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Bashar Kallabat: Middle Eastern hairstylist to the stars
Excellence should be accessible to all. Bashar Kallabat has decided to run his business according to this motto. Kallabat is the co-owner and operator of Heidi Bashar Salon in the Somerset Collection. He is also a nationally renowned hair stylist. In 1989, Bashar opened a salon with his then-wife Kennice Kallabat,...Dearborn Education Foundation FORE golf outing raises almost $100,000
DEARBORN — The FORE Dearborn (Funding Opportunities and Resources in Education) golf outing raised more than $95,000, nearly doubling its total from last year. Proceeds will go towards special projects that benefit Dearborn schools earlier this month."In these times when budgets are so tight, education is so important and resources are...HFCC hosting Middle Eastern Film Festival from Oct. 25-Nov. 29
DEARBORN — The Henry Ford Community College (HFCC) Arab Cultural Studies Program and the Council of American Cultures will host “Middle Eastern Visions III,” the third annual fall film festival running from Tuesday, Oct. 25, to Tuesday, Nov. 29. This film festival takes place in HFCC’s Berry Auditorium located in the Andrew A....U-M reports $7.8 billion endowment
ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan's endowment has doubled over the past decade and now stands at $7.8 billion, the Ann Arbor school reported.The amount represents the seventh-largest endowment of any university in the nation."It's a huge year," Erik Lundberg, the university's chief investment officer, told AnnArbor.com. "We...NATIONAL POLL: 9 of 10 voters concerned about another U.S. recession and foreclosures
UTICA, NY – Pessimism about the economy is almost a consensus among voters from both major parties as 95% say they are very or somewhat concerned the U.S. economy is slipping into another recession and 89% are similarly concerned there will be an increase in home foreclosures for the next two years, a new IBOPE Zogby interactive poll...Enforcement of nuisance vehicle violations to increase in November
DEARBORN – Dearborn Police will begin increasing enforcement of nuisance vehicles stored on private property starting on Nov. 1. Those with a title to an unwanted vehicle are encouraged to use the city's amnesty program by calling Rusko's Towing at 313.274.4550 to avoid a $500 fine. Unwanted vehicles will be towed for no cost. The...Suffering in silence: The struggle to overcome mental health stigmas
DEARBORN — The issue of psychological problems has long been considered taboo within United States families and communities despite the prevalence of such issues and their devastating effects. The field of mental health is still relatively new, having begun its new era as a serious study in the 1950s, but the same problem...Champions of education honored at 32nd ACC Gala in Detroit
Founder & Chairman Ambassador Yousif Ghafari of Ghafari Associates (C) receives the Community Leadership Award. He is considered one of the area’s most active philanthropists. DETROIT — The Arab American and Chaldean Council has become a community institution, and its annual Civic & Humanitarian Awards Gala has taken on a...Michigan based ethnic chambers of commerce to start working together through new group
On Tuesday during a press conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn the establishment of the Council of Ethnic Chambers of Commerce was announced. Members of the new Ethnic Chambers of Commerce stand among elected officials and Douglas Smith, senior vice president of strategic partnerships for the Michigan Economic...One more failed round of Middle East negotiations could kill the “peace process”
As the Palestinians made their long-awaited request for United Nations membership, Washington called for a new round of Mideast negotiations. The Palestinian bid was a move of desperation. The Obama administration and Israel saw Palestine membership as an unsettling, game-changing event. But to most of the international community,...Abbas battling on many fronts
Omar did not expect his family to be so distraught and despondent when he came home Friday to his home in the town of Al-Khedr on the outskirts of Bethlehem. His father's health took a sharp blow after occupation forces seized large sections of family land to expand the Jewish settlement of Nogdeem, where Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor...Hamas and Israel confirm prisoner swap
DOHA — Scenes of celebration in the Gaza Strip and in Jerusalem have greeted the announcement of a landmark Palestinian-Israeli prisoner-swap deal. Adlah, mother of Palestinian female prisoner Fotnah Abo Aleish, sits next to a photo of her at the family home as she reacts to the prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel, at the Askar...
Amers continue pursuit of justice against the state in federal court
October 16th, 20110 DETROIT — Flanked by dozens of supporters on Friday, October 7, Dearborn mother Rehab Amer, her husband Ahmed and son Hussein watched as Federal Judge Paul Borman heard arguments as to whether their civil case against the state's Judson Center, Inc. and four workers should proceed. The Amer family including Ahmed (L), Hussein (C,...
AAPAC announces endorsements for Nov. 8 elections
October 16th, 20110 DEARBORN – After a marathon discussion session of about three hours and back-and-forth debates among members on Tuesday, Oct. 11, the Arab American Political Action Committee reached decisions on key endorsements and proposals for upcoming ballots in the Dearborn and Dearborn Heights area. Abdel-Hak The committee opted to endorse...
Student says he’s too distraught from recent Dearborn Police encounter to continue school
October 16th, 20110 DEARBORN — A college student in his early thirties was studying accounting at a local university, but says after being physically assaulted by two Dearborn Police officers last month continuing his four courses isn’t possible. Speaking to The Arab American News (TAAN) by phone the man didn’t want to be identified, and said......
U.S. arms Bahrain while decrying Russian weapons in Syria
UNITED NATIONS — Peeved at Russia's Security Council veto derailing a Western- sponsored resolution against Syria last week, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice implicitly accused the Russians of protecting the beleaguered government of President Bashar al-Assad primarily to safeguard their lucrative arms market in the Middle Eastern...
Alleged Iranian assassination plot suspicious, experts say
October 16th, 20110 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department charges that elements of Iran's government were behind a foiled plot on the life of Saudi Arabia's U.S. ambassador have boggled the minds of many Americans knowledgeable about both Iran and terrorism. Manssor Arbabsiar is shown in this courtroom sketch during an appearance in a Manhattan......
Syrians rally in Damascus in support of Assad
October 16th, 20110 DAMASCUS - Syrian pro-government protesters put on a show of strength Wednesday as hundreds of thousands rallied in the Syrian capital in support of President Bashar Assad’s rule, in apparent response to growing international support for the recently formed opposition council.The demonstration followed a call on the Facebook page “My...
Egypt: ‘Invisible hand’ playing with sectarian fire
October 16th, 20110 CAIRO — Violent clashes in Cairo that left at least 25 Egyptians dead and over 300 injured on Sunday have deepened suspicions that unseen forces are manipulating the country's sectarian divisions for political gain.The clashes broke out after about 2,000 protesters, mostly minority Coptic Christians, attempted to stage a sit-in outside...
Iraq emerges victorious in 4th Annual Consular Soccer Tournament
October 16th, 20110 PONTIAC – As the championship game of the 4th Annual Consular Soccer Tournament hung in the balance late with Iraq and Lebanon tied at 0-0, Iraq center Haider Jahil AlZayadi couldn't help but feel a bit nervous.After all, AlZayadi had played with members of the opposing team on the Dearborn Stars this past summer and knew they were...
Dearborn decides: Ballot proposals loom large for Nov. 8 election
October 16th, 20110 DEARBORN — On Nov. 8 of this year, Dearborn voters will take part in an election that could have a huge impact on how the city operates going forward, with a vote on the city's operating millage taking center stage. In addition, votes on a library millage and the possible elimination of the city's civil service system are also......
Kaplan Test Prep: An international student’s guide to a medical license
TROY, Mich. — Immigrants coming from oversees looking to get a medical degree might want to consider enrolling with Kaplan Test Prep, an education company that helps both undergraduates and graduates from the U.S and abroad train to become licensed doctors, dentists and lawyers and get into top graduate-level programs Rasha...Occupy Detroit movement gaining support
DETROIT — A movement based on the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City has sprung up in Detroit through fliers and social networking, with hundreds if not thousands expected to descend upon the city this weekend. Dozens of other peaceful protests have sprung up across the country in protest of Wall Street policies against the......
Workers rally at Michigan Trader Joe’s against poor treatment, conditions
ROYAL OAK — Workers rallied in the city as well as the Grosse Pointe and Ann Arbor locations calling for better treatment at a plant that supplies the grocer with produce. The Justice for Packing Workers Committee delivered letters to the management at Trader Joe’s locations in Grosse Pointe, Royal Oak, and Ann Arbor detailing...Yemeni Americans hold rally, Friday prayer for revolution and Nobel winner
DEARBORN — About 500 Yemeni Americans came out on Friday, October 7 to the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center lawn to show their solidarity for the popular revolution in Yemen and hold a traditional Friday prayer service. The event, which was created by the Popular Support Committee for Yemen in the city, also coincided......