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Egypt extends Emergency Law another two years
CAIRO (IPS) — The government's decision to renew Egypt's longstanding Emergency Law has drawn furious reactions from opposition figures and rights advocates. While government spokesmen say the law will only be used against terrorism and drug trafficking, critics say it is aimed primarily at stifling political dissent.Egypt voted in...
IN PICTURES: Worldwide protests against Gaza blockade, flotilla attack
June 6th, 20100 CHILE A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator shouts slogans during rally outside the Israeli embassy in Santiago June 1, 2010. REUTERS/Luis Hidalgo BOSNIA Palestinians, Syrians, Turkish students and Muslim citizens protest in Sarajevo June 3, 2010. REUTERS/Danilo Krstanovic CHINA A protester from a student group demonstrates outside the Israeli...
Local community condemns Israeli piracy, demands lifting of Gaza blockade
June 5th, 20100 About 450 people from various ethnic and religious backgrounds assembled on the steps of Dearborn City Hall on Tuesday, June 1 in solidarity with protesters from countries across the world to demonstrate against Israel's raid on aid ships heading to Gaza in international waters that killed at least 9 and injured...
Iraqi politician shot dead in Mosul
June 5th, 20100 An Iraqi politician from the Iraqiya bloc has been shot dead by armed men in the northern city of Mosul, officials say. Iraqi soldiers guard the Baghdad headquarters of ex-premier Iyad Allawi's political bloc. PHOTO: AFPPolice say unknown assailants shot Faris Jassim al-Jubouri early on Saturday in his home in Mosul about 350km north of...Israel averts international probe on Gaza atrocities
UNITED NATIONS — Less than 48 hours after the Israeli attack on a flotilla of six ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, the most powerful political body at the United Nations acted most ineffectively: it opted for a shaky "presidential statement" instead of a demanding resolution.The United States diluted that statement even further...State Department officials visit Detroit, discuss issues facing Iraqi refugees
TROY and DEARBORN — U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of near Eastern Affairs Michael Corbin and the Deputy Assistant for Refugee Issues Larry Bartlett visited southeast Michigan this week with a focus on gathering information from the local Iraqi American community. Their visit included a Town Hall meeting with...Oak Park market, restaurant lost in fire
OAK PARK - Kashat International Foods market and Sahara Restaurant were lost in a fire on Wednesday evening. Both businesses, located in Oak Park, MI near the intersection of Coolidge and 9mile, were open and filled with customers at the time of the incident.“When I walked out, the smoke covered my face and we couldn’t see,” said...Sister of local flotilla activist urges action at vigil
DEARBORN - Speaking in Dearborn for the first time since her sister, University of Michigan graduate and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement Huwaida Arraf, was located and found to be safe in Israel following the Gaza humanitarian aid flotilla attacks, Mariam Arraf told a gathered crowd of about 150 people at Dearborn...Leyton, two Republicans vying for Michigan Attorney General
With Attorney General Mike Cox running for governor in 2010, several candidates are looking to replace him in this year’s election on November 3. BishopSenate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, former State Appeals Judge Bill Schuette and Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton are all in the running for the attorney general’s...Protests erupt after Israeli flotilla raid
NEW YORK (IPS) — Protests are being staged in cities around the world following Israel's widely condemned raid on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid bound for Gaza. BELGIUM Demonstrators hold Palestinians flags and placards during a protest in front of the European Union Council in Brussels June 2, 2010. ...American Lebanese Center honors bridge-builders at first awards dinner
DEARBORN - The American Lebanese Center (ALC) honored compelling leaders for building bridges between communities for over 20 years during its first-ever awards dinner on May 30 at the Byblos Banquet Center in Dearborn.“It’s an opportunity to recognize people who have spent so much time and effort to improve the community. The...Award-winning local director films latest movie in Detroit
DEARBORN — As a former coffee shop owner with a degree in Business and Finance from the University of Michigan-Dearbron, it's safe to say that Lebanese American Lance “Khalid” Kawas' path to success in the movie business was anything but a straight one. But Kawas, a movie buff who grew up in the west African country of Sierra Leone...ACC awarded federal grant to assist refugees with job placement
DETROIT — The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) was recently awarded a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration to provide employment training and job placement services to Iraqi refugees and other dislocated workers residing in the Detroit metropolitan area. The program,...Arab Americans to demonstrate against fatal attack on Gaza aid flotilla
An injured pro-Palestinian activist reacts after Israeli commandos landed on a Gaza-bound ship in the Mediterranean Sea in this frame grab taken from footage released by DHA on May 31, 2010. Israeli commandos intercepted Gaza-bound aid ships on Monday and at least 10 pro-Palestinian activists on board were killed in bloodshed that...
Israeli Navy Storms Humanitarian Flotilla
May 31st, 20100 RAMALLAH (IPS) - Israeli naval commandos killed at least nine people and wounded dozens Monday as they attacked an unarmed humanitarian and civilian flotilla - in international waters - trying to bring desperately needed aid to Gaza. The death toll was expected to rise. Israeli soldiers ride aboard a naval vessel in the......
Hariri meets Obama, presides over UN Security Council
May 30th, 20100 BEIRUT — The "clock is ticking" on Middle East peace, Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri told U.S. President Barack Obama this week in his first official visit to Washington since forming a government of national unity. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri presides over United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Wednesday, May...Local girl sacrifices life to save sister
DETROIT — The body of Nadaa Thabet was recovered Wednesday three quarters of a mile from where she was last seen on Belle Isle in Detroit. Thabet, 16, lost her life May 22 around 6 p.m. after her body disappeared into the Detroit river. Nadaa ThabetAccording to family members, Thabet, a Yemeni American, jumped into the river in an......
Elvis Costello cancels forthcoming concerts in Israel
May 23rd, 20100 Elvis Costello has canceled two concerts he was scheduled to play in Israel in protest of its treatment of Palestinians. Elvis CostelloCostello, one of the most gifted British songwriters of his generation, was due to play on June 30 and July 1 but says his conscience dictated that he pull out of the performances.He joins a list of...
Controversy rages in NYC over planned mosque near Ground Zero
May 23rd, 20100 NEW YORK— The project to build a mosque and Islamic cultural center close to Ground Zero in New York City has raised a sense of hope in a city whose Muslim population wants to move on from the 9/11 attacks.Construction is yet to begin at the site where the mosque and Islamic center are set to be located, which is the former...
The new face of America
May 23rd, 20100 DEARBORN — Ask any of Rima Fakih's friends, co-workers, and family members about what allowed her to win Sunday's Miss USA pageant, and they will invariably all talk about her physical beauty. Rima Fakih gives a thumbs up after being crowned Miss USA during the 2010 Miss USA pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las...
Former commander: Israeli troops torture children
May 23rd, 20100 (BBC) — A former Israeli military commander has told the BBC that Palestinian youngsters are routinely ill-treated by Israeli soldiers while in custody, reports the BBC' s Katya Adler from Jerusalem and the West Bank. A Palestinian throws a stone towards Israeli troops during a protest against the construction of the controversial......
Lebanese caught by surprise
BEIRUT — It was far from business as usual in the second round of Lebanon's municipal elections. An image taken from a video of a minor scuffling incident at election polls in in south Lebanon."Urgent: The Free Patriotic Movement calls on its supporters to volunteer and vote for us to make a difference. Five hours remain! Change is a...
Arab American crowned Miss USA!
May 17th, 20100 Miss Michigan Rima Fakih reacts after being crowned Miss USA during the 2010 Miss USA pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada May 16, 2010. REUTERS/Steve MarcusLAS VEGAS — Rima Fakih of Dearborn was crowned Miss USA Sunday. Miss Michigan Rima Fakih gives a thumbs up after being crowned Miss USA during......
Renowned scholar Michael Suleiman dies
Renowned Arab American professor of political science and author Dr. Michael W. Suleiman died this week at the age of 76 after a long battle with cancer. Professor Michael W. SuleimanSuleiman was in the process of finishing an annotated bibliography on the Arab American community and working on a book-length manuscript on...
Deadly blasts hit Sadr City
May 16th, 20100 A woman walks past a piece of a destroyed car at the site of Wednesday's bomb attack in Baghdad May 13, 2010. REUTERS/Kareem RaheemBAGHDAD — A late night car bomb that tore through a cafe in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood killing nine people appears to have detonated prematurely, also blowing up three suspected militants in the......
