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“It was the right thing to do”: Dearborn mother encourages conversation about organ and tissue donation
August 22nd, 20220 DEARBORN — Karim Khassouan lived a short, quiet life and his spirit will carry on in the lives he saved through the organs he donated. Khassouan was born with Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM), a condition in which blood vessels become tangled, according to his mother, Nameer Alkurdi. It is normally treatable but, in Karim’s...
Israel raids Palestinian rights groups it labeled terrorists
August 19th, 20220 Israel raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it had previously blacklisted as terrorist organizations early Thursday, sealing entrances and declaring them closed. Western diplomats visited one of the offices hours later in a show of support for the outlawed groups. The U.S. State Department expressed concern about...
If you’re planning to travel to the U.S. with food items from overseas, read this
August 13th, 20220 United States border officials have a message for travelers who bring food items from overseas: Violations will cost you. In the past year alone, U.S. border officials have fined passengers for bringing a wide range of undeclared food items in their luggage, including balut eggs, pork bologna and turkey ham. Border officials...
Omar wins close House primary against Democratic centrist opponent in Minnesota
August 12th, 20220 MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a member of the progressive Squad, eked out a closer-than-expected Democratic primary victory Tuesday against a centrist challenger who questioned the incumbent’s support for the “defund the police” movement. Omar, who represents Minneapolis and is one of the progressives' leading voices...
Paul Manni, former Sterling Heights City Council candidate, charged with felony election fraud
August 9th, 20220 STERLING HEIGHTS — Paul Manni, a 27-year-old Sterling Heights businessman and 2021 City Council candidate, has been charged with felony election fraud by Michigan’s attorney general. Last year, before the November 2 runoff for six seats on the Sterling Heights City Council, Manni had finished strong in the primaries as a newcomer...
Killings send fear rippling through U.S. Islamic communities
August 8th, 20220 On Monday, authorities identified the fourth victim in a series of killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the deaths sent ripples of fear through Islamic communities nationwide. Three of the slayings happened in the past week. Now law enforcement officials are seeking help finding a vehicle believed to be connected to...
Israel army, Palestinian fighters set for truce from Sunday night
August 7th, 20220 Israel and Palestinian soldiers agreed to a Cairo-mediated truce to take effect late on Sunday, sources said, raising hopes of an end to the most serious flare-up on the Gaza frontier in more than a year. Israeli forces pounded Palestinian targets through the weekend, triggering longer-range rocket attacks against its cities and...
Syrian American Shadia Martini wins Democratic primary in State House District 54
August 5th, 20220 BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP – With 100 percent of the votes counted in the race for the state representative in the newly-drawn District 54, which includes part of Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, Auburn Hills and Orion Township, Shadia Martini of Bloomfield Township won the Democratic nomination, earning 3,785 votes. Bloomfield...
Farooqi wins Democratic primary for State House District 57
August 5th, 20220 STERLING HEIGHTS - In the primary election on Aug. 2, Aisha Farooqi won the Democratic nomination for the newly-drawn District 57 of the Michigan House of Representatives, prevailing over Marcia Squier. According to the unofficial vote totals from Oakland County, Farooqi received 2,051 votes to Squire's 1,215. Unofficial results...
Tudor Dixon wins GOP primary race for governor, will face Whitmer in November
August 5th, 20220 Tudor Dixon has won the GOP primary race for governor. On Tuesday, shortly before 10 p.m. with 16 percent of the votes counted, the Associated Press declared Dixon to be the winner. She’ll face Governor Whitmer in the November general election. This marks the first time two women will face off in the governor’s race in...
Saudis open airspace to more flights serving Israel
August 5th, 20220 RIYADH - Cathay Pacific and Air Seychelles have overflown Saudi Arabia for Israel flights for the first time, aviation data showed on Thursday, after Riyadh announced last month it would open its airspace to all airlines, paving the way for more overflights to and from Israel. Opening Saudi airspace to flights to and from Israel was a...
U.N.: Yemen’s warring parties agree only to renew two-month truce
August 4th, 20220 Yemen's warring sides agreed to renew a two-month truce expiring on Tuesday, the U.N. envoy said, despite international pressure for an extended and expanded deal that would build on the longest stretch of relative calm in over seven years. "This truce extension includes a commitment from the parties to intensify negotiations to reach...
Lebanese woman sees son for first time since blast two years ago
August 4th, 20220 Lebanese mother Liliane Cheaito, stuck in the hospital since the Beirut blast two years ago, saw her son for the first time on Thursday following a court ruling in a protracted family dispute with her husband. Cheaito has not left the American University of Beirut's Medical Center since August 4, 2020, when she was brought in bruised...
Endorsement breakdown by Dearborn precincts
August 2nd, 20220 Here are endorsements for races in Dearborn from the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) and The Arab American News, broken down by precincts, as the names appear on ballots. *PRECINCTS: 1 through 12 and 18* Vote Democratic Party ONLY. Hot races: Rashida Tlaib, Representative in Congress, District 12 Sylvia...
Why voting matters
August 1st, 20220 By Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans For the past two years, the concept of free and fair elections has come under serious attack. The January 6 insurrection provided Americans with a first-hand look into the efforts to dismantle the Constitution and make it harder for some Americans to vote and have their ballots counted. The......
Our endorsements for the August 2 primaries
July 31st, 20220 As a rule, primary elections do not enjoy the same attention that voters give to general elections, but party qualifiers are — in some races — so decisive that the general elections seem to be a foregone conclusion, and this applies to the fullest extent to the primary elections on Tuesday, August 2. It is a fact that the...
Candidates for November school board elections in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights announced
July 28th, 20220 Here is the list of candidates for school board elections, before the withdrawal deadline, that will appear on the November 8 ballot for the Dearborn, Crestwood and D7 school districts. Note that the last date for withdrawal is this Friday, July 29, at 5 p.m. This list will be updated on our website after that......
Al Jazeera reporter’s family meets Blinken to demand justice in her killing
July 27th, 20220 The family of slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh met U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday to demand justice for the killing of the Al Jazeera reporter during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank. U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price told a regular news briefing that Blinken was meeting...
Iran stands with Russia in the war against Ukraine, but clashes with Turkey’s plans in Syria at summit
July 22nd, 20220 Russian President Vladimir Putin ended his first major summit outside Russia since the invasion of Ukraine with an endorsement from Iran for its response to NATO, a clash with Turkey over Syria and signs of progress over the lifting of the Russian blockade of Ukrainian grain. The White House said the Tehran summit held between Putin,...
In Syria, a poor wheat harvest adds to food worries
July 22nd, 20220 Poor rainfall, fuel shortages, soaring fertilizer prices: It's been a bad year for farmers in northeastern Syria, where a disappointing wheat crop looks set to deal another blow to food supplies in a country grappling with climate change and war. Farmer Mohamed Hussein said he planted around a fifth of the area he would usually...
Governor Whitmer signs legislation for integrated behavioral health care facility
July 20th, 20220 DETROIT — As part of Governor Whitmer’s FY’22- ‘23 budget that was just signed, the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN) was awarded $45 million to build a comprehensive regional transformative behavioral health campus in Detroit. The new 120,000 square foot care center facility will help address disparities in health......
How much extra oil can Saudi Arabia pump?
July 19th, 20220 SAUDI ARABIA — President Biden's visit in recent days to top oil exporter Saudi Arabia ended without any announcements that the kingdom would raise oil production to help lower fuel prices which are spurring the highest U.S. inflation in four decades. Top U.S. energy envoy Amos Hochstein told a television program on Sunday that...
Poll: Biden’s approval ratings hit all-time lows
July 16th, 20220 A new CNBC poll, conducted by the same polling firms that helm the NBC News poll, finds President Biden’s overall approval rating sinking to 36 percent among all adults, while his approval rating for handling the economy has fallen to 30 percent — both all-time lows for the president in CNBC polling. What’s more, Biden’s ratings......
AAPAC announces endorsements for the August 2 primary election
July 15th, 20220 DEARBORN — The long-running Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) has announced its endorsements for the state-wide August primary elections. AAPAC is the oldest Arab American political organization, established in 1998 and formed by a group of Arab American professionals who set out to organize and encourage the...
Biden will push for greater oil output on Mideast trip
July 12th, 20220 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. President Biden will make the case for greater oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) nations to bring down gasoline prices when he meets Gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia this week, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday. Biden leaves Tuesday......
