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CAAP to give away $50,000 to Arab American organizations
The Center for Arab American Philanthropy (CAAP) is seeking proposals for its 2013 grant making. The group plans to award grants of up to $7,000, for a total of $50,000, to Arab American organizations working for social justice and other issues including the fair treatment and portrayal of Arab Americans. The funds can be used for...Nonprofits can apply for 2013 grants starting at $25,000
DETROIT — Walmart Foundation is accepting applications from Michigan nonprofit organizations for its annual State Giving Program.Prospective grantee organizations must submit applications through the Walmart Foundation State Giving Program’s online grant application, available at www.walmartfoundation.org/stategiving. The deadline to...Dearborn man charged with bank fraud
DEARBORN - Radwan Khazaal (46), of Dearborn was arraigned Monday, Feb. 11 in U.S. District Court in Detroit on a one-count indictment for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Magistrate Judge Mark Randon ordered the release of Khazaal on a $10,000 unsecured bond with conditions including that he does not act as a fiduciary for a bank...Twelve-year-old from Gaza gets prosthetic leg in Dearborn
DEARBORN — A 12-year-old boy from Gaza who arrived in metro Detroit in November seeking medical attention got a prosthetic leg on Tuesday. The procedure was performed at Dr. Jiab Sulieman’s office here. Dr. Sulieman has partnered up with the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) to provide medical assistance for children...
Judge rejects local attorney’s intervention into McDonald’s non-halal lawsuit
February 15th, 20130 DETROIT-Last Thursday, local attorney Majed Moughni was unsuccessful in a bid to convince Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Kathleen Macdonald to allow others to join in on the McDonalds non-halal $700,000 class action settlement. The lawsuit stems from Dearborn Heights resident Ahmed Ahmed’s purchasing of a McDonald’s meal from...Dearborn’s 2013 elections: City Council race attracts early interest
DEARBORN - Last week the announcement of Jack O'Reilly's candidacy to seek a second term as Mayor, as well as the announcement of Attorneys Tarek Baydoun and Susan Dabaja seeking one of seven city council positions kick started the city's Municipality race. The primary elections will be held on August 6, and from there the top vote...
Local man found guilty for resisting arrest at Tim Hortons, claims city purposely delayed his case
February 15th, 20130 DEARBORN - Last Friday, a jury at the 19th District Court reached a verdict on a case involving one local Arab American man who was arrested by two Dearborn Police officers in 2011 at the Tim Hortons/Wendy's location on Greenfield Rd. on September 28, after a disgruntled Wendy's employee contacted the police, claiming the man was being...Outcast gay Arabs struggle with backlash in a conservative and religious community
DEARBORN — “I’m not afraid. Somebody has to start the conversation,” said Chris Ramazzotti, who’s Lebanese and agreed to reveal his name while discussing homosexuality among Arabs here. Other gay Arabs didn’t disclose their identities citing safety risks as a reason, and to prevent their families...Obama focuses on energy, economy in key address
WASHINGTON - In a major annual address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama offered further details on a broad and ambitious range of policy priorities, taking advantage of perhaps his single most significant opportunity to guide the public conversation on his second-term agenda.Discussing some of the most potent debates currently...Obama and drones: Unkept promises
I find deeply troubling the White House claim that their use of drones to assassinate suspected terrorists is "legal, ethical and wise." The release of a Department of Justice "White Paper" that purports to establish the Administration's legal justification for these killings only compounds my concern.In response to the excesses of his...Obama can’t ignore Bahrain’s two-year-old uprising
WASHINGTON — Despite the start of a government-inspired dialogue with the opposition Sunday, the Bahraini government continues to jail dissidents, arrest demonstrators, and use a rigged judicial system to convict them.Although the Al-Khalifa regime officially is not a party to the dialogue, Western governments welcomed the interior...U.S. Air Force veteran added to no-fly list after visiting sickly mom
A 10-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force is once again unable to return to his home after being mysteriously added to a federal no-fly list for a second time.Saadiq Long, an American Muslim born in the state of Oklahoma, is stranded near his hometown despite having purchased a plane ticket to return to Qatar, a small Arab nation where he...U.S. government accused of spying on 9/11 attorneys
WASHINGTON - Detainees being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and their defense attorneys are accusing both the United States government and Gitmo guards alike this week of infringing on the inmates’ rights by conducting illegal surveillance.Only days after lawyers representing alleged terrorists accused the government...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......
