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Bridging cultural divides with humor
November 27th, 20100 DEARBORN — Humor is often thought to be a bridge. Many use humor to bridge cultural divides and open the door for conversation. It is used to make the what is not up for discussion, easier to talk about. This is exactly what co-creators Mike Eshaq and Mike McGettigan accomplish with their upcoming webseries "The Ed and Moe...Use your taxes to help Palestine
It is difficult to come home from a hard day of work to hear the news from Palestine. A new Israeli settlement is built, another Palestinian family is left without a home in Jerusalem, and a Palestinian mother dies in an ambulance stuck at a checkpoint en route to the hospital. For those of us living here in the United States, this news...Lebanese Independence Day celebration at Hyatt Regency
DEARBORN – Detroit's Acting Consul General of Lebanon, Bashir Tawk, continued a local tradition as he hosted a celebration of the country's Nov. 22, 1943 Independence Day from France at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn. Tawk addressed a large, diverse crowd comprised mostly of Lebanese Americans at the event. "To secure...BCBSM employees attend Arab culture workshop
Workshop instructor Cynatt Ali, a BCBSM intern and student at Madonna University, has a passion for educating others on Arab culture.To build cultural competency in the workplace and in the communities it serves Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) conducted a workshop on Arab heritage Nov. 12 at its service center office in...Popular new Game Headz franchise holds Dearborn grand opening
While many small businesses shy away from competition with the bigger guys on the block, Dearborn Heights resident Wissam Merhi and his Game Headz video game retail franchise have a different philosophy. Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly at the ribbon cutting on November 13.The new Dearborn store held its grand opening on Saturday,...Greenland opens new store in Dearborn Heights
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Super Greenland Market has grown into a fixture in the Arab American community in Dearborn, and now, co-owner Jamal Koussan is hoping the new location on Beech Daly near Ford Road in Dearborn Heights will become a similar success story. Dearborn Heights Mayor Paletko (R-holding scissors) cuts the ribbon at the...Arab American stars lead Michigan to Big Ten title
Wolverines soccer team to host NCAA Tournament game on Sunday in Ann Arbor The Wolverines celebrate after their 4-1 win on November 14 over Penn State in the tournament final. Photo courtesy of MGoBlue.comWhile the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor soccer team has always sported the same maize and blue colors and represented the...Students reenact annual pilgrimage
DEARBORN — On Nov.15, hundreds gathered at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn to watch a reenactment of the pilgrimage performed by students of the Muslim American Youth Academy. Children from the Muslim American Youth Academy reenact the pilgrimage at the Islamic Center of America on Monday. PHOTO: Natasha Dado/TAANThe...Man faces charges in daughter’s accidental death
Al-SharaMajd Mohammad Al-Shara, 40, from Lennox Township, will be arraigned on November 22 for charges of child abuse in the death of his 6-year-old daughter Aliaa. Aliaa died from burns she sustained during a fire pit accident on September 19. Al-Shara allegedly added an accelerant to the fire pit in the common area of their...New director at Workforce Development Department at HFCC
DEARBORN — Henry Ford Community College welcomes new director Tricia N. Llewellyn to Workforce Development. As workforce development director, Llewellyn will oversee all workforce development activities including the Michigan Technology Education Center at HFCC, which works with business in southeast Michigan. Llewellyn will also work...Dearborn Federation of Teachers files lawsuit
DEARBORN – The Dearborn Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit against the Dearborn Public Schools Wednesday November 3. The lawsuit claims that the Dearborn Public Schools are in violation of Michigan's Public Sector labor law, by their putting a hold on all contract negotiations without the knowledge of the teachers' union and...Student gala at Hyatt celebrates Lebanese independence, diversity
Saturday, November 13 was a night to reflect and to celebrate at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn as the Lebanese Student Association (LSA) of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor held its Lebanese Independence Day Gala. The organization, which also gave away two scholarships on the evening, partnered with a wide variety of Arab...Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan named 2010 Corporation of the Year
DETROIT — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan received top honors at the recent Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council's 27th Annual Awards Program. A winner for the fourth consecutive year, The Blues was presented the prestigious Corporation of the Year award in the financial and insurance services sector. BCBSM won an award in...Helen Thomas to speak at diversity workshop in Dearborn
ThomasDEARBORN — Lebanese American Helen Thomas, a former Hearst Newspaper columnist, distinguished journalist, author and former White House bureau chief for the United Press International, is expected to speak at a diversity workshop on Dec. 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Byblos Banquet Center in Dearborn. The workshop,...Kansas hate group makes return trip to Islamic Center
Members of the Westboro Baptist hate group protested Islam near the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn on Thursday morning as counter-protestors reacted. PHOTO: Natasha Dado/TAANMembers of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) hate group, who call Islam a "false religion," protested in Dearborn near the Islamic Center of America......
MSA holds fast-a-thon to educate about Islam
November 22nd, 20100 More than 200 students broke their fast in the McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State University in Detroit. PHOTO: Jessica Barrow/TAANStudents of all faiths joined in fasting on Thursday, November 11 at Wayne State University in Detroit as part of a week long effort to raise awareness and clear up misconceptions about...Delegation introduces investment opportunities in Iraq
DEARBORN — The American Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC) held a business delegation Nov. 17 at the Fairlane Club in Dearborn featuring Dr. Sami Al-Araji, the chairman of the Iraqi National Investment Commission. AACC Executive Director Fay Beydoun and Dr. Sami Al-Araji. PHOTO: Nafeh AbuNab/American Elite StudiosThe delegation......
Local attorney Attalla acquitted in federal court
November 22nd, 20100 After just under 18 months of waiting, hoping, and fighting the biggest legal battle of his life, local attorney Hatim "Tim" Attalla received the most welcome verdict of his 22-year career when he was acquitted of a drug conspiracy charge in federal court in Detroit on the afternoon of Monday, November 15. TIM ATTALLAThis time...
Lebanon’s 67th Independence Day celebrated
November 22nd, 20100 DEARBORN — International superstar Assi El-Helani was awarded with a certificate of appreciation from the Lebanese American Heritage Club at the LAHC's Anniversary and Independence Day reception on Wednesday, November 17. "Back then in the 80s, the only people who used to gather the community together were the pop singers," said LAHC...
Political prisoners in America
November 22nd, 20100 U.S. activists face new repression as political prisoners fight for justice For decades the United States government has attempted to criminalize work in the Palestinian community in support of their national liberation cause. But in recent years this repression has increased dramatically. The Electronic Intifada spoke with the...
Health and privacy concerns dog airport body scanners
November 22nd, 20100 NEW YORK (IPS) – Privacy advocates called on the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Tuesday to end its controversial new initiative of whole-body scans and enhanced pat-downs of airline passengers, calling the program "dangerous to health, ineffective and unconstitutional." Led by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, a......
New America Media celebrates 40th anniversary
SAN FRANCISCO — Over 400 people attended the Anniversary Reunion Party of Pacific News Service/New America Media to honor four decades of alumni of PNS and NAM and their youth programs. The party, marking a coming together of old and new — a "media fusion" as one guest called it — as journalists from the first two decades heard...Arab poet: Empowered women build nations
When the Egyptian poet Hafiz Ibrahim declared that "the mother is a school; empowering her is nation building," she expressed a dream: if women were offered the social and economic opportunities they deserve, they would build strong nations. Do poets today provoke the conscience of society as they did in the past? For several......
AIPAC officials admit lack of policy on classified info, porn viewed in office
WASHINGTON (JTA) — AIPAC officials acknowledged in depositions that the organization only recently adopted a stated policy forbidding the receipt of classified information. The depositions also produced claims regarding the viewing of pornographic materials on office computers. The depositions are part of a brief filed earlier this...American Muslims foil terror threats
NEW YORK — A new report on violent extremists in the United States finds that terrorism plots by non-Muslims greatly outnumber those attempted by Muslims, and that American Muslim communities helped foil close to a third of al Qaeda-related terror plots threatening the country since Sep. 11, 2001. The report comes from the Muslim......