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Appeals court rules against Dearborn in Arab Festival case
DETROIT — A federal court says it was illegal to bar a Christian evangelist from passing leaflets at the Arab International Festival in Dearborn last year according to various reports. The appeals court ruled 2-1 Thursday in the case of George Saieg of Anaheim, Calif. The decision comes less...Man accused of plotting mosque attack to have mental hearing
DETROIT — Roger Stockham, the 63-year-old man who was arrested outside of the Islamic Center of America for plotting to detonate highly-explosive fireworks earlier this year, has been ordered to undergo a mental competency test by Wayne County Judge Bruce Morrow. Stockham, who has a mental...Peace activists hold celebration of international flotilla
ANN ARBOR — Ann Arbor-based Michigan Peaceworks will sponsor a peace picnic and demonstration on Friday, June 24 to celebrate the launch of the international humanitarian flotilla bringing food and medicine to Gaza. The peace picnic will take place near Gallup Park in Ann Arbor. The...
Snyder’s opposition to Arizona-style law applauded by immigrants rights groups
May 21st, 20110 DETROIT - On Thursday morning at the Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s annual public policy breakfast at the Detroit Athletic Club, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder fielded questions regarding proposed anti-immigrant legislation in Michigan.After a speech which highlighted the contributions of Hispanic and Latino businesses to...Chief Judge Rosen swears in Hammoud as Assistant U.S.Attorney in federal courtroom with large community participation
From left to right are: LIBC Founder Ned Fawaz, Publisher of The Arab American News Osama Siblani, LAHC Founder Ali Jawad, Chief Judge Gerald Rosen, Asst. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Abed Hammoud, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, LAHC President attorney Sam Salamey and...Islamic Center of America raises funds, honors men forexemplary community leadership
Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad receives in recognition of providing community safety from outgoing ICA Board of Directors Chairman Dr. Afif Jawad (C) and newly-elected Chairman Jamal Dakroub. PHOTOS: Nafeh AbuNab/American Elite StudiosDEARBORN — Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad and...Ron Paul announces run for president on “Good MorningAmerica”
AUSTIN, TX – Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced last Friday that he will run for the Republican nomination for president in 2012. Paul, who has distinguished himself from more mainstream candidates by running in the past as a Libertarian, speaking out against the Federal Reserve private banking...
Can Obama walk the walk?
May 20th, 20110 President Obama's historic speech this week at the State Department on the political changes sweeping through the Middle East and North Africa made it very clear that facilitating the Arab World's transition to freedom and democracy is a priority concern for the United States. Saying so, and simultaneously releasing...City Council, clerk seats up for grabs in Dearborn Heights
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Five candidates, Councilman Ned Apigian, Council Chair Ken Baron, Kathy Abdel-Hak, Lisa Hicks-Clayton, and Scott Craig, will run for three seats on City Council in Dearborn Heights as the Tuesday deadline to submit a petition has passed. Elizabeth Agius, another...Nakba anger points to third intifada
QALANDIA, Occupied West Bank (IPS) — Israeli confidence that Nakba day, marked by The Great March on May 15 in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel and neighboring Arab countries, would remain under control, has backfired badly. Palestinian refugees jump fences on May 15, 2011 in the Golan...
Obama: Palestine should have state on ’67 borders
May 20th, 20110 Palestinians watch a television broadcast of a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama in the U.S., at a shop in Gaza City May 19, 2011. In a statement after President Obama's speech outlining Middle East strategy, Netanyahu said on Thursday Israel would object to any withdrawal to "indefensible" borders,...‘Arab Spring’ creates greater hope for liberatingPalestine
Pioneering former White House correspondent Helen Thomas (seated, bottom right in black shirt) poses with attendees at the Palestine Cultural Office's commemoration of Nakba 63. PHOTO: Nafeh AbuNabDEARBORN — Speaking before hundreds at the Palestine Cultural Office’s (PCO) annual Al-Nakba commemoration,...Arab International Festival expected to happen this yearwith help from Wayne County Sheriff’s Office
City cited budget deficit claiming cost was too high; Jones' visit not a factor The three day event's fate, which runs from Friday, June 17 through Sunday, June 19 and began in 1995, had been called into question after Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly said in a budget session last Thursday night that...Watch what Obama does, not what he says
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) issued the following response to President Obama's speech at the State Department regarding the so-called Arab Spring: "We all want to be supportive of our President as he attempts to broaden America's positive role in the Middle East and North Africa. But...Dearborn demands pools, and a blue sky
Have you ever had an argument with someone over the color of the sky? It's green, they claim. With no tornado in sight on a beautiful summer day, you know the sky is actually blue. Of course, in MI our sky is usually more grey than blue, but that's not the point! You......
Saudi Arabia guards status quo
Saudi Arabia is leading a counter-revolution against the sweeping political changes in the Middle East by using money, force and religion. Once restrictive of the Muslim clerics, King Abdullah offered money and new censorship powers for their loyalty as he doled out 500 billion riyals ($130...
White House announces economic assistance to Arab world
May 20th, 20110 Editor's note: The following information was released by the White House on Wednesday evening this week: A Libyan watches a television broadcast of a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama in U.S., at a shop in Benghazi May 19, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemThe revolutions in the Middle East and......
Chamber event highlights success, awards local professionals
Mohamed Hamieh (left) of Ford receives the American Arab of the Year in Technology Award from Dr. Daw Alwerfalli.DEARBORN — The American Arab Chamber of Commerce held its 6th Annual "Celebrating Success" Banquet presented by the American Arab Professionals Network at Greenfield Manor on Wednesday, May...
Gulf accord on Yemen to be inked Sunday
May 20th, 20110 SANAA - A Gulf-sponsored accord to end a bloody political dispute between President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Yemen's opposition will be signed on Sunday, officials from the ruling party and opposition said. "The signing will take place on Sunday in Sanaa," Sultan al-Barakani, the assistant secretary general of...
Syria condemns U.S. sanctions on Assad
May 20th, 20110 Syria's President Bashar al-Assad answers journalists in Paris, in this December 9, 2010 file picture.Syria has condemned the imposition of sanctions on its president by the United States as being "part of a regional scheme, aimed primarily at serving Israel's interests," state media...Local girl trapped in Syria while visiting
Sara Alouh, who is now 11, is trapped in Syria's current state of civil unrest. Her parents are working with local and national groups to get her returned home safely.SOUTHFIELD – During a press conference at CAIR-Michigan headquarters, Flint couple Ahmad Alouh and his wife Wisam addressed the......
Key Dearborn budget hearing set for June 1, May 18 sessioncanceled
Proposed budget by O'Reilly includes 42 layoffs, facility closures and sales DEARBORN — The city's budget session set for May 18 has been canceled, but the Dearborn City Council officially confirmed the date of Wednesday, June 1 at 5:30 p.m. as the public hearing for the proposed...
Protesters brave strong winds, rain in support ofPalestinians on Nakba 63 at Dearborn City Hall
May 20th, 20110 Activists held banners and waved Palestinian flags on the steps of Dearborn City Hall on May 15 in commemoration of the Nakba, or "Day of Catastrophe," in Palestine. The creation of Israel led to millions of refugees. Chants of "End the occupation now!" and "Free, free Palestine!" went up from the crowd.......
Palestinian Nakba survivor recalls invasion 63 years later
May 20th, 20110 Nigem Ameen (far right) with his son Sayel and wife Fawzieh upon arriving to Michigan in the 1970s. Ameen now travels back and forth between Ramallah, Palestine, and Dearborn. Photo courtesy of Ameen familyDEARBORN — To many who participate in commemorations and rallies each year, the...
Toward a “Palestinian Spring”
May 20th, 20110 A Palestinian refugee plays in front of homes rebuilt by UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, which were destroyed in fighting in 2007, in Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, northern Lebanon, in this April 19, 2011 file photo. The border protests on May 15, 2011, in which Israeli......