The Arab American News
Author's Posts
AAPAC elects 2011 officers at meeting
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } DEARBORN —The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) met at The Arab American News office on...Michigan man arrested for explosives at Federal Building in Detroit
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } DETROIT — A 42-year old man from Kingsford, Michigan, located in the Upper Peninsula, was arrested this week on...Returning Bahraini woman recalls brutal attacks on protesters
A Bahraini American who just returned from the island country has been informed of numerous barbaric assaults against civilians since anti-government protests began. Contacting The Arab American News from out of state, the person requested anonymity to avoid potential threats against family living in Bahrain. The...Detroit protest focuses on brutality in Bahrain
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }DETROIT — Dozens of protesters rallied downtown near the Detroit Windsor Tunnel on Friday for the second straight week in...University of Arizona students erect largest mock border wall in U.S.
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Palestine section of 1200-foot wall torn down by vandals TUCSON, AZ – On March 21, students from the...Can Assad save his regime with radical reforms?
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Regime change in Syria may have a huge impact on the entire Middle East. If the changes are genuine...Washington’s patchwork policy on democracy
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } WASHINGTON (IPS) — While a NATO-led coalition continues to enforce a no-fly zone in a Libya...Jewish Israeli youth moving rightward
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Poll finds young Israeli Jews prefer 'strong' leaders to democracy's legal checks and balances. JERUSALEM -...Obama secretly authorizes help for Libyan rebels
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S....Why Erdogan can’t let Assad down
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } ANKARA (IPS) — A new week, a new campaign for Ankara's diplomacy. After a victorious...
Neo-Cons target Assad regime
April 2nd, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } WASHINGTON (IPS) — Despite the clear opposition of the Barack Obama administration and apparent...
Bahrain steps up crackdown on opposition
April 2nd, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Bahrain has stepped up the arrests of Shia Muslims, including cyber activists, with more than 300 detained...
Yemen protesters vow not to budge until Saleh quits
April 2nd, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } SANAA — The Yemeni opposition accused President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday of "maneuvers" to gain time in...Isreali court orders Jerusalem family to share home with Jewish settlers
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } In the last month Palestinians in Jerusalem continued to face ongoing violence and settler takeovers of their...
Facebook cuts ‘Palestinian uprising’ page after Israel protest
April 2nd, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } RAMALLAH - Attempts by Facebook to shut down a "Third Intifada" page backfired on Tuesday, with more than 7,000......
Protecting the civil rights of American Muslims
April 2nd, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } The United States Senate Committee of the Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human...Agemy hopes to turn bully victims into black belts at new academy
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }With the runaway success of the 1984 movie Karate Kid came a whole generation of kids who wanted to be just like the title......
A Mediterranean Alcatraz?
April 1st, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Israel is seriously considering building a man-made island off the coast of Gaza to provide Palestinians an...
Census 2010 reveals increase in Dearborn despite big loss in Wayne County
April 1st, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Data released from the U.S. Census Bureau for Michigan shows Dearborn's population has grown by 378 people, while...Tunisia needs international supervision for the upcoming July elections
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Dr. Iadh Ben Achour, head of the Tunisian High Council for Political Reforms and the Achievement of...
Learning all the wrong lessons in Jordan
April 1st, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } King Abdullah's regime is cracking down on protesters who want reforms and, perhaps, a constitutional......
Local religious leaders oppose Jones visit to Dearborn
April 1st, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }@font-face { font-family: "Monaco"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }Despite strong opposition, extremist pastor Terry Jones still plans to protest in...Heights school board member Golani accused of embezzling $750,000
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A Dearborn Heights school board member has been accused of embezzling $750,000 by......
CAIR-MI spotlights accomplishments, current Muslim challenges at annual banquet
April 1st, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }The Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan held its 11th annual banquet on Sunday, March 27 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in...
Conyers initiates investigation of American Muslim border harassment
April 1st, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }DETROIT — On Friday, March 25, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee,......