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Tracing Toledo’s Arab American roots for Arab American Heritage Month
April 23rd, 20220 By Zeinab Cheaib April is Arab American Heritage Month, which is particularly special in Toledo, where a vital Arab-American community has contributed to the city's rich history for more than a century. Samir Abu Absi, a professor emeritus at the University of Toledo, said some of the first Arab immigrants came to north...
Muslim American giving aimed at poor totaled $1.8 billion last year, study shows
April 23rd, 20220 By Dan Parks Muslim Americans gave $1.8 billion last year to meet their religious obligation to help the poor, according to a new study by the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The study counted only giving related to the religious principle known as zakat, which...
Here are some local candidates for the August primary, after withdrawal deadline
April 22nd, 20220 The deadline for withdrawal from the August primary election has now passed and here are some candidates in notable races for districts covering Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Hamtramck and more. The following list appears on the Michigan Department of State's website and includes candidates who have withdrawn their names from each...
Clerks Garrett and Darany: Get the translation done
April 16th, 20220 On March 22, the Dearborn City Council unanimously passed a resolution requiring ballot translation to any language spoken by more than 10,000 residents (or 5 percent of the population, whichever criteria is met first). The resolution also calls for implementation to start as early as the August primary election. This was a historical...
Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in the West Bank, including 14-year-old
April 16th, 20220 RAMALLAH - Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, including a teenager and a lawyer, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, as troops mounted more sweeps in the territory after deadly Palestinian attacks in Israel. The Health Ministry said soldiers shot and killed a 14-year-old near...
Six charged, including two from Dearborn, with tax conspiracy and wire fraud
April 15th, 20221 A federal grand jury in Flint returned an indictment on Wednesday, charging Michael Angelo (Angelo), Hassan Kamal Fayad, Mirna Kamal Fayad, Cory Justin Mann, Thomas Reed Quartz and Rosina Angelo with conspiring to defraud the IRS and other crimes. According to the indictment, from approximately 2011 to 2022, Angelo owned and operated...
Dearborn man charged with possessing, making child porn videos
April 15th, 20220 A Dearborn man is accused of possessing child porn after a man he was meeting with for sex saw images and videos on his phone, according to court records. The man who saw the child porn contacted police about Haitham Sami Bazzi earlier this month. According to a criminal complaint, the man who reported Bazzi went to Bazzi's home...
Minnesota man arrested after Dearborn mosque threats, awaits charges
April 14th, 20220 A man suspected of threatening mosques in Metro Detroit has been arrested, officials said. The FBI is investigating threats made by a 60-year-old man who allegedly made statements about blowing up mosques in the Metro area, Dearborn police said in a statement Wednesday. They said state police received information about the threats at...
At least one killed, 7 injured in explosion near Lebanon’s Sidon
April 12th, 20220 At least one person was killed and seven were injured in an explosion at a scout center affiliated with the Shi'a Amal Movement near Sidon in southern Lebanon, officials told Reuters early on Tuesday. The blast demolished the building and army personnel were searching through the rubble for any further casualties, sources added. The...
Saudi Arabia shakes up Yemen alliance in bid to exit quagmire
April 9th, 20220 On Thursday, Saudi-backed Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi ceded power to a council whose members form the core of an anti-Houthi alliance as Saudi Arabia looks to exit a costly war that has strained Washington's ties with Gulf allies. Why does this move matter? The war is a multifaceted one and Saudi Arabia has struggled to...
Yemenis cut back their Ramadan meals as soaring prices bite
April 8th, 20220 ADEN/SANAA – Aqeel bin Thabet, a university professor in the Yemeni city of Aden, used to buy one or two sheep to eat during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, but because of soaring prices this year can only afford meat from a butcher once a week. Others in the city like 50-year-old Intisar Ahmad said she will have to forgo meat...
Jordan’s Prince Hamza renounces royal title, protesting policies
April 4th, 20220 AMMAN — Prince Hamza bin al-Hussein, a former heir to Jordan's throne who was placed under house arrest last year, announced on Sunday he was giving up his royal title in protest over Jordan's current policies. Hamza was accused last April of trying to destabilize the monarchy in a foreign-inspired plot, but was spared punishment...
Uprising for Black Lives drove cancellation of joint U.S.-Israeli police trainings
April 1st, 20220 By Khury Petersen-Smith A recently leaked memo from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reveals that the organization has paused its controversial law enforcement trainings of U.S. police with Israeli military and police forces in response to the movement for Black lives. It shows the power of the movement — which resonates years...
Court charges Lebanon’s Geagea over Beirut violence, judicial source says
March 24th, 20220 BEIRUT — A Lebanese military court has charged Christian politician Samir Geagea over deadly clashes in Beirut last October, a judicial source and broadcaster Al Jadeed said on Thursday, a move that could stoke political tension two months before an election. An official in Geagea's Lebanese Forces (LF) party said the charge...
Three common mistakes when sending money and how to avoid them during Ramadan
March 22nd, 20220 By Corey Myckan The holy month of Ramadan is around the corner. Soon family and friends will gather each night for Iftar, and before you know it, Eid al-Fitr celebrations will be in full force. For those living overseas from family and friends, sending an Eidi is a simple way to stay connected during the holiday. Luckily sending......
Famine in Yemen could increase fivefold without immediate action, U.N. warns
March 18th, 20220 By Andrea Germanos Multiple United Nations agencies on Monday sounded heightened alarm over the food crisis in Yemen, warning of a projected fivefold increase in famine conditions. Warnings from the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF came in response to the just-released Integrated Phase...
What time is it? U.S. Senate vote sets off debate on daylight saving time
March 18th, 20220 WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a bitterly divided Washington, Republicans and Democrats apparently agree on one thing: The twice-yearly ritual of changing clocks needs to end. Even with that rare show of bipartisan consensus, it is less clear whether the county will be able to agree on a common time standard. On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate......
What are the sanctions on Russia trying to achieve?
March 16th, 20220 By Peter Beinart I’ve been thinking about the similarities between this moment and the moment after 9/11. In both cases, foreign attacks provoked fierce American outrage. After 9/11, that righteous indignation constricted public debate. I’m not even talking about the debate over invading Iraq. Think back to the debate over...
Biden administration misses big chance to reduce prescription drug costs
March 12th, 20220 By Carl Schmid President Biden has repeatedly promised to make health care more affordable. And his administration has taken some important steps. But sadly, officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just passed up an opportunity to save patients millions at the pharmacy. In December, the CMS released a draft of...
12 doctors get prison time for $250M opioid scheme
March 11th, 20220 DETROIT – A dozen doctors are among 16 people in Michigan and Ohio who have been sentenced to prison in an opioid scheme that included the distribution of 6.6 million pills and $250 million in false billings, authorities said. The health care fraud exploited patients suffering from opioid addiction, the Justice Department said in a...
U.S. accused of hypocrisy for supporting sanctions against Russia, but not Israel
March 11th, 20220 By Chris McGreal The U.S. and some of its European allies are facing accusations of double standards for supporting sanctions and international war crimes investigations against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine while blocking them over Israeli military actions in the occupied Palestinian territories. But pro-Israel groups in the......
Dearborn residents asked to remove parked vehicles from the street 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on trash day, March to Dec
March 6th, 20220 DEARBORN — Public Service Days will go into effect for this year starting the week of Monday, March 7 and will last through December 16. On a Public Service Day, parking restrictions are enforced between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Public Service Days allow the city to deliver curb-to-curb services — like street sweeping and tree-trimming...
U.S. to resume Iraqi refugee program after fraud investigation
March 6th, 20220 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. said on Tuesday it has reopened a refugee program for Iraqis that was placed on hold for more than a year during an investigation into fraud. Officials will resume processing applications that were suspended during the probe and accepting new petitions for resettlement as part of the Iraqi "Direct Access"......
Ukraine conflict could hit food supplies, worsening Yemen hunger crisis
March 4th, 20220 SANAA — Potential disruption to global wheat supplies after Russia's invasion of Ukraine is raising concerns that war-torn Yemen's hunger crisis and food price inflation could deepen, with some Yemenis rushing to buy flour. The World Food Program (WFP) said this week that the Ukraine crisis is likely to further increase fuel and food...
Lebanon’s interior minister says it foiled three planned suicide attacks
February 23rd, 20220 BEIRUT — Lebanese security forces have foiled plans by militants linked to ISIS to carry out three suicide attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs, the interior minister said on Wednesday. The plans for the attacks involved rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire as well as suicide vests rigged with explosives that would have killed......
