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Loaning a car to a friend is a roll of the dice
“Hey buddy, can I borrow your car?” The question seems innocent enough. The answer, more often than not, is “of course you can, my good friend.” However, at the risk of sounding uptight, letting someone borrow your car is like placing the deed to your home on the poker table. It’s even worse than that,...McCollough Unis student honored with multiple awards
Julia Cheaito.DEARBORN — McCollough Elementary Student Julia Cheaito, who recently completed the fifth grade and is moving on to junior high school this Fall received several awards this year for her outstanding academic performance. Cheaito, 10, was recognized by the school's department of Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and...Judge allows suit on border questioning of Muslims to move forward
MICHIGAN — On Tuesday, a federal judge in Michigan allowed a lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the FBI, which was filed over the repeated detention and questioning of Muslims at the United States-Canada border and other ports of entry, to move forward. The Council on American Islamic Relations of...State of Michigan sets new rules for trailers in Camp Dearborn
The State has also banned permanent structures that require footings from the Dearborn-owned Park that is located in Milford.The State of Michigan recently banned trailers, larger than 400-square feet from Camp Dearborn grounds. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has told Dearborn city officials that the State...FBI to track hate crimes against Arab Americans
MICHIGAN — Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a notable increase in hate crimes against Arab and Muslim Americans have been reported. According to reports from numerous leaders, representing various civil rights organizations, hate crimes against Arabs and Muslims remain on the rise, even more than a decade since the...Indiana University hosts 100 students from Middle East, Near Asia and North Africa
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A successful program, instituted by Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, which provided dozens of college students from the Middle East and North Africa with information on how to become entrepreneurs last summer, is now being expanded to include students from Pakistan and Afghanistan as well....Turkia Mullin loses legal battle for medical benefits from Wayne County
Mullin.DETROIT - Former Detroit Metro Airport CEO and Wayne County Economic Development Director Turkia Mullin lost a legal battle this week to receive lifetime healthcare benefits from the County.A Wayne County Circuit Court judge ruled that Mullin does not qualify for lifetime medical care from the County, because she was a few days...ACLU Michigan appoints Arab American as deputy director
DETROIT — Longtime social justice advocate and local Arab American, Rana Elmir, was recently appointed to the position of deputy director of the Michigan office of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the country’s most prominent civil liberties organization. Elmir, 30, was promoted to the position about a month ago, by...Snyder issues executive order establishing Arab and Chaldean American Affairs Council
LANSING — On June 6, Governor Rick Snyder issued Executive Order 2013-9, establishing the Michigan Council on Arab and Chaldean American Affairs, which will be housed within the State’s Department of Civil Rights. Snyder.The new council replaces the Advisory Council on Arab and Chaldean American Affairs. The 10-member council will...Poetry Corner: If the sea aged
AdonisAdonis is widely considered the greatest living Arab poet. He was born in Al-Qassabin, a small town in northeast Syria, in 1930. A lifetime supporter of democracy and secularism in the Middle East, he was imprisoned in Syria for his political beliefs in the mid-1950s. He left his home country of Syria for Lebanon and spent...Vegetable fats tied to less prostate cancer spread
After being diagnosed with prostate cancer, men who eat a diet high in vegetable fats, such as those in nuts and olive oil, may be less likely to have their disease spread, a new study suggests.Researchers found that replacing some carbohydrates with those healthy fats was also tied to a lower risk of dying from any cause during the...Obama urges greater openness in dealing with mental illness
President Barcak Obama said on June 4 that Americans need to become more open about mental health issues, so that people struggling with problems are not ashamed to seek help.More than 60 percent of Americans with mental illness do not receive treatment, many of them because they are embarrassed or afraid of being ostracized, Obama said,...Happiness could be key to good health
Everyone knows that proper diet, regular exercise and avoidance of bad habits, like smoking are crucial to great health. But some experts say that a truly positive outlook on life can be just as powerful a factor in improving overall wellness.In fact, possessing “emotional vitality” and a sense of hopefulness, was found in a Harvard...Saudi Grand Mufti attacks ‘sectarian Hizbullah’, urges substantial actions against its backers
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's top cleric urged governments and fellow clerics across the Muslim world to punish Lebanese group Hizbullah for its intervention in the Syrian civil war against the mainly Sunni rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad.Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Shaikh said Hizbullah's actions vindicated the...Syrian army pushes to wrest control over last rebel stronghold in central Syria
BEIRUT, DAMASCUS — Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad reclaimed control of the central village of Dabaa on Thursday, Syrian state television said, a day after the army and Lebanon's Hizbullah captured a rebel bastion.On Wednesday June 5, The Syrian army and Hizbullah forces seized control of the strategic border town of......
Rice replaces Donilon as Obama’s top foreign policy adviser
WASHINGTON, UNITED NATIONS — In a reshuffle of top foreign policy posts in his second term, President Barack Obama announced on June 5 that his controversial and blunt-spoken U.N. ambassador, Susan Rice, will replace Tom Donilon as his national security adviser.He also announced that another longtime aide on the National Security...Obama administration defends massive surveillance program
The Obama administration defended on Thursday June 6 its collection of the telephone records of millions of Americans as part of U.S. counterterrorism efforts, re-igniting a fierce debate over privacy even as it called the program critical to warding off an attack.The admission came after Britain's Guardian newspaper published on......
46 years on, Arab-Israeli war still leaving its mark
OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM — Majda el-Batsch was 8 years old in June 1967 when she heard about the war that year. “I didn’t know what war meant,” she recalled. More than four decades later, the Palestinian reporter is still grappling with the meaning of what is known as the Six-Day War.Yaki Chetz is 68 now, but in a way he...Arab community should seriously address the issue of sexual harassment
Last week, State Representative Rashida Tlaib went public with detailed allegations of sexual harassment by ADC’s Regional Director Imad Hamad against her and other female interns during her time spent at the organization. The ADC has finally agreed to the gravity of the situation and decided to perform a thorough investigation, which...Dix area residents feel ignored by the City
Dear Editor:I am a concerned resident of the Southend of Dearborn. For over 50 years, I have seen changes; some for the better, but a lot for the worse. The best days for south end residents were during the administration of the late honorable Mayor Michael Guido (God rest his soul). During that time, police patrolled our streets...Qusair: Exclusive eyewitness account
QUSAIR, Syria — A city that lies in rubble, where ghosts, dead bodies and soldiers share the deserted streets. Qusair, the Stalingrad of Syria, the revolution's fallen icon and the regime's turning point, from north to south, east to west, is obviously under the regime's full control now. Soldiers can be seen everywhere doing all that......
Scandal rocks ADC: Sexual harassment allegations against civil rights advocate shocks community
June 7th, 20130 EDITOR’S NOTERana Abbas, a source who was interviewed for this article is also a contributing editor at The Arab American News, and has held the post since late April 2013. In order to ensure her position on the issue didn’t have any influence over the article’s content, she was not involved in the reporting or...
Sexual harassment: A briefing on the concept and the law
June 7th, 20130 In light of the recent allegation of sexual harassment made by some women against a prominent individual in the Detroit Arab-American community, I would like to make some observations. By way of information, I wrote a book on a church conflict that involved some of these same issues. I am familiar with the law in such......
Community reaffirms support for Robert Ficano at fundraiser
DEARBORN — On Monday evening, local community leaders hosted a campaign fundraising dinner at Byblos Banquet Hall for Wayne County Executive Robert A. Ficano. Ficano, who is seeking re-election this year, may face a greater challenge this time around, as the race comes on the heels of a term that has been surrounded with controversy...
Investigation reveals local convenience stores sell fireworks to minors
June 7th, 20130 DEARBORN — Last week, the City of Dearborn had released information regarding firework safety and handling, in order to prepare for the summer season which typically sees an increased amount of locals who participate in firework usage near holidays like Memorial Day and the Fourth of July.In 2012, the State of Michigan removed the ban......