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Eight Arabs from Dearborn accepted to Harvard University since 2012
May 9th, 20140 DEARBORN — The number of Arab American students from Dearborn Public Schools who are getting accepted to Ivy League colleges is increasing every year. Since 2012, eight students from the district have been accepted to Harvard University, one of the most selective universities in the world with a 5.9 percent acceptance rate.Mariam...
U.S. EPA and MDEQ hold community forum to discuss supplemental environment projects, enforcement action against Severstal
May 9th, 20140 DETROIT — On Tuesday, officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) held a meeting at the Delry Community Center here to obtain input on potential supplemental environmental projects (SEP) and provide information about EPA’s and MDEQ’s current enforcement...
Judge Somers seeks reelection, discusses substance abuse epidemic in Dearborn
May 9th, 20140 DEARBORN — It is past 5:30 p.m. on a Wednesday evening, and 19th District Court Judge Mark Somers is still not finished with his afternoon docket. His final case of the day is a civil suit involving a woman who claims her ex-boyfriend is threatening to blackmail her with private photos she had once shared with him. "It's just...Michigan cuts to higher education among worst in the country
LANSING — When the recession hit in 2008 and tax revenues dropped, Michigan, like most states, relied heavily on spending cuts.According to a report from the Michigan League for Public Policy, (MLPP) the state is now among just six states asking students and families to shoulder higher education costs (vs. state support) by a ratio of...The Arab American News welcomes new summer intern
DEARBORN—Aisha Mohamed, a 20-year-old University of Michigan-Dearborn (UMD) student, will be interning at The Arab American News this summer. Mohamed is completing her undergraduate studies at UMD, and she will enter her senior year this fall. She is majoring in journalism and is very passionate about pursuing a career in the...
John Conyers may not qualify to be on August primary ballot
May 9th, 20140 Conyers.DETROIT—U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, who serves Michigan’s 13th house district, may not qualify to be on the August primary ballot.Conyers did not collect enough valid signatures to get on to the primary ballot. Two people collecting signatures on behalf of his campaign were not registered voters, and the...Hansen Clarke, Brenda Lawrence squaring off in 14th Congressional District race again
Clarke.DETROIT — Hansen Clarke, former congressman for Michigan's 13th Congressional District, recently joined the state’s 14th Congressional District race. Clarke is competing in the race against Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence. In 2012, both Clarke and Lawrence, along with Congressman Gary Peters and former state...Henna tattoo art business flourishing in Dearborn
DEARBORN — She stirred the henna mixture slowly with a wooden spoon, and continued adding water until it was thick enough. Making a cone out of wax paper, she scoops the henna with a spoon pushing it into the cone. After twisting the top and taping it, she punctured a tiny hole from the bottom tip. Now Huda Mohamed, a local henna...
Old City of Homs under Syrian Army control
May 8th, 20140 DAMASCUS — Syrian forces took full control on Thursday, May 8, over Homs, a city once associated with the some of the earliest anti-government protests but now famed for images of ruin that epitomize the brutality of Syria's civil war.After holding the Old City of Homs for nearly two years, around 1,200 rebel fighters and trapped...Kerry must forge ahead, undeterred
The controversy over U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s apartheid remark about Israel has become the latest distraction from a just settlement in the Middle East. "If there’s no two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict soon, Israel risks becoming an ... apartheid state,"Ω Kerry is reported to...Assad seeks reelection as Syrian war rages
DAMASCUS — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Monday, April 28, he would seek reelection in June, defying calls from his opponents to step aside and allow a political solution to the country's devastating civil war.Assad formally submitted his nomination to Syria's constitutional court to stand in an election which...Yemeni army mounts offensive against al-Qaeda
SANAA—Yemeni troops backed by air force planes attacked al Qaeda bastions in the south of the country on Tuesday, April 29, to try to eradicate the Islamist militant group that has killed hundreds of people in Yemen since 2011.The state news agency Saba said five local al Qaeda leaders, including one identified as Abu al-Qa'qa', were...Algerian media question Bouteflika’s health after oath ceremony
ALGIERS — Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was sworn in for a fourth five-year term on Monday, April 28, after he easily won an election opponents dismissed as fraudulently returning the ailing 77-year-old to power.State television showed Bouteflika sitting in a wheelchair to take the oath and give a brief statement in one of...Egyptian court sentences 683 Brotherhood supporters to death
CAIRO — An Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters to death on Monday, April 28.The Brotherhood, in a statement issued in London, described the ruling as chilling and said it would "continue to use all peaceful means to end military rule."An Islamist alliance that includes the...Interfaith cooperation builds bridges and understanding
While US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew arrived in Detroit this week to "highlight the Obama Administration's continued commitment to the city's revitalization," we were appalled Monday night by Bill O'Reilly's peppering and pressuring of Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab American News, to admit that there are “jihadist mosques” in......
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio should be applauded
When politicians publicly speak out against the violations of Arab and Muslim American civil liberties, they deserve applause. It is a courageous move, considering how much hate and misunderstanding there is surrounding both communities nationwide. Most politicians turn their face away from the hateful rhetoric and policies...U.S. justices weigh limits to police cellphone searches
WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared to seek a compromise over whether police officers need warrants to search cellphones when a suspect is arrested.In two hours of oral arguments, the justices appeared sympathetic to the need of police officers to quickly search phones but also were wary of privacy concerns......
Muslims, Sikhs object to headscarf ban at California go-kart parks
SAN FRANCISCO — Three Muslim families have filed complaints against an amusement park chain in California that they say barred them from riding go karts wearing headscarves, family advocates said Tuesday.The families claim that Boomers! Parks in two locations in the state violated their civil rights with an unfair safety policy that...Florida legislators seek to give anti Muslim parents say on school textbooks
ORLANDO — The Florida Legislature is likely to pass a bill this week giving parents more influence over school textbook choices, in a move that opponents say is rooted in anti-Muslim bias.The bill followed organized protests by parents and conservative political groups in November over a world history textbook in Volusia County on...Divestment resolution passes at U of New Mexico
NEW MEXICO - The Graduate and Professional Student Association passed a resolution calling for the University of New Mexico to divest from companies associated with human rights violations in Palestine.The resolution, which passed during a GPSA meeting last Saturday, was endorsed by members of Students for Justice in Palestine,...Two U.S. soldiers lose bid to dress according to religious custom
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army has denied requests by two soldiers to dress and groom themselves according to their religious beliefs under a revised Pentagon policy, a spokesman said on Monday.The policy approved earlier this year was mainly expected to affect Sikhs, Muslims, Jews and other groups that wear beards, long hair or articles......
ADC Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship draws large crowd
May 2nd, 20140 ADC-MI’s new director Fatina Abdrabboh.DEARBORN — Despite the controversial sexual harassment scandal that rocked the American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee of Michigan (ADC-MI) last year, the group’s 15th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Dinner held Wednesday at Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn was a...
Arab Americans increase their business presence in Detroit
May 2nd, 20140 Attorney Helal Farhat and a business partner purchased the Frederick K. Sterns House on East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The 10,000 square foot building features medieval architecture and was initially built as a house in 1902 for Frederick K. Sterns. Three nonprofits are......
Arab Festival cancellation draws mixed reactions from past organizers
May 2nd, 20140 DEARBORN — A signature event in the city for almost two decades, last week's announcement of the cancellation of the Arab International Festival for a second consecutive year sparked a mixed community reaction. Within hours after the organizer, the American Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC), confirmed the cancellation, previous...
Iraqi Americans turned away at the polls in Michigan
May 2nd, 20140 Iman Abbas (left) holds her son Ahmed Al Kanani.DEARBORN - Voter identification requirements prevented several members of metro Detroit’s Iraqi American community from voting in their homeland’s parliamentary elections this week. The Iraqi Parliamentary Elections were held on Wednesday, April 30, but thousands of Iraqis in......
