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Poll: Obama takes four point lead over Romney
According to a new poll conducted by JZ Analytics over the past weekend U.S. President Barack Obama had a four point lead over Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The poll was conducted June 15-18 among 1149 likely voters. The new poll maintains the gender gap, with Obama continuing his 13 point lead among women...Proposals may endanger voter access
Earlier this week, the House passed a series of bills many say will limit people's access to vote in Michigan. According to opponents of the proposals, Senate Bills 751, 754 and 803 create unnecessary requirements that do nothing to promote fair and safe elections and create unreasonable and burdensome requirements on organizations that...Michigan native returns to area as Vibra Hospital chief clinical officer
This week Southeast Michigan's Vibra Hospital announced Hani Ayyad, RN, BA, BSN, MSN, has joined the hospital as the Chief Clinical Officer. Ayyad is a native of Dearborn, Michigan. He's returning to metro-Detroit from California where he spent a year as the director of nursing for clinical care services at a level II trauma center....New website connects job seekers with employers
A new website for job openings launched last year by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation connects job-seekers with potential employers. Job-seekers can search for positions around the state, create profiles and add their resumes to the database. Companies posting openings also receive access to other MEDC talent acquisition...Obama uses executive power to prevent young illegal immigrants from being deported
On Friday U.S. President Barack Obama announced a change in immigration policy that would enable hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people who came to the country as children from being deported back to their countries. The measure will allow 800,000 illegal immigrants to remain with their families. Obama used his executive...Police catch youth involved in anti-Arab graffiti near Dearborn mosque
DEARBORN — According to Imam Mohamad Mardini of the American Muslim Center here the people suspected in being involved in a case of vandalism that occurred Tuesday have been identified by Dearborn Police. Mardini says the suspects are young, and probably high school students. The FBI is currently investigating the case that...Report slams Israeli PM over deadly flotilla raid
The Israeli PM is under fire for the management of the deadly Turkish flotilla raid that occured in 2010. A new report released by State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss suggests that Benjamin Netanyahu failed to follow protocol that could have avoided the bloodshed.The report states that no official cabinet meeting was called during the...A big election for Arab Americans
For Arab Americans, the big election news of the past week didn't come out of just Wisconsin or Egypt. As important as these contests was Congressman Bill Pascrell's stunning victory over Congressman Steve Rothman in northern New Jersey's 9th District.Because redistricting had merged together parts of their old districts, these two...Hundreds petition Saudi King over women’s right to drive
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Following the one year anniversary of the Women2Drive campaign Saudi King Abdullah is being urged to give women the right to drive. Hundreds of people have petitioned Abdullah. The campaign was initially launched June 2011. About 600 signatures were received. According to reports Saudi Arabia is the only...
Dan Gilbert: The man who believes in Detroit
June 15th, 20120 DETROIT - Filling Downtown Detroit with people – his employees, recent graduates of Michigan universities and other residents and workers – is the first phase of Dan Gilbert’s overall plan that is well underway.By the estimates of Gilbert, who is the founder and leader of Rock Ventures, Quicken Loans, and several other companies,...
Russia-America tussle over Syria evokes Cold War
June 15th, 20120 The world could slip back into a Cold War over Syria and the sprawling Arab country could break up into two or three warring parts, with unforeseeable consequences for the Middle East, a senior Israeli military commander said."Support for (Syrian President Bashar) Assad from Russia and China is taking us back to the Cold War," he said...
Gilbert brings passion, talents and people to Detroit
June 15th, 20120 DETROIT — Dan Gilbert, majority owner of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and founder of Quicken Loans. the nation's largest online mortgage lender, is leading a migration to Downtown Detroit. He is investing heavily in Downtown Detroit’s real estate. He moved his business here in an attempt to fuel a renaissance in the embattled...Mursi vs. Shafiq, stark contrast in Egypt’s elections
In the first round of elections Egyptians expressed their priorities, but in the runoff round they will express their fears.It was an achievement for Egypt to conduct a democratic presidential election last month. This weekend Egyptians will choose between two ideologically contrasting, authoritarian figures in a decisive second round of...First major victory: Yemen army retakes two Qaeda strongholds
SANA - Yemen's army seized the Al-Qaeda strongholds of Jaar and Zinjibar on Tuesday, officials said, more than a year after the jihadists captured most of the Abyan province. emen's Defence Minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed (R) shakes hands with army soldiers during a visit to the southern city of Zinjibar June 13, 2012, one day after the...
Local Ivy League students encourage Arab youth to pursue their dreams
June 15th, 20120 DEARBORN — It's very unusual to hear of Arab American females from the community pursuing their college careers out of state, but a recent Harvard graduate and a newly accepted Yale University student have allowed the Arab American News to share their stories in an effort to encourage other Arab women in the community to follow......
Survey: Obama, U.S. image falls, but still better than Bush
June 15th, 20120 CHINA TOP ECONOMIC POWER, POLL RESPONDENTS SAY WASHINGTON — While confidence in Barack Obama overseas has declined — in some countries, quite sharply — since his 2008 election, the U.S. president and the U.S. in general still receive higher approval ratings among publics abroad compared to 2008, George W. Bush's last...Are you ready for war with Syria?
War drums are beating again in Washington. This time Syria is in the crosshairs after a massacre there (recently) left more than 100 dead. As might be expected from an administration with an announced policy of “regime change” in Syria, the reaction was to blame only the Syrian government for the tragedy, expel Syrian diplomats......
New poll reveals Michigan could be a swing state in Presidential election
June 15th, 20120 DETROIT - Earlier this month the Arab American News reported that Mitt Romney was leading the polls against Barack Obama in Michigan for the presidential race in November. However a new poll conducted through an automated phone survey by Foster McCollum White & Associates and Baydoun Consulting found that Barack Obama was still...
FBI investigates fire, anti-Arab graffiti near Dearborn mosque
June 13th, 20120 DEARBORN, Mich., June 13 -- The FBI was investigating a fire and graffiti at an event center associated with a Dearborn, Mich., mosque, officials said.On Tuesday, just before lunch, the storage structure of the Muslim Community Center owned by the nearby American Muslim Center caught fire. The storage space, about the size of a garage,...Tahrir Square: Round two
CAIRO — The long-awaited verdict in Egypt's "trial of the century"— a life sentence for ousted president Hosni Mubarak and acquittals for most other defendants — has brought the people back to Cairo's Tahrir Square. The controversial court rulings come at a time of extraordinary domestic political upheaval, with Egypt's...
Grim outlook for Syria as international rift is widened
June 8th, 20120 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said unarmed UN monitors came under fire Thursday as they tried to reach the scene of the latest Syrian mass killing. Opposition claims government forces killed nearly 80 people, including women and children who were shot, hacked to death and burned in their homes. A boy holds a toy gun in Homs. ......
Tens of thousands in Abyan need urgent help
In recent days, fierce fighting, sometimes involving air strikes, has led to a severe deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Abyan governorate, southern Yemen, and hampered the ability of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to deliver urgently needed assistance. A woman holds her malnourished child at a...Attacking Iran likely counter-productive, think tank warns
WASHINGTON — While a nuclear-armed Iran would pose significant new challenges to the United States and Israel, a military attack by either country to prevent Tehran from developing a weapon could well prove counter-productive, according to a major new report released here Wednesday by a think tank close to the administration of......
Spare us the western morality on Syria
As news of yet another massacre in Syria surfaces – this time in the farm village of Al-Kubeir near Hama – we can only imagine the moral outrage expressed by Western governments that will soon inundate media outlets.Much of Western identity centers on a pillar of high civility, and by extension, high morality. It is a lingering...2012 Arab American Book Award winners to be honored
This year, the Arab American Book Award ceremony will be held on Saturday, Sep. 29 at the Arab American National Museum, 13624 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, Michigan. Further details on the invitation-only event will be released this summer.In addition to celebrating the winners of the 2012 Awards, this year’s program will honor the life......