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Dearborn Police Department: Crime is down year-to-date
DEARBORN — Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad held a community awareness meeting on Monday, November 4, assuring over 100 residents in attendance that crime rates across the City have slightly dropped, as the department continues to implement stronger enforcement strategies. Haddad was joined by Sergeant Donald Armstrong and...Rashida Tlaib raises funds for state senate campaign
DEARBORN — About 75 people attended a fundraiser in support of Democratic State Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s campaign for state senate on Nov. 7 at Habib’s Cuisine here. Tlaib is running for Michigan State Senate in the 4th District. She will face off against incumbent Sen. Virgil Smith, who currently represents the state’s fourth...
Dearborn elections: Breaking down the results
November 15th, 20130 DEARBORN — The 2013 General Election turnout in Dearborn was on par with previous municipality races over the past decade, ushering in 18,520 ballots casted--30.2 percent of the City's 61,295 registered voters.To break it down by precinct, the voter turnout in the east end, which is home to the largest concentration of Arab Americans...Online petition initiated against ADC’s handling of sexual harassment scandal
An online petition, expressing concern with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's (ADC) handling of the sexual harassment scandal that has rocked the organization over the last few months garnered over 500 signatures from across the country in less than three days. The initial goal of the petition was to get 500 signatures....
Fatal Dearborn Heights shooting sparks national racial debate, questions remain unanswered
November 15th, 20130 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The shooting of 19-year-old Renisha McBride in the City of Dearborn Heights on Nov. 2nd has garnered national media attention, after her family made claims that her death may have been the cause of racial profiling. But even as public outcry surrounding the case continues to grow, new questions have emerged in...Saad Chehab to head global Maserati marketing
Chehab.DETROIT — Saad Chehab is leaving his position as president and CEO of the Chrysler brand to become the chief marketing officer of Maserati globally. Maserati did not previously have a chief marketing officer. Chehab, an Arab American, played a significant role in creating Chrysler’s 2011 Super Bowl commercial with...Michigan Supreme Court extends Judge Salamey term as Chief Judge
DEARBORN — The Michigan Supreme Court Justices, this week, selected Sam Salamey to serve as the 19th District Chief Judge for another two year term. Salamey.Judge Salamey has already served one full year as Chief of the 19th District Court, replacing former Chief Judge Richard Wygonik. In his first four months in office, Salamey...Retirees react to potential slashing of Detroit pensions
DETROIT — Governor Rick Snyder and Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr are planning severe reductions to city of Detroit retirees’ pensions. Many of the pensions are already below the poverty line and retirees are extremely nervous about the negotiations taking place this week. Some are imagining what it would be like to live on 75 percent...Michigan board approves 30-year Belle Isle lease
DETROIT — A Michigan emergency loan board, on Tuesday, approved a plan for the State of Michigan to lease Belle Isle park from Detroit for 30 years, with possible extensions up to 60 years, rejecting a competing plan from Detroit's city council that would have limited the initial lease period to 10 years. The three-member panel, which...Group wants 10 Michigan women convicted of murder to be freed from prison
MICHIGAN — The Michigan Women’s Justice and Clemency Project believes 10 Michigan women, convicted of murder, should be released because they were victims of domestic violence and didn’t get fair trials. One of the women is a former Farmington Hills fourth grade teacher who killed her husband with a hatchet. The group...Headless burned body found in trash can on Detroit’s west side
DETROIT — According to Detroit Police, a decapitated and burned body was found on the City’s west side at an abandoned school. On Nov. 10 at about 2:30 p.m., a tip led investigators to the body that was discovered inside the former Ruddiman Jr. High School on the northbound Southfield Freeway service drive, just north of Warren...Mother says 2-year-old child was sexually abused at Detroit church
DETROIT — According to a 23-year-old mother, who is not being identified, last July on a Sunday, her two-year-old child was sexually abused at the Detroit Church Grandvale Corps Community Center while parents were attending services and kids were in Sunday school. The church is operated by the Salvation Army. When the mother...Boehner: No immigration reform this year
WASHINGTON — Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday, Nov. 13, that the House will not hold formal, compromise talks on the Senate-passed comprehensive immigration bill, a fresh signal from the Republican leadership that the issue is dead for the year.The slow, relatively quiet death came more than four months after the Senate, on a...Man shot at Benihana restaurant in Dearborn
DEARBORN — On Tuesday, a 43-year-old man was shot at the Benihana restaurant in Dearborn on Hubbard Drive. The incident occurred in the evening while the restaurant was packed with families. Many people ran to the bathroom to escape the chaos. The man was reportedly shot after an argument inside the restaurant. No other injuries were...‘Detroit Unleaded’ film earns rave reviews at DIA
DETROIT — At its red carpet premiere on Wednesday evening at the Detroit Film Theatre of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), "Detroit Unleaded," featuring an Arab American cast, received rave reviews from audiences and critics. The film, shot primarily at a gas station on Detroit's east side, tells the story of a gas station......
Muralist Dasic Fernández discusses Hamtramck Arab Mural, art and graffiti
HAMTRAMCK — To Chilean Muralist Dasic Fernández, graffiti is a means of self-expression, with universal appeal. It does not have a specific audience, nor does it aim to transmit defined ideas.The renowned artist is in Hamtramck to paint a Yemeni-themed mural that will celebrate the community's heritage and presence in the...World’s largest children’s books publisher ‘erases’ Israel state from map
The world’s biggest publisher of children’s titles has skipped Israel from their maps in a school book, a mother of one of the readers found out as she failed to find her motherland to show her little son.“I wanted to show my son where we lived in the Middle East, but I didn’t see Israel on the map; instead it said Jordan,”......
Secretary of State proposes tough disclosure rules for campaign ads
LANSING — Making a point that the public has a right to know who is behind some of the most negative advertising in political campaigning, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, proposed a sweeping new disclosure rule.“In a country where free speech is protected, these ads are part of the political landscape and we can’t stop them —...Qatar makes military service mandatory for men
DOHA — Qatar's government has approved a draft law making it compulsory for men in the Gulf state to do military service for up to four months, media reports said on Thursday, Nov. 14.Under the proposed legislation, the first of its kind in Qatar, it would be mandatory for men aged between 18 and 35 to serve in the military for...Suicide bomber attacks Iraqi Ashura pilgrims, killing 35
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up during a Shi'a Muslim religious ritual in the eastern Iraqi city of al-Sadiya on Thursday, Nov. 14, killing at least 35 people and wounding 75, a senior official and security sources said.No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which came on the day of Ashura, a holy ritual...Showdown in Motown coming to Masonic on Nov. 15
DETROIT — Knockout heavyweight Detroit sensation Juan “Goodnight” Goode, (5 wins, 0 Losses, 0 Draws, 5 KO) earmarked to become the next heavyweight champion of the world, will co-headline, “The Showdown in Motown” boxing event on Friday, November 15, 2013 at the Masonic Temple in Detroit. Lindy Lindell from Fightnews.com......
Artspace advances City Hall project with preliminary tax credit award
DEARBORN — The Artspace development team and its local partners are pleased to announce that the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) has approved low-income housing tax credits for an affordable live/work facility for artists to be located in the current Dearborn City Hall.The Minneapolis-based nonprofit real estate...Dearborn’s Brian Whiston named superintendent of the year in Michigan
DEARBORN — Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Mr. Brian Whiston has been named the Superintendent of the Year by the Michigan Association of School Administrators (MASA). William Mayes, Executive Director of MASA and Chris Wigent, Superintendent, Wayne RESA, delivered the good news to Whiston at the Monday, November 11 Board of......
Poetry corner: Bags of tears and crying
As a part of its continuing effort to share a portion of the literary wealth of Arabic poetry with the English reader, The Arab American News translates a poem by the legendary Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani.Bags of tears and cryingIf winter came,and its wind moved my curtains,I feel, my friend,a need for crying...On your arms...On my...Obama’s popularity hits all time low
U.S. President Barack Obama's popularity has hit an all-time low, with a majority of Americans now saying he is dishonest, untrustworthy and not competent to govern, according to a new national poll.The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute conducted 2,545 registered voters nationwide between November 6-11, with a margin of error of......