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Motor City Wives cast member sparks national conversation about Chaldeans
Suzanne Lossia, a cast member from the new highly anticipated reality television show Motor City Wives is getting people around the country interested in learning about who Chaldeans are. LossiaLossia, a Chaldean American isn't missing any opportunity she gets to introduce the community to Americans. "No one really knows who the...Abbatt claims challenges filed are “normal election procedures;” Salamey campaign believes they exhibit “prejudicial overtones”
DEARBORN — 19th District Court judge candidate Candyce Abbatt has issued a response to the media in regards to the challenges she filed against her opponent Sam Salamey in the race for court judge this November, deeming that more than half of the nominating petitions signatures to run for city judge should not qualify. If her...Ronald Acho honored for community service and dedication
Attorney Ronald AchoWEST BLOOMFIELD — Attorney Ronald Acho was honored at the Chaldean American Bar Association's (CABA) annual honors and scholarship ceremony at the Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield on Wednesday. He received the Community Service and Dedication Award for his many years of legal service to the Chaldean...Middle Eastern American from metro-Detroit competes in Miss USA pageant
Miss Michigan Kristen Samantha Danyal, 21, will compete on Sunday for the title of Miss U.S.A.The Miss Michigan contestant competing in this year's Miss U.S.A pageant is a Chaldean American from metro-Detroit. Miss Michigan Kristen Samantha Danyal, 21, is from Sterling Heights. She's a Chaldean American, and a student at the University...Former Michigan governor says voter ID laws are “un-American”
A new proposed voting law is upsetting many Michigan residents. Under its provisions potential Michigan voters are required to present a government issued photo ID or birth certificate in the process of registering. The law would also increase monitoring of third party registration organizations. Former Michigan Governor Jennifer...STAT announces first annual college bus tour
Students Taking Action Today is proud to announce their first annual College Bus Tour. During the tour stops will be made at the following universities: Albion College, Michigan State University, Notre Dame University, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Purdue University, University of Cincinnati, and the...University of Houston launches new minor in Arab Studies
HOUSTON, TX — The University of Houston (UH) has launched a new minor in Arab Studies and named Emran El-Badawi as the first director of the Arab Studies Program. Beginning in fall 2012, UH students may declare the minor, which will be housed in the department of Modern and Classical Languages (MCL) within the College of Liberal Arts...Commission deems SMART liable in civil rights case against Chaldean man
FARMINGTON HILLS — On May 21 the Michigan Civil Rights Commission (MCRC) held a meeting in Lansing where they reviewed and concluded with a final order in the Barash v. SMART case deeming that the bus company owes the Chaldean man from Farmington Hills over $218,000 in damages.The case dates back to 2003 when Mazyn Barash, an employee...Lebanon: A victim of the ‘Arab Spring’
More than a year after it began, what we Westerners have taken to calling the Arab Spring has finally come to Lebanon – and like much of the country’s economy and politics, it arrives as an import that can benefit only the very few.Predictably, understanding what is happening – and what is not happening – in Lebanon requires...
Ghannouchi: ‘Arab Spring’ can reconcile Mideast with West
May 31st, 20120 DOHA — The head of Tunisia's ruling Islamist party, Rached Ghannouchi, said on Tuesday that the Arab Spring provided an opportunity to reconcile Arabic public opinion with the West. Rached GhannouchiHe spoke at the opening of a conference in Doha on relations between the United States and the Muslim world, focused on the challenges...Trenton resident announces campaign to compete in 12th Congressional District race
Trenton resident Cynthia Kallgren has announced her campaign to compete in the 12th Congressional District which represents Downriver, Dearborn, and the area westward including Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor. She's competing against Karen Jacobson in the statewide primary election on August 7. The winner will then run up against Democratic...Trenton resident announces campaign to compete in 12th Congressional District race
Trenton resident Cynthia Kallgren has announced her campaign to compete in the 12th Congressional District which represents Downriver, Dearborn, and the area westward including Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor. She's competing against Karen Jacobson in the statewide primary election on August 7. The winner will then run up against Democratic...
Witnesses give statements in Dearborn Heights hit-and-run case
May 31st, 20120 DEARBORN HEIGHTS-Emotions ran high at the 20th District Court on Wednesday after Judge David Turfe decreased the bail amount on Natalie Hassan, the 23-year-old Dearborn Heights woman who allegedly ran over Hanan Achkar, another 23-year-old woman from Dearborn Heights, during an altercation on April 18 that has since left her in a...
Syrian government denies involvement in Houla massacre
May 27th, 20120 Damascus has refuted accusations of being behind a ruthless attack in Houla where over 90 civilians were killed. Political analyst Ibrahim Alloush told RT those killed were actually Assad loyalists, and the timing is suspicious. Friday's attack in the Governorate of Homs has risen already-high tensions in Syria, with many in the...
Minority Report: White births no longer majority in the U.S.
May 26th, 20120 For the first time in U.S. history, racial and ethnic minorities outnumber its white majority – white births make up fewer than half the children born in the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The new 2011 Census, which was made public on Thursday, reveals non-Hispanic whites accounted for 49.6 percent of all births in the......
Faraj pleads guilty in basketball game murder case
May 25th, 20120 Dearborn resident Fadi Hassan Faraj plead guilty to second-degree murder charges on Friday, May 25 stemming from the killing of another man in July 2011.The victim was Hassan Zeidan, age 23, also of Dearborn. Zeidan was shot multiple times by Faraj after an argument in a parking lot where they had been playing a pickup basketball game...
Lebanon Liberation Day: Time to celebrate and reflect
May 25th, 20120 May 25 is an exceptional day on the Lebanese calendar. In fact, and under normal circumstances it should be a day to celebrate across the Arab World. It is the Liberation Day of Lebanon. A Lebanese woman celebrating Liberation Day in a village in south Lebanon. PHOTO: Al-AkhbarOn that day 12 years ago, a few committed......
Dearborn Police obtain a suspect in 1991 homicide cold case
BradyDEARBORN — Dearborn Police Detectives have currently re-opened a cold homicide case that dates back to July 1991, when Gracielita Flores was murdered in the city’s south end inside of the ACCESS building she was cleaning the facility. Following her murder police had conducted an investigation but no arrests were made in...Contemporary Dentistry offers free service days to locals with no insurance
Dr. Rima Bazzi and her assistant care for a patient.DEARBORN — Last Friday over 120 people turned out for "Dental Care From the Heart," a free dental service day provided by Contemporary Dentistry located in Dearborn. The event was an opportunity for locals with no health insurance coverage to receive free dental treatments such as...Dignitaries, supporters turn out for Mosallam for Trustee fundraiser
At right: Mosallam speaks to the crowd during Wednesday’s fundraiser at Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn.DEARBORN – Statewide candidate for Michigan State University Trustee Brian Mosallam was greeted by dozens of enthusiastic supporters and local dignitaries at a fundraising event on Wednesday, May 23 at Byblos Banquet Hall, his...DPS Board member Berry to challenge Santana for 9th District State Rep.
Dearborn School Board member Hussein Berry will run for a State Representative spot in the new 9th District of Michigan, he announced this week.Berry will take on current 10th District State Rep. Harvey Santana (D-Detroit) in the August 7 Democratic primary for a chance at the seat in the newly-redrawn district, which includes a small......
Dearborn Police discuss crime statistics and initiatives at south end meeting
DEARBORN — On Tuesday the Dearborn Police Department held a town hall meeting at Salina Intermediate School in the south end of the city. The meeting, which was attended by around 75 locals, discussed crime rates in the city as well as proactive initiatives and programs the Dearborn Police Department has been taking in recent years to...Lebanon MP urges community to unite, remain unaffected by tensions overseas
DEARBORN - Speaking at the Bint Jebail Cultural Center here Tuesday Lebanon MP Ali Bazzi said the sectarian divides spreading into different Arab countries are a major threat to peace and stability in their entire region. Currently there are major conflicts emerging in the Arab World that have resulted from tensions between......
Redefining the Arab Spring: Is chaos overtaking revolution?
May 25th, 20120 The age of revolutionary romance is over. Various Arab countries are now facing hard truths. Millions of Arabs merely want to live with a semblance of dignity, free from tyranny and continuous anxiety over the future. This unromantic reality also includes outside "players," whose presence is of no positive value to genuine revolutionary...Veterans symbolically discard service medals at anti-NATO rally
CHICAGO — Nearly 50 U.S. military veterans at an anti-NATO rally in Chicago threw their service medals into the street on Sunday, an action they said symbolized their rejection of the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of the veterans, many wearing military uniform shirts over black anti-war t-shirts, choked back tears......