The Arab American News
Author's Posts
We need a new flight plan
Nothing sums up the pointlessness, the prejudice and the unfairness behind profiling better than the following incident, which the Council on American-Islamic Relations reported in an action alert: "A Muslim woman traveler taking a flight Tuesday from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Los Angeles (LAX) reported that...An odyssey for justice in Gaza
The recent actions of people from around the world in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza have arguably represented the closest manifestation of international solidarity since the International Brigades against fascism during the Spanish Civil War. A bold assertion? Palestinian children stand in an abandoned car in the...Muslims march against alleged Christmas terorrist
DETROIT - About 150 people gathered in front of the Theodore Levin Courthouse in downtown Detroit on Friday, January 8, waving American flags and wearing t-shirts bearing the slogan of the day, "Not in the Name of Islam," in response to the attempted bombing of Flight 253 to Detroit by Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab....Suit alleges wage violations, discrimination
DEARBORN - Employees of Andiamo Dearborn filed a federal lawsuit against the restaurant on Tuesday for minimum wage and overtime pay violations. Labor activists demonstrate outside Andiamo Dearborn in support of restaurant workers who filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Italian eatery, claiming wage violations and...Muslims meet with Macomb sheriff on bizarre death, genital mutilation of inmate
Mount Clemens - Mohammed Abul-Fazal Chowdhury Authorities have called the death a suicide. Chowdhury was being held in Macomb County Jail after being charged with murdering his wife. His attorney has asked for an independent investigation of the death. Macomb officials have said no evidence was found of the involvement of...Gaza activists return more determined than ever
When six Michigan Peace Team members booked trips to Egypt, they did so with the hope of crossing into Gaza and being part of a defining moment in the struggle to help free the besieged territory. An international peace activist waves to Palestinians upon his arrival at Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, December...
Cancer – the deadly legacy of the invasion of Iraq
January 16th, 20100 Reprinted from New America Media Forget about oil, occupation, terrorism or even Al Qaeda. The real hazard for Iraqis these days is cancer. Cancer is spreading like wildfire in Iraq. Thousands of infants are being born with deformities. Doctors say they are struggling to cope with the rise of cancer and birth defects, especially in...Cooking classes at mosque big hit
DEARBORN - An enthusiastic group gathered at the Islamic Center of America on Ford Road in Dearborn on Wednesday to share their love of cooking as part of the masjid's Maa-koul al Hanna event series. Wanda Fayz (third from left) leads a group of women during cooking classes at the Islamic Center of America on Wednesday. PHOTO:...
A second Gaza war around the corner?
January 16th, 20100 Moathe Abu Rabeeh (R), a 13-year-old Palestinian boy who lost his leg during the three-week offensive Israel launched last year, uses his laptop at his house in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip December 22, 2009. December 27 marked one year since the start of a three-week offensive Israel launched in Gaza during which more...
Dearborn students need us
January 16th, 20100 As the budget crisis in Dearborn schools deepens, as tempers flare and public debates intensify, we must remind ourselves how important it is to stop the bickering and the finger pointing and focus on working together as one city to find a viable solution to this crisis. After all, it is about our kids and our future. Dearborn schools...
New bill edges comprehensive immigration reform back on the legislative agenda
January 16th, 20100 After months of discussion and strategy meetings with immigrant advocates, labor unions, civil-rights groups, and others, a number of House Democrats have introduced the first immigration reform bill in the 111th Congress. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (CIR-ASAP) bill,...U.N. faces its own major tragedy in Haiti
UNITED NATIONS - The major earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday, causing death and destruction in the capital of Port-au-Prince, may also turn out to be a veritable disaster for the United Nations, which has over 9,000 personnel, including peacekeepers, international staffers and local civilians, scattered throughout the...
Last chance for MLK scholarship essay submissions
January 16th, 20100 Martin Luther King Day is Monday, Jan. 18. Seniors in high school have one last weekend to write essays for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's annual Martin Luther King Jr scholarships. Applications must be submitted to the ADC Michigan office, 13530 Michigan Ave., Suite 329 in Dearborn, by Tuesday, Jan. 19. A...
675 million added to terrorism list
January 9th, 20100 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) undated handout image shows a composite of 4 separate scans, a female in the left two and a male in the right two, from a whole body scan machine, or millimeter wave machine. REUTERS/TSA (Transportation Security...
Renowned boxing trainer sees potential champions in Arab American community
January 9th, 20100 The historic Kronk Boxing Gym’s new location in Detroit’s Warrendale district, home to many recent Arab American immigrants, particularly from Iraq. If there's anyone in the state of Michigan or the United States for that matter who knows a good boxer when he sees one, it's Emanuel Steward. The Detroit native,......
U.S. poised to increase aid to Yemen
January 9th, 20100 WASHINGTON (IPS) - In the wake of a botched Christmas Day airliner bombing claimed by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the direction of what used to be called the "global war on terror" settled on Yemen this week, with the United States slated to escalate economic and military assistance to the country's beleaguered...
Burj Khalifa is tallest building in the world
January 9th, 20100 DUBAI - The world's tallest building was unveiled this week to an estimated on-site crowd of over 400,000 and the rest of the world, in a crescendo of fireworks, lasers and fountain displays. A general view of the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower, in Dubai January 3, 2010. REUTERS/Mosab Omar The official height of the......
Yemeni detainees caught in bomb backlash
NEW YORK (IPS) - In the wake of the failed attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas day, legal experts and human rights advocates are pushing back against calls from politicians to halt the planned release of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to their home country, Yemen. Yemeni Saleh Al Zoba (C), 60, a former...Girding our loins for the underwear battle
There was a time when errant children were made to stand in corners and reflect on their misdeeds. We are made to stand in lines, in our stocking feet, with our shampoo in plastic bags and our pocket change in collection plates, waiting for others to decide how much to blur their images of what's inside our undergarments. As we reflect...Muslim scholars: Seek Islamic spirit, not state
The Islamic state is a controversial issue in the West, as recent news confirms. Last October, an imam was killed by the FBI in Detroit, seemingly for allegedly conspiring to establish an Islamic state in the United States. In the United Kingdom, government officials worry that extremist groups like Hizb-ut-Tahrir have...
Great effects, tired old story
January 9th, 20100 James Cameron's latest cinematic offering, "Avatar," is an achievement in computer-generated animation. But story wise, the movie was a tour de force of clichés. It was like going on a date with Carrie Prejean - all looks and no substance. "Avatar" is basically "Dances With Wolves" 150 years into the future and on another planet.......
T-shirts disrupt students at Edsel Ford
DEARBORN - With dress codes in place at countless high schools, it's commonplace for administrators to force students to remove shirts with messages or graphics deemed "disruptive." But one such incident at Edsel Ford High School on Monday became the focus of intense media scrutiny as nine Arab American juniors were told to remove...Officials urge public to participate in census
DEARBORN - U.S. Census Bureau officials, the mayors of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights and U.S. Rep. John Dingell led a community meeting Tuesday at Dearborn City Hall urging participation in the upcoming decennial population count. A major focus of the meeting was getting Arab Americans and senior citizens to fill out and return the......
Area Muslims condemn terrorism attempt
The Congress of Islamic Organizations of Michgian was expected to hold a press conference in Detroit on Friday at 9:30 a.m. to reiterate condemnation of religious extemism. Representatives of the Congress of Islamic Organizations of Michigan meet at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn on Monday to discuss plans for a press...Democratic gubernatorial hopeful meets with Arab American leaders
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero met with Arab American leaders in Dearborn on Thursday at Habib's restaurant to discuss his expected gubernatorial bid. Lansing Mayor and expected gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero met with Arab Americans in Dearborn on Thursday. The gathering was not a fundraising event but a meeting to discuss his......
