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Loosening of F.B.I. rules stir privacy concerns
WASHINGTON — After a Somali-American teenager from Minneapolis committed a suicide bombing in Africa in October 2008, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began investigating whether a Somali Islamist group had recruited him on United States soil. Instead of collecting information only on people about whom they had a tip or links to...What’s in a name?
As parents, one of the first decisions we make is what to name the child that we have been entrusted with. This decision is never made lightly. Aimee Blackburn For some, a name is chosen for the old-world meaning, for others as a tribute to someone famous, and for many, names are handed down through the generations as a...A campaign for all
I would like to thank the community for supporting me throughout OUR campaign. Ali Sayed Your support, generosity, and commitment to this campaign was, without a doubt, something special and really humbled me as an individual. I emphasize the word "our" because this campaign was not about Ali Sayed running for city...WSU student group to host screening of documentary on film portrayals of Arabs
Shaheen's research concluded that when Arab characters are included in Hollywood films, they play the role of villain about 97 percent of the time.The Middle Eastern Law Student Association is scheduled to host a screening of the Jack Sheehan film "Reel Bad Arabs" on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 3-5 p.m. at Wayne State University. The 2006...
Hussein Berry elected to Dearborn School Board, O’Donnell unseats Thomas
November 7th, 20090 Campaign volunteers are seen from inside a passing car outside McDonald Elementary School polling stations on Election Day. PHOTO: Nafeh AbuNab/American Elite Studios DEARBORN — Tuesday's elections will result in some moderate shakeups in city councils and school boards of several municipalities. Sekna Yehya, 39,...
Outrage erupts after killing of imam
November 7th, 20090 Groups call for independent investigation of FBI actions Several rights groups continue to speak out against the FBI's fatal shooting of the leader of a Detroit Muslim community on October 28. Omar Regan, the son of slain Detroit Muslim leader Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, embraces a family member. PHOTO: Pan-African News...IRS effort to provide bilingual tax help Nov. 7
DETROIT — The Internal Revenue Service has announced a special event called Solution Saturday. The program offers personalized tax help to over four million taxpayers in the Metro Detroit area, one of only five cities around the country sponsoring the event. Assistance in Arabic will be available or you can bring your own...
Arabs and Muslims condemn Fort Hood attack
November 7th, 20090 An Army officer identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire at a Texas military base Thursday, killing 13 and wounding 31, according to several news agencies. Major Nidal Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified as a suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from...
Lessons from election day
November 7th, 20090 As the dust settles from Tuesday's municipal election in Dearborn, I, like many who analyzed the detailed numbers, see good news and bad news. And from what I have heard since Tuesday, it is clear that the individual candidates and their supporters have their own views on what went well and what went bad. Tarek...
Abbas: I’ll not seek re-election
November 7th, 20090 Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has said he will not run in presidential elections he has called for in January, saying he had had enough after years of frustration fighting for an independent homeland. "I have told our brethren in the PLO ... that I have no desire to...Homicides down, more cases closed under new Detroit Police Chief, internal numbers show
DETROIT — Detroit Police seem to have turned a corner in preventing and closing homicide cases, according to data released by Mayor Dave Bing and Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans at a news conference Oct. 26. In the third quarter of 2009, Detroit Police recorded 96 criminal homicides, compared to 111 in the third quarter of...
Election results bring moderate change
November 4th, 20090 Tuesday's elections will result in some moderate shakeups in upcoming city council and school board terms of several municipalities. Voter Hassane Oseili enters his ballot at McDonald Elementary School in Dearborn on Tuesday. PHOTOS: Khalil AlHajal/TAAN "We're hoing for...
Israel rations Palestinians to trickle of water
November 4th, 20090 Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies. A Palestinian boy drinks water from a public tap in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 27, 2009. Human rights group...Arab American could take Hamtramck mayoral race
Longtime Hamtramck resident and Yemeni American chiropractor Abdul Algazali stands poised to become the first Arab American mayor in the city's history. Mayoral candidate Dr. Abdul Algazali in his office in Hamtramck PHOTOS: Bill Meyer Algazali came in 179 votes behind incumbent Karen Majewski in the August primary, but is...
Our endorsements for 2009
November 3rd, 20090 The municipal elections being held Tuesday, November 3, provide an unprecedented opportunity for Arab Americans, particularly in Dearborn. While the election is important because it decides who will be making the decisions that affect our everyday lives — running the city, running the schools, protecting and maintaining neighborhoods......
Detroit mayor rounds up support for 2010 Census
Finding, let alone counting, all of Detroit's residents amid all the city's widespread clusters of vacant structures and foreclosed homes is a huge task. The Census Bureau, with its work cut out for it, is reaching out into the crevices of minority and ethnic communities all over and is looking for all the help it can get. Detroit...Tractors, Thunderbirds in playoffs
DEARBORN — It was business as usual for Dearborn Public School teams in 2009 as Edsel Ford, Dearborn, and Fordson all finished with winning records. The Pioneers fell just short of the playoffs after a tough 25-7 loss to Highland Park last weekend and a 5-4 season, but both the Thunderbirds and Tractors have playoff games at home......
Cigar bar adds to nightlife in the D
From restaurants to casinos, downtown Detroit offers plenty of entertainment options. But for a long time, the city lacked an upscale cigar bar where some of the its 160,000 or so workers could relax at the end of the day. Hand-rolled cigars are made on-site at La Casa De La Habana, 1502 Randolph Street in downtown Detroit...Another war in the works
Does anyone remember all the lies they were told by President Bush and the "mainstream media" about the grave threat to America from weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? These lies were repeated endlessly in the print and TV media despite the reports from the weapons inspectors, who had been sent to Iraq, that no such weapons existed....Egypt makes cultural clout count
CAIRO (IPS) — Egypt has long been recognized as the cultural trendsetter of the Arabic- speaking world. Despite recent challenges to this role with the advent of satellite television, experts say that contemporary Arab culture remains largely defined by Egyptian literature, music, film and television. Iconic Egyptian...U.S., NATO rely on warlords for security
WASHINGTON (IPS) — The revelation by The New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is only the tip of a much bigger iceberg of heavy dependence by U.S. and NATO counterinsurgency forces on Afghan warlords for......
J Street meet draws foreign policy heavyweights
WASHINGTON (IPS) — J Street, the relatively new "pro-Israel, pro-peace" advocacy group, exceeded expectations for its inaugural conference here in Washington with over 1,500 participants attending the four-day event. Turnout surpassed the organizers' 1,000 expected participants, despite a series of attacks accusing the group of...
AAPAC rallies voters: High turnout will bring surprises
October 30th, 20090 Arab American Political Action Committee activists stand with public officials during AAPAC’s annual dinner on Thursday at the Bint Jebail Cultural Center in Dearborn. PHOTOS: Nafeh AbuNab/American Elite Studios The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) rallied activists and voters on Thursday in preparation for......
FBI shootout leads to death of radical leader
October 30th, 20090 The FBI raided a Dearborn warehouse and two Detroit homes on Wednesday, killing one man and arresting several members of what officials call a radical Muslim group after the unsealing of a criminal complaint in which 11 suspects were charged with various felonies. Luqman Ameen Abdullah The suspects were members of a local...VIDEO: TV news commentator bashes Islamophobic lawmakers
MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow took aim on Monday at four Republican members of U.S. Congress who announced they would demand an investigation into the Council of American-Islamic Relations during an Oct. 14 press conference, as they promoted a book entitled "Muslim Mafia." They accused CAIR of attempting to infiltrate Congress – by......