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2014: The best year to become a citizen
Every year, millions of immigrants celebrate the New Year with their own traditions. For our family, it is a ham, kielbasa, horseradish, stuffed cabbage, sauerkraut and pierogis, which are a traditional Polish dishes. And each year, like billions of people around the world, we look forward to the new year with a list of hopes, dreams and...Four vehicles broken into at HFCC
DEARBORN - On Thursday, Jan. 16 between 8:45 a.m. and 10 a.m., four vehicles were broken into at the East Campus, specifically the parking lot between the Nursing and M-TEC buildings. Entry was gained into the vehicles by breaking the passenger side windows.Purses were taken from two of the vehicles, the in-dash radio was taken from the...Trash pickup on a normal schedule for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, City Hall, courts and libraries closed
DEARBORN — Dearborn City Hall, the 19th District Courts and the libraries will be closed in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 20. Curbside trash and recycling pick-up in the City will be on its regular schedule the week of Jan. 20-Jan. 24, which is recycling week “A”.The Ford Community and Performing...Law corner: Making an Insurance Claim? Get a Lawyer
In the past several weeks, Michigan has seen a significant amount of severe weather. There have been blizzards, ice storms, freezing rain, and arctic temperatures. The elements have done a considerable amount of damage to properties throughout the state. In these circumstances, the inevitable question arises - who is responsible to pay...Detroit Council President Pro Tem in hot water
DETROIT — George Cushingberry, Jr., the new Detroit City Council President Pro Tem, was pulled over last week by Detroit Police. His passenger had medical marijuana and an open empty bottle of liquor in the car,, but Cushingberry was only ticketed for not using a turn signal.This week, information has surfaced about Cushingberry’s...New head of ADC Michigan to speak at YMA’s birth of prophet dinner celebration
DEARBORN — Attorney Fatina Abdrabboh, the new head of the American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee’s Michigan office, will be the keynote speaker at the Young Muslim Association’s special dinner celebrating the birth of the Holy Prophet Mohammad.The event will take place at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn on...Three Dearborn businesses set to close
DEARBORN — Three well known Dearborn businesses will close their doors soon. They are all only one block apart from each other and located on the city's west side.The businesses are Double Olive Cocktail Lounge, Kiernan’s Steak House and Silky’s Martinis & Music.Double Olive Cocktail Lounge has been open for 13 years....Michigan courts seek Arabic speaking interpreters
MICHIGAN — The Michigan Supreme Court announced earlier this month that it is seeking Arabic interpreters to help non-English speakers during court proceedings. It is also in search of interpreters who can speak Spanish, Cantonese, French, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Ilocano, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian,...Breaking down Egypt’s new constitution
The army-backed constitution was approved overwhelmingly by voters in a referendum that took place on Tuesday and Wednesday. Here is an overview of the main elements of the new constitution, which experts say deepened the influence of the military, police and judiciary:Freedoms and rightsPolitical parties cannot be formed on the...Petition in support of U.S. schools recognizing Muslim holidays garners close to 60,000 signatures
A petition urging schools in the United States to recognize Muslim holidays amassed almost 60,000 signatures. Thursday, Jan. 16 was the deadline for the petition to reach its goal of 100,000 signatures. Organizers of the petition urged President Obama to support the effort. They say the move is necessary because it is important to...Arab American Scholarship Foundation seeks applicants
DEARBORN — The Lebanese American Heritage Club (LAHC) boasts one of the largest scholarship assistance programs in southeast Michigan. Over the past 26 years, the Arab American Scholarship Foundation program has awarded over 1,200 students of high academic distinction over $1.3 million in scholarships. The mission of this...ACC hosts free legal clinic on special education Jan. 21
LATHRUP VILLAGE — The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC), a premier nonprofit human service organization serving southeast Michigan, will host a free legal clinic in partnership with the Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service (MPAS). The clinic seeks to serve families with children in Detroit Public Schools, Education...Important registration dates/deadlines for HFCC
DEARBORN — Henry Ford Community College’s registration dates for the 12-week session of classes, the second 8-week session of classes, the spring/summer 2014 semester, and the fall 2014 semester are now available. Here are the following important upcoming registration dates at HFCC:• Winter 2014 semester’s 12-week session:...Berry elected Dearborn Board of Education President
DEARBORN — The Dearborn Public School board began the year with a brief organizational meeting to select new officers. Hussein Berry.Hussein Berry was selected as Board President. Trustee James Schoolmaster assumed the role of Vice-President. Thirteen year Board veteran Aimee Schoelles is the new Board Secretary and Trustee Roxanne...Income-qualified Dearborn residents can receive free help preparing tax forms
DEARBORN — Dearborn residents with low to moderate incomes can receive free help from volunteers in preparing tax forms beginning on Feb. 4. Special attention is given to those ages 60 and older. This service is offered by the City of Dearborn’s Senior Services Division.Assistance is available in completing the following 2013 tax......
Salina Elementary principal honored at annual conference
DEARBORN — Susan Stanley, the principal at Salina Elementary, was named the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principal Association (MEMSPA) Region One Principal of the Year.The state of Michigan includes fourteen regions with Region One including all of Wayne County. The honor was bestowed upon Stanley at the...Chilean club creates controversy for featuring historic map of Palestine
A Chilean football team founded by Palestinian immigrants in 1920 refused to apologize for featuring a pre-1948 map of Palestine on their official jersey, an act that has angered the country’s Jewish community.The Jewish community in Chile called on the Palestinian club, known as "Deprotico Palestino" to remove the map.Last week,......
Two new local soccer teams established, one for women
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Dearborn Stars Enterprise has established two new soccer teams, the Michigan Stars Football Club (MSFC) for men and the Motor City Football Club (MCFC) for young women.The announcement was made during a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at the HYPE Recreation Center in Dearborn Heights. Community leaders and...Congress must not cede its war power to Israel
The American people should know that pending right now in Congress is a bipartisan bill that would virtually commit the United States to go to war against Iran if Israel attacks the Islamic Republic. “The bill outsources any decision about resort to military action to the government of Israel,” Columbia University Iran expert Gary...How Saudi-Israeli tandem goads Obama
One of the most influential Saudi Arabian princes, Turki al-Faisal — the former Saudi intelligence chief who clearly reflects the Saudi royal government’s view — recently criticized President Barack Obama for weakness in the Middle East. The Israeli government is similarly disenchanted with Obama’s regional performance.Prince...Major Dutch pension firm divests from Israeli banks over settlements
AMSTERDAM- A major pension fund manager based in the Netherlands said on Wednesday, Jan. 9, that it will divest from five Israeli banks over their dealings with Jewish settlements on occupied land.The decision by PGGM reflects tension between Israel and the European Union over doing business with Israeli institutions involved in......
Hundreds voice anger over torching of decades-old library in Lebanon
TRIPOLI — Hundreds of Lebanese took to the streets of the northern city of Tripoli on Saturday, Jan. 4, to protest the torching of a decades-old library owned by a Greek Orthodox priest.The demonstrators held up banners that read "Tripoli, peaceful town" and "This is contrary to the values of the Prophet Mohammad."Assailants set alight...
How people in Muslim countries prefer women to dress in public
January 10th, 20140 An important issue in the Muslim world is how women should dress in public. A recent survey from the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research conducted in seven Muslim-majority countries (Tunisia, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey), finds that most people prefer that a woman completely cover her......
Saudi plane makes emergency landing, 29 injured
MEDINA- Twenty nine people were injured when a Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) Boeing 767-300ER made an emergency landing at Medina airport in the west of the country early on Sunday, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said.It said 18 of the injured were treated at the airport while 11 were taken to hospital. A spokesman for Saudi...Saudi sentenced to jail, lashes for Twitter defamation
RIYADH - A Saudi court has sentenced a man convicted of defaming a Kuwaiti singer by accusing her on Twitter of adultery to three months in jail and 80 lashes, a news website reported, on Jan. 2.The Saudi national, apparently a fan of a rival pop star, was sentenced for "accusing (Kuwaiti singer) Shams of adultery without providing......