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Pierce’s persistence pays off
November 15th, 20080 This past election season was unusually long and grueling for many. But for Judge Lynne Pierce, the journey to 3rd Circuit Court started back in 2001. Her 7-year effort to make her name a familiar one throughout Wayne County came to a successful end on Nov. 4, when she was elected to fill one of three open seats on the court, along...
Detroit Mayor, police chief speak at chamber event
November 15th, 20080 Meeting introduces new chamber director Fay Beydoun DEARBORN — Detroit Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. addressed a group of Arab American businesspeople Wednesday during an American Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC) reception at Byblos Banquet Hall, as the group introduced its new executive director, Fay Beydoun, ahead of its annual banquet...
City agrees to save woman’s home despite lawsuit
November 15th, 20080 DEARBORN — The city has helped a 61-year-old woman keep her home after she claimed she was injured and lost her job when she tripped on an elevated sidewalk slab in April. Dearborn resident Maria Gavrau and her attorney Rick Martin attempt to address City Council on Nov. 3. Martin was prevented from speaking about a pending...
Local Muslims help at end of woman’s life
November 15th, 20080 Tiffany Runyon (R) poses with her young son Gabriel. Runyon passed away due to liver failure. Her two kids are now living with their grandmother. Photo courtesy of Robert Evans Planning a funeral is not something people often talk about, but Connie Yassin and her daughter Tiffany Runyon had discussed it before. They had similar...
Muslim center holds singles nights
November 15th, 20080 Singles nights are events that many different religious institutions hold to give people a chance to meet someone special who shares their beliefs in a positive environment. But when Kathleen Mary Kalil looked around the Muslim community, she didn't see the same opportunities for people to meet each other. That's why she decided to...
Intermodal rail passenger facility proposed for Dearborn
November 15th, 20080 DEARBORN — The city is inviting the public to learn about a proposed intermodal passenger train station during an open house on Tuesday, November 18 at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Avenue. The open house will be inside Studio A at The Center and is scheduled for 4:30-7:30 p.m., with a 45-minute...
Obama pressured to back off Iraq withdrawal
November 15th, 20080 WASHINGTON (IPS) — The promotion of Robert M. Gates as President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of defense appears to be the key element in a broad campaign by military officials and their supporters in the political elite and the news media to pressure Obama into dropping his plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq in as little as 16...Corporate vows tested in West Bank
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) — A company that is a member of the U.N. Global Compact for corporate social responsibility has ties to production in an Israeli settlement on the West Bank considered illegal by the United Nations. A spokesperson for the company, Vileda, an international household products firm, said he was unaware of the...DEARBORN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS Dearborn High School (7-4) Last week: Lost to Southfield, 20-17 in overtime Dearborn Fordson (11-0) Last week: Beat Detroit Cody, 16-6 This week: Third round of playoffs vs. Detroit Southeastern at home, 7 p.m. FridayHealth conference draws 700 attendees
DEARBORN — The 5th National Conference on Health Issues in the Arab American Community drew in over 700 people from 15 Arab nations, 20 U.S. states, and 50 cities around the world. The conference discussed many common health concerns in the Arab American community such as the impact of tobacco use and cancer on the health of Arab...Museum program nets national award
WASHINGTON — SURA Arts Academy, an Arab American National Museum program that gives Dearborn youth the opportunity to learn and use photography to foster cultural understanding, is being nationally recognized as one of 15 U.S.-based youth arts and humanities programs to receive the prestigious 2008 Coming Up Taller Award....
Election results: CHANGE
November 8th, 20080 The Arab American News endorsed President-elect Barack Obama and 23 state and local candidates in October. All of them were successfully elected. They included US and state congressional races, judicial races at the state, county and district level, county races, school board races and a university board of governors...
Record turnout among Arab Americans
November 8th, 20080 DEARBORN — Ibtisam Ahmed, 38, voted for the first time on Tuesday. She became a U.S. citizen two years ago. She's been in the country for 18 years. "I felt like I was going to cry. I felt that I could actually do something," she said after voting. Ibtisam Ahmed, 38, enters her ballot for the first time on Tuesday at Woodworth...
Entire AAPAC slate emerges victorious
November 8th, 20080 DEARBORN — It was an historic triumph for the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) on Election Day as every one of their 19 endorsements emerged victorious. Husband and wife Khaled and Hana Odeh vote at McDonald Elementary School on Tuesday. PHOTOS:...Bush’s “Freedom Agenda” stumbles in Syria
WASHINGTON (IPS) — With media and diplomatic attention focused on the international incident ignited by a U.S. cross-border raid from Iraq into Syrian territory two weekends ago, the Syrian government quietly handed down 30-month prison terms to a group of democracy activists on Wednesday. Palestinians living in Syria take......
Rare Saudi Arabia protest tests limits of political speech
Forty Saudis plan a hunger strike this week to bring attention to the prolonged detention of 11 political activists. Riyadh — As hunger strikes go, the 48-hour fast that Fowzan Mohsin al-Harbi and 39 other Saudis plan to stage this week is not likely to have a dramatic outcome. Rather, says the mechanical engineer, the rare...
For peace, the U.S. will have to change
November 8th, 20080 RAMALLAH (IPS) — Barack Obama has been elected U.S. President at a time when the number of extremists has risen dramatically since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, going by the resistance to Western forces in the region. The U.S.-led "war on terror" has itself now become a threat to peace. A Palestinian holds a newspaper......
Playgrounds for Palestine: One marathon at a time
My right knee is wrapped. My left ankle is iced. I lost the nail on my right big toe, and I have about 20 blisters and a similar number of bruises on both of my feet. This doesn't even begin to convey half of the story of the punishment that my body has been subjected to in recent months. Why, you ask? Because I will join Susan Abulhawa,...
The Obama revolution
November 8th, 20080 Abraham Lincoln, another president from Illinois, fought a civil war that divided a nation and succeeded in uniting it again. But when he tried to take on the bankers, he got assassinated. John F. Kennedy took on Russia in the Cuban missile crisis, but when he took on the Feds, he got assassinated. They both were trying to finish a...Reading the subtext: Muslims and American politics
…all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities. — The Virginia Statute of Muqtedar Khan Religious Freedom (1786) In this presidential election cycle, American Muslims became a...Said, Halloween treat, not a trick
The late Edward Said said that the West has an imagined, false picture of the East, which he called Orientalism. Halloween weekend was the occasion for a conference held jointly at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, dedicated to the thought of Edward Said, the Palestinian-American thinker and vocal advocate for the......
Berry’s stunt did Abbatt in
November 8th, 20080 Negative campaign tactic backfires, causes loss In the most hotly contested race in Dearborn, 19th District Court Judge Mark Somers this week prevented Candyce Abbatt from taking over his seat, in spite of, or maybe because of, negative and poor tactics on the part of the Abbatt campaign and poorly chosen associations with some Arab...Arab Student Union stands with AAPAC
To the editor: As proud members of the Arab American community and as former and current members and leaders of the Arab Student Union at UM-Dearborn, we are compelled to write in response to a piece of election mail sent out to Dearborn's Arab American households which we believe was distasteful and counterproductive. There were......
Obama picks pro-Israel hardliner for top post of chief of staff
November 8th, 20080 During the United States election campaign, racists and pro-Israel hardliners tried to make an issue out of President-elect Barack Obama's middle name, Hussein. Such people might take comfort in another middle name, that of Obama's pick for White House Chief of Staff: Rahm Israel Emanuel. Democratic presidential nominee...
Shake-up in Dearborn School Board
November 8th, 20080 Lane unseats Dulmage, Blackburn comes back strong DEARBORN — The Board of Education will have a new look on January 1, 2009, after the Arab American community played a key role swaying a heated local election. Former board member Mary Lane unseated incumbent Sharon Dulmage, receiving 13,698 votes to Dulmage's......
