexed Jerusalem have been held by the Israeli army for varying periods since 2000, a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official said Wednesday, adding that 20 percent of those detained since June of this year are minors."Israel does not provide any...Islamic organization to hold blood drive in commemoration of Ashura
DEARBORN — The Imam Mahdi Association of Marjaeya (I.M.A.M) is holding a blood drive on Sunday, Dec. 14 from 3 to 5 p.m. The blood drive is being held in commemoration of the passing of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Islam’s prophet Muhammed. Last month, Shi’a Muslims worldwide, including the large community here in...23-year-old man shot to death on Foard Rd in Dearborn
DEARBORN- at about 2:00a.m., on Friday, November 14, Dearborn Police responded to the area of Ford Road between Wyoming and Oakman on report of a man down. A passing motorist called police after discovering a man down on Ford Road west of Wyoming. Further investigation revealed that Rolex Dior...
Biggby Coffee opens second halal location with community partners
November 14th, 20140 Biggy, located at 3389 Greenfield Road in Dearborn. DEARBORN – Although it’s only been open for a month, the Biggby Coffee shop on Greenfield Road, near Rotunda Drive, already has patrons feeling a sense of community when they walk through the door. That atmosphere is led by owner Killoud Dabaja, 35, a lifelong Dearborn...
Annapolis High School suspends bullied Arab student, mother questions administration’s actions
November 14th, 20140 Annapolis High School is located in the south-end of Dearborn Heights.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The mother of an Arab student at Annapolis High School is speaking out against the school district following months of alleged bullying and racial slurs from other students that escalated into an altercation at a powderpuff football game on...
Wayne Mayor Al Haidous reflects on public service and the American Dream
November 14th, 20140 Haidous.WAYNE — An immigrant arrives in the United States, opens a small business, becomes involved in the community and gets elected as a councilman in his small town. Then, he successfully runs for mayor and 13 years later moves on to become a county commissioner. Mayor Abdul "Al" Haidous maintains that his story is a testament...
Dearborn Police hires three Arab American officers
November 14th, 20140 Mayor O'Reilly and Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad pose with new police officer hirees.DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department announced this week that it has added four new officers to its police force, three of whom are Arab American residents from the city.The three Arab American officers are; Michael Hammoud, a graduate of the...
Islamic Center of America chairman refutes anonymous letter attacking leaders
November 14th, 20140 DEARBORN — The Islamic Center of America (ICA) is a symbol of the Muslim community in Dearborn. As the biggest mosque in North America, pictures of its illuminated dome and minarets have become synonymous with Islam in the United States. The mosque has been targeted by anti-Muslim protesters, threats and even a bomb plot....
Junior commissioners welcomed by City Beautiful Commission
November 14th, 20140 The City Beautiful Commission and Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. welcomed new junior commissioners during the annual All-Schools Breakfast on Oct. 29.DEARBORN — The Dearborn City Beautiful Commission and Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. welcomed students serving as junior commissioners during the annual breakfast kick-off of the...
Warren Evans chooses transition team
November 14th, 20140 Evans.DETROIT — Warren Evans, the newly-elected Wayne County executive, announced last week that he had chosen a transition team. Evans, who earned 70 percent of the votes, has named Joseph Nardone, development director for the Wayne County Airport Authority, to lead the transition team. Lisa Canada, legislative director for the...
National Arab American arts forum to be held in Dearborn
November 14th, 20140 DEARBORN — The sixth biennial convening of DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts will be held at the Arab American National Museum (AANM), May 7-9, 2015. The conference will coincide with the launch of the Museum’s 10th anniversary programming year, as well as the Museum’s new visual arts exhibition, Ten. The Conference Committee welcomes...
Dana Alicia Thompson elected to Wayne State University Board of Governors
November 14th, 20140 Dana Alicia Thompson.DETROIT — Michigan voters have elected Dana Alicia Thompson, a University of Michigan law professor and director of the Entrepreneurship Clinic at Michigan-Law, to the Wayne State University Board of Governors. Thompson won along with fellow Democratic candidate and former Michigan Supreme Court Justice...New York doctor now free of Ebola discharged from hospital
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio hugs Dr. Craig Spencer as he is discharged from Bellevue Hospital.NEW YORK CITY — A New York doctor who has recovered from Ebola left the hospital on Tuesday and urged support for U.S. health workers treating patients in West Africa so they do not face "stigma and threats" when they return home.The...Slain Ferguson teen’s dad seeks justice at U.N.
The mother Lesley McSpadden (L) and father Michael Brown Sr. (C) of slain teenager Michael Brown.GENEVA — The father of Black teenager Michael Brown, shot dead by a policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, in August, said on Wednesday he and the boy's mother had come to the United Nations in Geneva to seek justice for their son.In a statement......
Window washers rescued after dangling at NYC’s World Trade Center
The broken scaffolding that had stranded window washers earlier on the side of 1 World Trade Center in New York November 12, 2014.NEW YORK — Two window washers trapped on a broken platform outside the 69th floor of New York's One World Trade Center scrambled to safety through a hole cut in the glass on Wednesday after dangling for two...Obama picks civil rights advocate Loretta Lynch to be next U.S. attorney general
Lynch.WASHINGTON — President Obama on Saturday picked Brooklyn federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be the next U.S. attorney general who, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the first Black woman in the job.Lynch would replace Eric Holder, the first Black attorney general, who has held the job since Obama took office in 2009. She was......
Bombs explode near Egyptian and UAE embassies in Libya
The wreckage of a car, which was destroyed when a bomb exploded, is pictured next to the Egyptian embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli Nov. 13.TRIPOLI — Bombs exploded near the Egyptian and United Arab Emirates embassies here in the Libyan capital on Thursday, but there were no reports of casualties or major damage.The blasts...
Settlers burn mosque in the West Bank, Israel announces 400 homes in East Jerusalem
November 14th, 20140 A Palestinian boy looks out of a damaged mosque after it was set ablaze, in the West Bank village of Mghayr, Nov. 12.RAMALLAH — Israel approved new settler homes in east Jerusalem on Wednesday, despite mounting unrest.The new settlement construction was announced just hours after suspected Jewish extremists torched a West Bank mosque,...
Dearborn increases snow emergency tickets to $80, prepares designated parking areas
November 14th, 20140 DEARBORN — The city is gearing up for winter by preparing a pilot program in the south-end and northeast neighborhoods that would allow residents to temporarily park their vehicles on designated streets during a snow emergency.The city is also enforcing a new policy that would increase snow emergency tickets to a one time flat rate...
University of Michigan-Dearborn hosts Veterans Day Scholarship Dinner
November 14th, 20140 State Senate-elecect David Knezek. DEARBORN — The University of Michigan- Dearborn and the Student Veterans Association (SVA) hosted a scholarship dinner on the eve of Veterans Day, Nov. 10, in honor of the veterans who continue to serve the community. Scholarships will be awarded to student veterans and proceeds from the dinner......
FBI: Detroit most dangerous big U.S. city in 2013
DETROIT — Detroit is the most dangerous major city in the United States, according to 2013 FBI data released this week.The motor city has the highest crime rate among big cities, according to the FBI.With 2,072 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2013, Detroit had the highest violent crime rate in the U.S. among large cities,...Blue Cross to offer 41 health insurance plans in 2015
DETROIT — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and its HMO subsidiary, Blue Care Network, will offer an extended number of affordable health insurance choices to individuals – a total of 41 product options, an increase from 18 in 2014 – during the 2015 open enrollment period.Blue Cross received approval from state and federal......
ACC launches winter donation drive to help the needy
TROY — The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) has launched its winter donation drive to help clients in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties get through the season.Through Wed., Dec. 24, the ACC will be accepting items at its headquarters in Troy (363 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 300) and Youth Center in Detroit (62 W. Seven Mile...The age of TV clowns: Arab media on the brink
Tawfiq Okasha.As I was finalizing my research for this article, I found myself browsing through a heap of hilarious videos by mostly Egyptian TV show hosts Tawfiq Okasha and Amr Adeeb.In one of his numerous videos on YouTube, Okasha, the star and host of the Cairo-based privately funded al-Faraeen channel, tries to explain the......