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Studying music can help kids do better in school
From higher test scores, to enhanced coordination, to improved time management skills, the benefits of music education are numerous, say experts. Unfortunately, many school music programs nationwide are facing cutbacks.Parents can help budding musicians learn outside a traditional classroom by investing in properly-sized, quality...Great tips to turn kids into regular readers
With all the gizmos, gadgets and electronic media available these days, it can be tough for parents to get kids to sit down with good old-fashioned books. But regular reading, done for fun, is linked to better school performance and can expose kids to a world of knowledge.Experts advise parents of reluctant readers to, above all, keep...WSU receives $272K for cancer detection and diagnosis research
DETROIT — This week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded Wayne State University two exploratory/developmental grants totaling more than $272,000 for cancer detection and diagnosis research, as well as cancer treatment research. This funding was awarded through the National Cancer Institute, an organization within...12 year old brings 20K to school, gives cash to classmates
TAYLOR — On Monday a 12-year-old girl brought $20,000 in cash to school and started distributing some of the money to classmates, which is how school officials learned about the money, which was found in the girl’s backpack. Police are investigating the incident which occurred at 6th Grade Academy Building here. ...FHS students to compete in pizza contest, winners get $225 prize
DEARBORN — On Mar. 21, 120 students at Fordson High School (FHS) will compete in a cooking contest where they will create unique pizzas. Students will work in small groups under staff supervision to create a pizza from scratch. Pizzas will be voted on based on taste, appearance and creativity. The top eight recipes will advance for...CAIR-MI representing incarcerated Muslim in halal lawsuit
SOUTHFIELD — The Council on American Islamic Relations of Michigan is representing an incarcerated Muslim, who was denied halal food in the St. Clair County Jail. A lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan regarding the incident. CAIR-MI has received numerous complaints about the...New group preserves Iraqi art and culture
STERLING HEIGHTS-A group of writers, poets, painters, sculptors, musicians, singers, academics, activists, and community organizers have established the Mesopotamian Forum for Arts and Culture (MFAC) to promote Iraqi heritage and art within the community. The group supports local artists, and plans on inviting artists from Iraq and...Washington offers three lackluster Mideast initiatives
The Obama administration is currently busy with three Mideast initiatives: reactivation of negotiations with Iran, an offer of “nonlethal” aid to the Syrian opposition and fulfillment of the long awaited president’s first visit to Israel, with short stops in the West Bank and Jordan, starting March 20. Iran and Syria are top...Community pillar Hussein Makled passes; colleagues remember his legacy
DEARBORN — Hussein Makled, 88, one of the founders of the Islamic Center of America (ICA), passed away on Wednesday, March 6, leaving behind a legacy that will remain in the community for years to come. Makled's colleagues say he spent the majority of his life committed to establishing an Islamic center for Dearborn's community...America is shamed that only Rand Paul is talking about drone executions
You could say that a filibuster occurs when a senator drones on and on. The problem with the U.S. Senate was that there were too few senators speaking about drones this week.President Barack Obama's controversial nomination of John Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency was held up Wednesday afternoon by a Senate...Chavez’s legacy
Bertrand Russell once wrote about the American revolutionary Thomas Paine, "He had faults, like other men; but it was for his virtues that he was hated and successfully calumniated." This was certainly true of Hugo Chavez Frias, who was probably more demonized than any democratically elected president in world history. But he was...
Sea of Venezuelans bid farewell to ‘El Comandante’
March 8th, 20130 CARACAS - Countless Venezuelans filed past the remains of President Hugo Chavez on Thursday, crying, making the sign of the cross and giving military salutes as an era ended and elections loomed in the oil-rich nation. Chavez.Chavez lay in state in a half-open casket in the Caracas military academy, with eyes closed behind a glass,...Obama and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: It’s time to act
WASHINGTON, Mar 5 2013 (IPS) - As President Barack Obama travels to Israel and Palestine in the spring, Washington’s unconditional backing of Israel could soon begin to harm U.S. interests and security in Arab Muslim countries.Recent Pew and Gallup polls show animosity toward the U.S. in many Muslim countries has deepened since he took...Gaza marathon cancelled by UN after Hamas bans women from participating
GAZA (Reuters) - The main United Nations agency in Gaza has cancelled the annual marathon in the small Palestinian territory after ruling Hamas Islamists banned women from the race.Hamas said having women in the annual event, scheduled for April 10, contravened Islamic tradition even though dozens of Palestinian schoolgirls had started...Israel accused of abusing detained children
UN report says Palestinian minors, most arrested for rock-throwing, face systemic ill-treatment by Israeli authorities.UNICEF said that most of the detained Palestinian youths were arrested for rock-throwing Palestinian children detained by Israeli authorities face systematic abuse that violates international law, the United Nations......
Breeding anti-U.S. suspicions
A story from northwest Pakistan involves a discrepancy between reality and perception with regard to U.S. drone strikes. Last month two attacks in the tribal belt generated the kind of spreading news that has come to be routinely associated with the drones.A couple of al-Qaeda types are killed, but so are several villagers. The Pakistani...Israeli apartheid further cemented by segregated bus lines
WEST BANK - Israel launched two Palestinians-only bus lines in the occupied West Bank on Monday, a step an Israeli rights group described as racist and which the Transport Ministry called an improvement in service.The left-wing Haaretz daily reported the ministry opened the lines, to be used by Palestinian laborers traveling between......
ANERA to provide emergency relief to Syrian refugees in Lebanon
WASHINGTON — The American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) is pleased to announce a $250,000 grant from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to provide critical humanitarian assistance for Palestinian refugees fleeing the violence and destruction of their homes in Syria. ANERA and its Lebanese partner,...New report shows impact of NYPD’s spying program on American Muslims
NEW YORK — On Mar. 11 members of the American Muslim community will release findings from a ground-breaking new report, "Mapping Muslims: NYPD Spying and its Impact on American Muslims" at 1 Police Plaza, and deliver the report to New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Ray Kelly and Deputy Commissioner of...Carlos Slim holds top spot as billionaire numbers swell
Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, Microsoft's Bill Gates and Zara fashion house boss Amancio Ortega of Spain topped the Forbes list of the world's billionaires.But Forbes cut a Mexican drug lord from the list, saying it could not contact him, and a Saudi prince blasted the magazine for under-reporting his fortune.Slim who is from Lebanese...
Arab American among six finalists vying to become HFCC’s next president
March 8th, 20130 DEARBORN — The list of potential candidates hoping to become Henry Ford Community College’s next president has been narrowed down to six finalists. HFCC will invite the six finalists to campus the week of March 18 and March 25 for open forums. Additional details on times and locations for these forums will be available within......
Local 22-year-old dies in bedroom,family and friends mourn
DEARBORN — This week Dearborn's community mourns the death of a young Arab American man who was found dead in his bedroom on the morning of March 1. Twenty-two-year-old Tarek Hakkani, who was known to have a sleep apnea disorder, had died in his bedroom several hours before his body was discovered by his mother near his bed side. Tarek...Dearborn woman claims she was fired from Arab owned restaurant because of headscarf
WYANDOTTE — Dearborn resident Summer Shahab is suing her former place of employment, Middle Eastern cuisine restaurant Shish Gardens, located in Wyandotte, for allegedly firing her after she showed up to work one day wearing a headscarf. The owners of the restaurant are of Arab descent, according Shahab and her lawyer Amir I. Makled,......
Dearborn to amend ordinance on “garage living rooms” due to safety issues
March 8th, 20130 DEARBORN — The city will soon be amending an ordinance regarding a current trend that many Arab American residents have been following: using their garage as a family room, sitting area, or bedroom, which the city cites as a zoning violation.While the practice might have been occurring for a while longer, the city began cracking down...
Ficano: county’s administration operates with high ethical standards
March 8th, 20130 DETROIT — Despite the FBI’s investigation into Wayne County that was launched in 2011, and intensified last year, County Executive Robert Ficano called 2012 a year of change and progress during his State of the County Address Monday at the Guardian Building here. A controversial $200,000 severance payment triggered the......