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Turkey authorizes military action in Syria and Iraq, as ‘Islamic State’ advances
A Syrian Kurdish refugee carries her belongings after crossing into Turkey from the Syrian border town of Kobani. Photo Murad Sezer Reuters.SURUC, Turkey — Turkey's parliament authorized the government to order military action against "Islamic State" on Thursday as the insurgents tightened their grip on a Syrian border town, sending...Essay contest offering law school students $10,000 grand prize
MICHIGAN — The legal firm 1-800-LAW FIRM is offering a $10,000 grand prize to the winner of an essay contest it started to hear ideas from future lawyers about how to improve the ways peoples’ rights are protected. In at least 1000 words, applicants are being asked to discuss the innovative and highly impactful way in which they...
Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon discusses safety, Detroit and community partnership
September 26th, 20140 Napoleon (right) is interviewed by TAAN reporters.DEARBORN — Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon said his department can play a greater role in ensuring the safety of Detroit and its surrounding communities.In an interview with The Arab American News, Napoleon, Wayne County Deputy Chief Mike Jaafar and Press Director Paula Bridges,...
Remembering Riad Shatila, a hard-working dreamer
September 26th, 20140 DEARBORN — Ford Motor Company is not the only internationally-renowned Dearborn-based business. Shatila Bakery's sweets have become a prominent feature of the city and its growing Arab American community. The bakery's products are shipped and consumed across North America and its store is a “must” destination for Dearborn's...
Officials plead not guilty to charges related to failed Wayne County jail project
September 26th, 20140 Wayne County's failed jail project.DETROIT — Two former Wayne County officials, Carla Sledge and Steven Collins, pled not guilty this week to charges related to the failed Wayne County jail project. Sledge served as the former chief administrator for the building authority overseeing the jail’s construction and Collins worked as...
Syrian opposition activist set to appear at panel discussion denied entry into U.S.
September 26th, 20140 Dr. Haytham Manna.FLINT — American immigration officials at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris denied Syrian opposition activist Dr. Haytham Manna entry into the United States, even though his visa that does not expire until 2017.Manna was scheduled to appear on Wednesday on a panel discussion about the Syrian crisis at the...
Community urged to attend fundraiser and pray for Arab father in coma
September 26th, 20140 DEARBORN — On Wednesday, Oct. 8 from 6-9 p.m. a fundraiser will be held for community member and Dearborn resident Abrahim Hussein at Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn. Hussein has two daughters, ages 19 and 14. Hussein fell into a coma after getting in an accident while driving back home from Ohio where he was vacationing. A...
LAHC supports students by providing backpacks and school supplies
September 26th, 20140 DEARBORN — The Lebanese American Heritage Club (LAHC) takes great pride in its Back to School Program and educational initiatives. This past week, members of the Youth Leadership Committee at the LAHC delivered close to 500 backpacks filled with school supplies to various schools in Wayne County.Through these programs, the LAHC is...Gov. Snyder to conduct a series of town hall meetings before general election
LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder will be meeting with Michigan voters as part of the Road to Recovery Town Hall Tour.The governor will conduct a series of town halls for an open and free discussion with voters on issues that matter most to them. In addition to the town hall tour, Snyder will join Nolan Finley of the Detroit News,...Gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer to campaign at Arab museum in Dearborn
DEARBORN — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer will visit the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn for a meet and greet reception on Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Arab American Democrats and Dearborn Democratic Club. It is free and open to the public. “The governor's race looks like it is...
Event honors children who died in tragic boating accident
September 26th, 20140 ROYAL OAK — The lives of two Chaldean West Bloomfield children who died in a fatal boating accident last summer were honored Sunday, Sept. 21 at an event at the Detroit Zoo, hosted by the Alexander and Gabrielle Mansour Memorial Fund. More than 1,000 people attended the event entitled “Stride for...
U.S. humanitarian aid for Syrian crisis totals more than $2.9 billion
September 26th, 20140 For more detailed information on the U.S. Government’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, visit: www.usaid.gov/crisis/syriaDEARBORN — On Sept. 12, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the United States would provide nearly $500 million in additional humanitarian aid to help Syrian crisis victims. The funding brings the...
Homeland Security officials warn local law enforcement of ISIS threat
September 26th, 20140 DETROIT — Federal officials are now warning local law enforcement about the threat of ISIS on American soil, according to WXYZ Channel 7. According to federal officials, these threats are not coming from organized groups, but rather "lone wolves". High traffic areas like downtown Detroit have been put on alert.Detroit Crime...
Mariam Bazzi and Ghinwah Karkaba host fundraiser
September 26th, 20140 Bazzi (left) and Karkaba (right).DEARBORN — On Tuesday night, Dearborn Board of Education candidates Mariam Saad Bazzi and Ghinwah Karkaba held a fundraiser for their campaigns. The event took place at Byblos Banquet Hall. Bazzi and Karkaba are two of the 11 candidates competing for three open seats on the Board of...
Arab American elected national negotiator for Ford UAW
September 26th, 20140 Mohamad Baydoun.DEARBORN — Resident Mohamad Ali Beydoun will represent 45,000 union workers as the new national negotiator for the United Auto Workers (UAW) at Ford Motor Company.Early this month, he was elected National Negotiator Sub Council #3 (Skilled Trades) for the UAW-Ford 2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement. “It was an......
Muslim Scholars release open letter to IS, blasting ideology
September 26th, 20140 Nihad Awad, center, executive director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations, and more than 10 Muslim-American leaders endorse a letter written by more than 100 Islamic scholars that denounces ISIS.WASHINGTON — More than 120 Muslim scholars from around the world joined an open letter to the “fighters and followers” of the...U.S. Attorney General Holder to step down
United States Attorney General Eric Holder holds a news conference announcing updates in the Justice Department's investigation of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in Washington September 4.WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, an unapologetic liberal voice and one of President Obama's closest allies,......
In Memoriam: Mustapha Al-Abed Hammoud : The loss of an extraordinary man
Hammoud, who hailed from the Lebanese village of Tebnine, never surrendered easily. He was an extraordinary man who lived a full life and excelled in every aspect and at all levels. Hammoud, the oldest son of a southern farmer, as he used to proudly describe his father, reached for the stars. He was fearless and stood head-to-head...Local community should stand with Rasmea Odeh
Palestinian American activist Rasmea Odeh was tortured and sexually abused in Israeli prisons 45 years ago. Now, the U.S. government wants to punish her for what she has endured. The Department of Justice is replicating the State Department's policies of persecuting and prosecuting the Palestinian victims in favor of Israeli...
French, U.S. planes strike “Islamic State” across Syria and Iraq, Britain to join coalition
September 26th, 20140 BAGHDAD — French fighter jets struck Islamic State targets in Iraq on Thursday and the United States hit them in Syria, as a U.S.-led coalition to fight the militants gained momentum with an announcement that Britain would join.In the United States, FBI Director James Comey said Washington had identified the masked "Islamic State"...IS blows up ancient church and Muslim shrine in Tikrit
Arbaeen Wali shrine Photo Al-Sumaria News.BAGHDAD — "Islamic State" militants controlling the Iraqi city of Tikrit blew up a Muslim shrine and rigged one of the region's oldest churches with explosives, security sources and witnesses said Thursday.A police lieutenant from the area around the city, which is controlled by the "Islamic......
Fatah-Hamas reach agreement to give unity government control over Gaza
CAIRO — A unity government is to take control of the Gaza Strip, after a breakthrough in talks between Palestinian factions on Thursday which could strengthen their hand in talks with Israel next month.The Gaza ceasefire struck in August between Israel and the Palestinians called for the Palestinian Authority, led by President...Lebanese army raids Syrian refugee camps, arrests 4 militants
Syrian refugees tents burn as Lebanese soldiers raid it in Ersal, Thursday, Sept. 25.BEIRUT — The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) detained four Nusra Front extremists and investigated 470 suspected Islamist militants in Ersal, Tripoli, Akkar and Koura, Lebanese security sources said on Thursday, as it steps up efforts to prevent them from......
Houthi rebels take over Sanaa, as Yemen president warns of civil war
September 26th, 20140 A Houthi rebel holds an RPG near the presidential palace in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Wednesday Photo: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters.SANAA — President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has warned Yemenis their country is heading toward civil war after the takeover of the capital by Houthi rebels, a move that has allowed the insurgents to...Imams council of MMCC stresses importance of unity between Arabs of different nationalities
ROYAL OAK — The Imam’s Committee, a branch of the Michigan Muslim Community Council, focuses on local issues between Islamic centers and communities. With the growing sectarianism in the Middle East, the Imam’s Committee is committed to acting as a bridge between local mosques and communities to promote unity. The committee is......
