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CIA to interview local applicants Nov. 17
CIA recruiters plan to conduct interviews in the Detroit area in mid-November for top applicants seeking analyst positions who turn in resumes by Nov. 2. CIA Program Manager for Middle East Outreach, Zahra Roberts, said part of the goal in the Detroit-area recruitment effort is to gain recruits with Middle Eastern cultural and...Berry seeking second term in Dearborn Heights
It's been almost four years since Tom Berry began serving on Dearborn Heights' city council, but the way he sees it, he's just getting started. Dearborn Heights City Council member Tom Berry (center) believes his experience will help if re-elected to a second term. PHOTO: Nick Meyer/TAAN Berry, who is Lebanese and the only...ASU hosts candidates forum at Michigan-Dearborn
DEARBORN — The Arab Student Union at the University of Michigan-Dearborn hosted a forum for the Dearborn City Council race last Thursday, giving the candidates one more chance to let the public know where they stand on key issues. The event was attended by seven of the 14 candidates on the ballot for the November 3 election, during...Dearborn Heights mayor denies discrimination allegations
A former Dearborn Heights department head is suing the city and its mayor for alleged discrimination and retaliation for whistle-blowing. Hassane Jamal Hassane Jamal, former Community & Economic Development Department head, alleges in a complaint filed Oct. 2 in U.S. District Court that city officials including Mayor...Custom accessories, spa services in one place
DEARBORN — When Souheir Mokadam first came to America from Lebanon six years ago, she had no plans to open a shop of her own despite her experience in fashion design and the fact that her father Mustapha owned the popular El-Mokadam clothing company. Souheir Mokadam But then people started noticing her one-of-a-kind...
Can Detroit go green?
October 17th, 20090 DETROIT — Just as the auto industry was ripe for change in 1903 when Henry Ford set up Ford Motor Company in Detroit, carmakers again seem on the cusp of revolution. Hybrid and pure electric vehicles threaten to overthrow the dynasty of the old internal-combustion engine even as proposed greenhouse-gas legislation would undermine...ACC to celebrate three decades of service
Bahrain's ambassador to the U.S. Houda Nonoo, is expected in Detroit on Saturday, Oct. 17 to help the Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) celebrate 30 years of service at its annual Civic and Humanitarian Awards Gala, 6 p.m. at the Detroit Marriott in the Renaissance Center. Bahrain's ambassador to the U.S. Houda...
Rift developing between PA and Fatah
October 17th, 20090 RAMALLAH (IPS) — An increasingly isolated and unpopular Palestinian Authority (PA) has again made a 180-degree turn in the Goldstone Report fiasco as it tries to fend off mounting criticism from all and sundry, including its own organization. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during his visit to the West Bank city...
Head of local Muslim academy denies wrongdoing, blames abrupt closure on financial distress
October 17th, 20090 The former head of a Detroit private school spoke out Thursday about the academy's abrupt closure in September. Mahmoud Hazime, once director of the shut-down American Muslim Academy, said he had to close the school after a last ditch effort to secure a large donation to save it fell through. "I was hoping to the last minute that...
AAPAC releases endorsements for November election ahead of 12th annual banquet
October 17th, 20090 The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) on Tuesday released endorsements for the upcoming Nov. 3 election, showing support for 20 candidates in eight different races spanning five cities. The group, founded in 1997, conducts interviews with candidates who request endorsement in the weeks before announcing choices, ahead of...Children flee fighting in Yemen
AMRAN, Yemen (IPS/AJ) — As the conflict between government forces and Houthi fighters grinds on in the mountains of Saada in northern Yemen, thousands of Yemeni civilians, many of them children, are being forced from their homes by the fighting. The latest U.N. figures estimate that 150,000 have so far been displaced by the bloodiest...Abbas and the Goldstone Report: Our shame is complete
As Israeli bombs fell on the Gaza Strip during its one-sided war between Dec. 27, 2008 and Jan. 18, 2009, millions around the world took to the streets in complete and uncompromising outrage. The level of barbarity in that war, especially as it was conducted against a poor, defenseless and physically trapped nation, united people of...Independent journalist documents Israeli media bias
DEARBORN — As a self-described "independent journalist," Alison Weir doesn't have to worry about whether or not a higher-up at a newspaper or TV station will approve of her story ideas. Alison Weir, founder of www.IfAmericansKnew.org. And it is for this reason that Weir believes she is able to cover the Israeli/Palestinian...
Veteran army officer urges Afghan troop drawdown
October 16th, 20090 WASHINGTON (IPS) — A veteran Army officer who has served in both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars warns in an analysis now circulating in Washington that the counterinsurgency strategy urged by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal is likely to strengthen the Afghan insurgency, and calls for withdrawal of the bulk of U.S. combat forces from the...
Pilots on food stamps
October 16th, 20090 We're on the descent from 20,000 feet in the air when the flight attendant leans over the elderly woman next to me and taps me on the shoulder. Filmmaker Michael Moore "I'm listening to Lady Gaga," I say as I remove just one of the ear buds. I know not this Lady Gaga, but her performance last week on SNL was......
Part 6: Reflecting on 25 years of The Arab American News
Community leaders and elected officials comment on The Arab American News' silver anniversary: Publisher and founder of The Arab American News Osama Siblani (left) poses with Corp! business magazine Editor-in-Chief Edward Deeb after winning an award for being one of metro Detroit’s top diversity focused companies. PHOTO:...Turkey-Israel rift good for Palestine
RAMALLAH — Turkey's cooling relationship with Israel comes in tandem with its improving relations with the Arab and Muslim world, and this development is expected to impact positively on Palestinian politics. "The Turks appear to be implementing a major policy shift in the region as they look towards the East as a possible......
Cold Turkey could change political balance
JERUSALEM — It's long been among the most durable, strategic relationships in the Near East - perhaps because it was the most unlikely. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet DavutogluFor decades, the two regional superpowers, Turkey and Israel, have quietly stood shoulder-to-shoulder on the common strategic challenges facing them....Foreign policy hawks launch new campaign against Obama
WASHINGTON (IPS) — Just days after the Nobel Committee in Oslo awarded Barack Obama its coveted peace prize, two of Washington's most prominent foreign policy hawks launched a new group and ad campaign designed to depict the president as weak and defend the more aggressive policies of his predecessor, George W. Bush....U.S. berated for shielding Israel on Gaza killings
UNITED NATIONS — A U.S. decision to stall Security Council action against Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas for war crimes during the 22-day conflict in Gaza last December has come under heavy fire both from inside and outside the United Nations. Addressing the Security Council Wednesday, the chair of the 118-member...Online tutoring available soon at Fordson
DEARBORN — As the school calendar reaches deeper into fall, the importance of understanding the curriculum is magnified with each passing day. One of the best ways for any student to excel is through tutoring, and for Fordson High School students who receive free or reduced lunch, a new program is available for one-on-one tutoring......
UM-Dearborn marks 50th Anniversary
Since being founded in 1959 on the original estate of automotive pioneer Henry Ford after a gift of land from Ford Motor Company, the University of Michigan-Dearborn has grown into one of the most distinguished and respected colleges of its kind. Students celebrate UM-Dearborn's 50th anniversary at the Henry Ford Estate on...No local hate crime charges in Ann Arbor attack
ANN ARBOR — Despite the main victim's claim that slurs were used against her, ethnic intimidation charges will not be filed in the case of a 16-year-old Arab Muslim girl who was beaten by multiple attackers last month in Ann Arbor, according to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's office. "There is going to be litigation that comes out......
YABA celebrates 40-year anniversary
DEARBORN — The Yemeni American Benevolent Association (YABA) celebrated 40 years of service on Oct. 3, gathering longtime community leaders and officials from throughout the region who have worked with the group over four decades. "YABA, through these 40 years, has always been dedicated to women's education by providing...Celebrating healthy living
A marching strawberry might not be what most people imagine when they think of refugee camps. But if you were visiting the war-damaged Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el Bared in northern Lebanon last year, you would have seen children in colorful, fruit-themed costumes marching in a parade down the camp's narrow and cluttered streets.......
