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Israel taking sharp measures over Iran
JERUSALEM (IPS) — Questions about Iran's nuclear thrust are tumbling out, echoing around the world in several directions. - Is Iran now "either very near or in possession" of enough low-enriched uranium to produce one nuclear weapon, as a senior U.S. diplomat warned? - Will the six world powers involved in the Iranian nuclear...Campaigns for Israel boycott spread
One possible fallout from Israel's invasion and bombardment of Gaza during 'Operation Cast Lead' less than 10 months ago is that international activists are finding more support for calls to boycott Israel. Though such campaigns have occurred through the history of Palestinian dispossession and life under occupation, the international...
Panetta to Arabs and Muslims: America needs you
September 19th, 20090 DEARBORN — CIA Director Leon Panetta sought to reassure Arab Americans Wednesday that the agency would no longer engage in questionable interrogation tactics, reports of which have fostered resentment toward the agency. CIA Director Leon Panetta, R, during an iftar event in Dearborn Wednesday. PHOTOS: Nafeh AbuNab/American...CIA report presents historic moral leadership opportunity
With the release of the CIA report detailing torture methods in secret prisons, we are at a critical juncture with an opportunity to regain our nation's credibility in the world. The acts described in the report are morally reprehensible and a direct affront to our American values and international human rights. CIA Director...Michigan residents deserve fair and affordable insurance
The national average annual car insurance is $949. Take a stab at what the average is in Detroit. $1,500? $2,000? $3,000? Try more than $5,000. These are the highest rates in the nation, in one of its poorest cities. In fact, in the next most expensive city to insure a car – Philadelphia – the average is $3,700, 25 percent...Part 2: Reflecting on 25 years of The Arab American News
Local Arab American community figures comment on The Arab American News' silver anniversary: "The Arab American News is the premier Arab American newspaper in the United States. We take great pride in continuing to support such a professional journalistic endeavor, having had a relationship with the newspaper since its inception. As...
Gaza’s water supply near collapse
September 19th, 20090 RAMALLAH (IPS) — The International Committee of the Red Cross has warned that Gaza's access to safe supply of drinking water could cease at any time. The World Health Organization (WHO) says outbreaks of disease could be triggered as a consequence. Palestinians fill a water tank in front of a house, damaged during the...
Brothers share disease, hope
September 19th, 20090 With the rate of kidney disease up dramatically over the past 20 years according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, it's no surprise that the national waiting list for transplants is long. Raeda Haidar, L, her son Rami Haidar and his kidney donor Sherry Lodwig have become good friends since...Arabs tackle free speech taboo
As soon as the cameramen called it a wrap, the audience swarmed onto the TV studio set. Almost giddy with delight, several university students from Saudi Arabia went straight for chairs vacated by the performers and pretended to be stars of the show. The Doha Debates, the five-year-old hit show on BBC World News. The program...
St. Jude’s/ALSAC mourns the loss of former CEO Richard C. Shadyac Sr.
September 19th, 20090 Memphis, Tenn. — Richard C. Shadyac Sr., who served 13 years as CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising organization of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, passed away Wednesday evening after battling a lengthy illness. Richard C. Shadyac Sr. PHOTO: St. Jude Children's Research...Gender discrimination in citizenship rights
MANAMA (IPS) — There is inequality in citizenship laws for women and men in the Gulf Arab states. Bahraini women chat Tuesday in front of a wall in a Shiite Muslim village that's been marked with anti-government graffiti. PHOTO: AP Here in Bahrain, women who marry foreigners cannot obtain citizenship for their husbands or...Washington Children’s Hospital receives $150 million from United Arab Emirates
The Children’s National Medical Center in Washington received $150 million last week from the United Arab Emirates. The donation, one of the biggest a charity in the United States has received from a foreign source, comes at a time when most wealthy American donors are pulling back. Only two other gifts of $100-million or more...Religions ring in on healthcare reform
The Centers for Disease Control estimates 44 million Americans, under the age of sixty-five, went uninsured in 2008. Grim new figures report that another 6 million would lose their coverage this year. Stirring statistics like these were the focus of an All Faiths' Festival (AFF) interfaith forum last week in Warren, MI. Members and...D.C. rally gets little mainstream news coverage
Thousands of people marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.on On Septe. 12, to protest government spending, before stopping at the U.S. Capitol Building for demonstrations. Thousands of demonstrators gather on the plaza near the U.S. Capitol to participate in a "Taxpayer March on DC" protest against President...
Award-winning Arab American film ‘Amreeka’ in theaters
September 19th, 20090 A National Geographic film, "Amreeka," is a thoroughly authentic portrayal of the immigrant experience. Nisreen Faour as Muna in "Amreeka," from National Geographic Entertainment. It shows the joys and difficulties of leaving one's homeland for a new place, and makes room for both drama and comedy. Cherien Dabis, the film's......
Bouchard picks Land as gubernatorial running mate
Mike Bouchard, Republican candidate for governor, this week announced his selection of Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land as his lieutenant governor running mate, citing her successful record of improving services for Michigan residents while cutting costs. Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land "Terri Lynn Land's...State civil rights office urges school district to conduct cultural training in wake of assault
The Michigan Department of Civil Rights issued a statement this week calling on the Ann Arbor school district to step up its conflict resolution and cultural competency programs following an assault lsst week in which a Muslim student was allegedly called racial and ethnic slurs. The statement from Kelvin Scott, the director of the......
Dearborn, Dearborn Heights mayors hold separate Ramadan dinners
DEARBORN — In an event that coincided with an official iftar gathering at the State Department in Washington hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Mayor Jack O'Reilly hosted his own dinner celebrating Ramadan at Byblos Banquet Hall Tuesday. Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly addresses a crowd after iftar Tuesday at Byblos...
U.N. team on war crimes condemns Israel, Hamas
September 19th, 20090 UNITED NATIONS (IPS) — A four-member United Nations fact-finding mission, which has just concluded an investigation into last year's brutal conflict in Gaza, makes a strong case for war crimes charges against Israel for its unrelenting 22-day military attacks on Palestinians, largely civilians, including women and children. A...
Turning 25
September 12th, 20090 The Arab American News was founded 25 years ago, as of this past week. The newspaper's purpose was two-fold. We wanted to provide a source for objective, comprehensive news and subjective views on a region of the world not covered by mainstream media. We also wanted to help shape the identity of a vibrant, evolving Arab American...
Ann Arbor student viciously attacked
September 12th, 20090 Council on American Islamic Relations-Michigan Executive Director Dawud Walid speaks to reporters in Ann Arbor about the alleged assault. PHOTO: Nick Meyer/TAAN ANN ARBOR — A16-year-old Arab American girl was returning from her first day of high school when she was attacked by multiple assailants Tuesday, according to......
New settlements plan heightens tensions
WASHINGTON (IPS) — The White House reprimanded the Israeli government Friday over reports that Israel plans to build hundreds of new housing units in West Bank settlements, the latest in a series of showdowns between Washington and Jerusalem over settlement construction. Eight-year-old Achinoam Ziegel stands in front of her...
Reflecting on 25 years of The Arab American News
September 12th, 20090 Local and national media figures comment on The Arab American News' silver anniversary: "Knowing the difficulties faced by all newspapers, especially what in my industry is called the ethnic media, it is with great appreciation that we have viewed the considerable success of The Arab American News. I do not know if readers quite......
Stormy times as U.S. withdraws from Iraq
WASHINGTON (IPS) — Political violence in Iraq killed 456 Iraqis in August, the highest monthly death toll since July 2008. And with the U.S. showing no sign it plans to reverse the troop withdrawal that is now well underway, numerous struggles for power are shaping up inside Iraq. A resident watches Iraqi police secure the...WCC issues call to freeze, dismantle settlements
In a public "Statement on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory," passed in Geneva, Switzerland, at the end of its 26 August – 2 September meeting, the World Council of Churches' central committee called upon the government of Israel to "urgently implement an open-ended freeze in good-faith on all settlement......