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Miss Lebanon Emigrants USA to be crowned on May 24
DEARBORN — Greenfield Manor will be the site of the Miss Lebanon Emigrants – USA 2012 pageant on May 24, with doors opening at 7 p.m. and the event beginning at 8 p.m. The current Miss Lebanon Emigrant USA Krystelle Khoury.The event will be held by the committee of Miss Lebanon Emigrants in collaboration with the Lebanese Ministry of...
LAHC hands out scholarships, highlights diversity at 24th Annual Gala
May 18th, 20120 DEARBORN – The Lebanese American Heritage Club has a long, storied history in the local community, but the focus was once again on the future during the non-profit's 24th Annual Awards Gala on Friday, May 11 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel here. The 51 award recipients each received $1,000 scholarships, and are shown above posing with...Arab American sergeant among those honored by Obama
President Barack Obama greets recipients of the National Association of Police Organizations' top cops awards on Saturday during a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden. Detroit officers in the crowd: Sgt. Michael Ingels, to the left of Obama; Sgt. Marcellus A. Ball, in sunglasses; Sgt. Ray Toufic Saati, at far right. PHOTO: MANUEL...
Salamey campaign responds to Abbatt challenge in race for judge
May 18th, 20120 DEARBORN — The 19th District Court Judge race for the city of Dearborn intensified last week when candidate Candyce Abbatt filed challenges against one of her opponents, Sam Salamey, in an effort to have his name removed from the ballot on the grounds that the nominating petitions filed by Salamey do not have the minimum number of 400...
Patriarch Rai encourages interfaith unity, visits Dearborn mosques
May 14th, 20120 Today, His Beatitude Mar Bechara Peter Rai who's the head of the Maronite Catholic Church worldwide visited the Islamic Center of America and the American Muslim Center in Dearborn. During his appearances at both mosques Patriarch Rai encouraged interfaith unity between Muslims and Christians through dialogue. Religious leaders from...Palestinians starve for freedom as Nakba anniversary approaches
Is the mass Palestinian prisoner hunger strike the beginning of the Palestinian Spring? Palestinian Christians and Muslims praying together during a special service at the Dominican monastery of Saint-Etienne in occupied Jerusalem on May 8, 2012 in solidarity with thousands of Palestinian political prisoners, held captive in Israeli...
Maronite Patriarch to pay historic visit to Detroit, community prepares welcoming events in various cities including Dearborn
May 11th, 20120 Bechara Peter Rai, the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, will make a historic pastoral visit to Southeast Michigan, May 13-16. During that time he will go to several churches and mosques throughout the region. Patriarch Rai Patriarch Rai was enthroned the 77th Maronite Patriarch on March 25, 2011. According to Chorbishop Alfred...Dream comes true for youth leader as H.Y.P.E. center opens
H.Y.P.E. Founder Ali Sayed cuts the ribbon on the new 104,000 sq.-foot center in Dearborn Heights along with local officials. DEARBORN HEIGHTS — What began as a simple three-on-three basketball tournament hosted by friends has grown into one of Metro Detroit's biggest community recreation organizations, and now a brand new...Florida report: Snyder could be Romney’s VP
Synder (L) welcomes Romney to Michigan.LANSING – An article posted recently on Tampa Bay online suggested that Mitt Romney could pick Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as his running mate should he receive the presidential nomination for November's election. The theory is based on the hotel assignments for state delegations visiting the...Free health expo at Cobo for uninsured on May 16
DETROIT – A health expo for the uninsured will be offered at Cobo Center's Riverview Ballroom in Detroit on Wednesday, May 16 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., offering enrollment for various programs, health services and screenings, and a nutrition seminar among other programs. Among the screenings are dental, diabetes, and overall health...Henry Ford CC celebrates opening of new Welcome Center
DEARBORN – On Friday, May 4, Dearborn School Board and other officials including Mayor Jack O'Reilly and U.S. Rep. John Dingell held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Henry Ford Community College's new Welcome Center.The state-of-the-art new center will allow for a seamless flow of services in terms of registration, financial aid...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,......