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TSA nude scanners might be coming to federal buildings
The TSA is retiring 250 of their high-tech “backscatter” screening machines in the coming weeks, easing both healthcare and privacy woes from frequent travelers that don’t trust the devices. Are they really going away for good though?Backscatter makers Rapiscan and the Transportation Security Administration announced the ending of...Egypt floods Gaza tunnels to cut Palestinian lifeline
GAZA — Egyptian forces have flooded smuggling tunnels under the border with the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in a campaign to shut them down, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said.The network of tunnels is a vital lifeline for Gaza, bringing in an estimated 30 percent of all goods that reach the enclave and circumventing a...‘We grow, they bulldoze, we re-plant’
ZEITOUN, Gaza — Tawfiq Mandil, 45, stands amongst hundreds of Palestinian farmers, activists, and international supporters in the Gaza Strip’s eastern Zeitoun district, about half a kilometer from the border with Israel. They are renewing a call for the boycott of Israeli goods.“The Israeli army destroyed my house and my five...Head of historic philosopher Abu al-Alaa al-Maari cut off by ‘sword’ of extremism
BEIRUT - Unidentified members of an armed group in northern Syria have cut off the head of a statue honoring Abbasid-era poet Abu al-Alaa al-Maari, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday."An armed group in the (rebel-held) town of Maaret al-Numan have cut off the head of a sculpture honouring the memory of poet and...Britain cautions against gathering Syrian extremist threat to Europe
DAMSACUS - President Bashar al-Assad's forces bombarded the southeast of Damascus with air strikes and artillery on Wednesday to try and dislodge rebel fighters who have gained a foothold in the Syrian capital, opposition activists said.A Middle East diplomat following the military situation described battles in and around Damascus as a...Revolution redux: Libya to mark two years post-Gaddafi
TRIPOLI - Libya is set to celebrate two years since the start of the uprising that ended with the death of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi. But this anticipation is marred by an expectation of mass protests, a lack of reform and a resurgent secessionist mood.While no official commemoration is planned, many cities in Libya are raising...
Fallen Lebanese soldiers remembered at memorial mass
February 15th, 20130 WARREN - A memorial mass in remembrance of soldiers from Lebanon’s army who lost their lives at the hands of extremist gunmen early this month in East Lebanon near the Syrian border, was held at the Saint Sharbel Maronite Catholic Church here on Sunday, Feb. 10. Other soldiers were injured in the clash, it occurred after militants...Human Rights Watch urges Saudi Arabia to release founder of rights group
DUBAI - Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged Saudi authorities to free an ex-judge and founder of a rights group who is serving a 15-year jail sentence for "breaking allegiance to the king."Sulaiman al-Rashudi, 76, was one of 16 people detained in 2007 and sentenced to jail in November 2011 "for peacefully trying to establish a human...
Arab Americans flocking west, raising property values in Dearborn-Dearborn Heights area
February 15th, 20130 DEARBORN / DEARBORN HEIGHTS -Local real estate agents will agree that the real estate market is booming in west Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, with many Arab American families heading west to seek properties in the same neighborhoods, spiraling into a shortage of inventory in selective areas as demand continues to grow. According to...Qatif uprising: Demanding inclusion
The uprising in Qatif, Saudi Arabia is not a revolution. For the most part, people have not demanded the “fall of the regime.” Starting in March 2011, one month after Bahrain’s uprising, this majority Shi'a town found itself at the center of a campaign in the Eastern Province to lift sectarian injustice.The marginalization of the...High school senior earns full-ride soccer scholarship to MSU
DEARBORN HEIGHTS - Ali Cheaib, 17, a senior at Crestwood High School (CHS) here earned a full-ride soccer scholarship to Michigan State University where he’s starting college this fall. Cheaib has a 3.8 GPA, is on the CHS soccer team, and will soon join MSU’s soccer team when he begins his freshman year there. He also...Former Dearborn police officer announces City Council bid
DEARBORN - Mohamed Berro has officially announced his bid to seek one of the seven City Council seats in the city's Municipality elections this year, making the race even more competitive for the Arab American community. Berro joins Attorneys Susan Dabaja and Tarek Baydoun as the third Arab American candidate vying for a...Two Dearborn High School athletes accept full-ride scholarships
DEARBORN — On Wednesday Dearborn High School (DHS) held a signing day event in the school library, where four students accepted full-ride scholarships from universities in the state based on their athletic performance and academic excellence. This year, two Arab American students, Ali Jawad and Ollie Ajami, were among the recipients...
Forum focuses on importance of ethnically and racially diverse juries
February 8th, 20130 DEARBORN-During a panel discussion on the importance of having ethnically and racially diverse juries, local groups and individuals were urged to bring attention to the issue by getting more Arab Americans to participate in jury duty. The discussion at the Lebanese American Heritage Club...
New political crisis in Tunisia after assassination of opposition leader
February 8th, 20130 TUNIS - Tunisia's political crisis looked likely to deepen on Friday with strikes and protests planned around the funeral of assassinated opposition politician Chokri Belaid.Belaid's killing on Wednesday has brought thousands of people onto the streets of the capital Tunis and other cities in violence-marred protests. Unions have called......
Dearborn’s new Brow Art 23 location expected to attract Arab American clientele
DEARBORN — With 170 locations throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and Mexico, Brow Art 23 is the world’s largest company specializing in eyebrow threading. It’s making its way to Dearborn with the launch of a new store in Fairlane Town Center near Sears in the old “Beautiful Eyebrows” space. A grand opening ceremony is...Research suggests video games about terrorism could incite violence against Arabs
MICHIGAN-A recent study published in the January issue of Psychology of Violence showed that video games about terrorism can incite violence against Arab Americans, even when they don’t appear in the games. According to Muniba Saleem, a researcher from the University of Michigan, and the co-author of the study, the......
ACRL removes paralyzed Arab American from U.S. No Fly List
February 8th, 20130 DEARBORN — In November, The Arab American News published a report about a paralyzed Dearborn man who was placed on the U.S. No Fly List by the Terrorist Screening Center without any explanation or evidence of wrongdoing. After a successful federal lawsuit filed by the law firm, Ayad and Associates against the FBI, U.S....
Mayor O’Reilly seeks second term, holds fundrasing breakfast
February 8th, 20130 DEARBORN — Mayor Jack O'Reilly has announced that he will be seeking re-election for a second term this year. O'Reilly became the interim mayor when Michael Guido passed away in December 2006. In 2009, he was elected to his first full term in office. Mayor O'ReillyO'Reilly held a campaign fundraiser Thursday morning at The Henry Hotel...
Civil liberties groups seek court order to stop NYPD from spying on Muslims
February 8th, 20130 NEW YORK — The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a motion in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday that aims to stop police in the Big Apple from continuing surveillance that specifically targets practicing Muslims.In court papers filed by the NYCLU, the civil liberties group asks a federal judge to grant an injunction “against ongoing...Major U.S. newspapers admit to honoring CIA demands
As incoming CIA chief John Brennan prepares to answer questions from Congress, some of the biggest names in U.S. media are under attack for hiding a secret drone base that the Obama nominee helped build.Reports in the New York Times and Washington Post this week confirm that the United States Central Intelligence Agency, which Brennan......
Bulgarian charge of Hizbullah bombing was an “assumption”
LONDON — Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov’s dramatic announcement Tuesday on the Bulgarian investigation of the July 2012 terror bombing of an Israeli tourist bus was initially reported by Western news media as suggesting clear evidence of Hizbullah’s responsibility for the killings.But more accurate reports on the...Report: Pentagon backed plan for U.S. to arm Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON - Pentagon leaders told Congress on Thursday that they had supported a recommendation to arm Syrian rebels promoted by the State Department and CIA but which was reportedly rebuffed by the White House.President Barack Obama's government has limited its support to non-lethal aid for the rebels who, despite receiving weapons......
Longtime senator, George Hart dies at 88
February 8th, 20130 DEARBORN — Michigan Senator George Z. Hart from Dearborn passed away Jan. 31 in Albuquerque, New Mexico according to a relative of the veteran politician. Hart was 88. Hart served on the Dearborn City Council from 1960-1970 and throughout 1986; he was a state senator from 1979-82 and from 1987-2002; and was a member of the...How the Iraq war was sold
The Washington Post continues to allow former members of the Bush administration, including President George W. Bush, to distort the case for going to war against Iraq in 2003 and to blame the intelligence from the Central Intelligence Agency for the decision to use force.In the “Outlook” section on Feb. 3 (“Still Fighting over a......