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Successful businesswomen encourage risk taking
Risk taking can be the most frightening part of starting a business. Entrepreneurs invest their time and sometimes life savings on a project that has an uncertain future. Attendees listening to panelists at the event. PHOTO: Natasha Dado/TAAN But that's the gamble people take, and for many successful entrepreneurs it's paved...19-year-old arraigned after bringing gun to Crestwood High School
PerkinsDEARBORN HEIGHTS — Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy has charged Robert Lee-Curtis Perkins a 19-year old Dearborn Heights Crestwood High School student from Inkster for allegedly carrying a loaded hand gun in his waist band on school property. On May 7, 2012, at approximately 10:45 a.m., a fellow Crestwood High School...
Ed Deeb: Fifty years of service in the city of Detroit
May 11th, 20120 DETROIT — If someone walked by Ed Deeb in Detroit Metro they would probably think he looked familiar. That's because for the last 50 years of his career, he's not only grown to become one of the state's biggest businessmen and entrepreneurs, but he's also made just as much of a significant impact as a community leader along the...Hyatt Regency chain leaves Dearborn location; hotel will remain open
DEARBORN – The Hyatt Regency hotel chain will leave its location here after its officials were unable to come to an agreement with the new owners of the property, according to local reports. The two sides had discussed possible upgrades to the large hotel that overlooks Fairlane Mall and Michigan Avenue, but could not agree on a...
Detroit NAACP celebrates a century, recognizes challenges that lie ahead
May 11th, 20120 (Left) NAACP Detroit Branch President Rev. Wendell Anthony, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Detroit NAACP Executive Director Donnell White and ACRL Chairman Nabih Ayad who received the Great Expectations award. Photo courtesy of NAACPDETROIT — This year's Detroit NAACP 57th Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner was pivotal as it marked the...Fordson High School raising money for new courtyard
DEARBORN — Fordson High School is raising money to develop a new courtyard through the sale of personalized, permanent bricks, with a fundraiser that ends on May 31. The garden and courtyard will include an outdoor classroom, courtyard seating and plants, water feature, and a large Fordson "F" topiary design. Sizes are 4x8 to 12x12...
Former CIA analyst: U.S. media prevents justice in Mideast
May 11th, 20120 Ray McGovernLongtime former CIA analyst Ray McGovern worked 27 years at the Central Intelligence Agency, providing daily reports to some the U.S.' top leaders, serving as an analyst from the John F. Kennedy administration through the George H.W. Bush administration. But now the 72-year-old has retired and spends his time doing a...
U.S. military school taught soldiers to wage a “total war” against Islam
May 11th, 20120 When the Defense Department wasn’t blowing billions on failed machinery and weapons of war, the Pentagon was paying a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel to indoctrinate servicemen with the notion that the entire religion of Islam should be eradicated worldwide. Army Lt. Col. Matthew A. Dooley no longer lectures members of the Armed Forces...
Jordanian and Arab American students unite through ‘Global Passage’ program
May 11th, 20120 A group of 17 students from Jordan’s Modern System School (MSS) are visiting the state of Michigan in a collaborative effort with charter schools run by Global Educational Excellence (GEE), who also sent students to Jordan last month with their own program titled “Global Passage: Destination Jordan.” The Jordanian students’...Racial fight at Edsel Ford results in the suspension of seven students
DEARBORN — Last Friday a fight broke out at Edsel Ford High School in what many had described as a “racial war” between Arab American and African American students. In total seven students had been suspended from the school for being involved in two separate altercations that had taken place. The exchange of verbal remarks led to...
Syria holds elections as bombs rock Damascus
May 11th, 20120 DAMASCUS — Syrians voted in a parliamentary election on Monday touted by authorities as a milestone of political reform but dismissed by the opposition as a facade while people are killed every day in an anti-government uprising. Syrians vote at a polling station for parliamentary election in Damascus May 7, 2012. Violence persisted...
Commentary: NYPD Surveillance Revisited
May 10th, 20120 When a senior White House national security official traveled to New York City recently to praise that city's police department, he stoked the embers of a controversy between the Administration and the Arab American and American Muslim communities. The official's words, quoted by the Associated Press (AP), "I have full confidence...The real reason for moving Israeli elections up
JERUSALEM — If on Sep. 4, exit polls confirm what opinion polls currently predict – the reinstatement of a right-wing government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu – Israelis might still ask themselves, what was this general election about?The one who, this week behind the scenes, will call for the dissolution of the Knesset parliament,...Americans renounced their citizenship in record numbers in 2011
In what is being called a disturbing trend, at least 1,788 Americans officially threw away their U.S. citizenship in 2011, exceeding the totals from 2007, 2008 and 2009 combined, according to a recent report by RT. The Internal Revenue Service has been keeping a tally of U.S. citizens driven to renouncing that title since only 1998,...Calls mount for stronger U.S. stance as Bahrain resists reform
WASHINGTON — Citing growing violence and polarization along sectarian lines, human rights groups and independent experts here are urging Washington to exert more pressure on the government of Bahrain to free political prisoners and launch a serious dialogue with its opposition on major democratic reforms.While the administration of......
Former Miss USA gets probation, community service
This week Rima Fakih, the 2010 Miss USA was ordered to complete six months of probation, 20 hours of community service and pay a $600 fine by a Highland Park judge. Fakih, 26, is the first Arab American to be crowned Miss USA. She was arrested months ago after driving at high speeds in the 6 Mile and Woodward area in a black 2011 Jaguar....
Welcoming Michigan celebrates the contributions of immigrants
May 8th, 20120 DETROIT– Several recent projects including Global Detroit, Detroit 20/20 on WXYZ-Channel 7, and the New Economy Initiative have celebrated and spotlighted immigrants at a time when Michigan needs their contributions more than ever. On Monday, May 7, supporters of the new Welcoming Michigan project gathered at Detroit’s......
Chaldean American competes in Michigan primaries, kicks off campaign with fundraiser
WEST BLOOMFIELD — Southeast Michigan's Chaldean community is significant with an estimated 121,000 residing in the region, but to date no Chaldean has reportedly served in the state legislature. That could all change if Wayne County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Klint Kesto is successful in his bid for republican state...Dingell kicks off campaign for reelection, meets with Arab leaders
DEARBORN – Congressman John Dingell (D-Dearborn), the longest-tenured member of the U.S. House of Representatives, officially announced the beginning of his 2012 reelection campaign on Wednesday, May 2. DingellThe incumbent in the 15th District will run in the new 12th District of Michigan as defined in the year's recently redistricted...Adel Harb holds kick-off fundraiser for third circuit judge
DEARBORN — Adel Harb kicked off his campaign for Wayne County Circuit Court Judge in Dearborn on Wednesday at the Byblos Banquet Hall. The fundraiser rallied up his supporters for the race that is viewed as one of the most competitive in the state as 12 candidates have announced they are running for the positions, with only three spots...Abbas-Fayyad feud imperils PA
A brewing feud between Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and his Western-backed prime minister, Salam Fayyad, is further confounding the Palestinian situation, already plagued with a host of chronic political and financial problems, in addition to the decades-old Israeli occupation.Unlike Abbas, who is head of the......
Global intifada demands change in war on terrorism
This week's been a game-changer in the fight against terrorism.The five men arrested for plotting to blow up a bridge over the Cuyahoga River in Ohio were not Arab, Sikh, Indian or Muslim. They were white, American-born and raised, self-declared anarchists, no doubt pumped by the world-wide protests going on against government corruption...Red Hot Chili Peppers urged to abandon Israel gig
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been urged to abandon a planned gig in Israel, after it emerged that they performed at a pro-Palestinian gig that raised over $500,000.The wildly popular band, who has won seven Grammy Awards and sold over 65 million albums worldwide, is due to perform in Tel Aviv on September 10, days after gigs in Beirut......
U.S.-Afghan pact won’t end war
WASHINGTON — The optics surrounding the Barack Obama administration's "Enduring Strategic Partnership" agreement with Afghanistan and the Memorandums of Understanding accompanying it emphasize transition to Afghan responsibility and an end to U.S. war. U.S. President Barack Obama puts his arm on Afghan President Hamid Karzai after they...Israeli dissent lessens threat of Iran strike
WASHINGTON — The threat of a military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities this year appears to have substantially subsided over the past several weeks as a result of several developments, including the biting criticisms voiced recently by former top national security figures of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense......
