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Powell marks latest Republican defection
WASHINGTON (IPS) - The announcement by former Secretary of State Colin Powell Sunday that he will vote for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president Nov. 4 marks the latest and most prominent, if not entirely unexpected, defection of a major Republican figure from his party's election campaign. Former Secretary of State Gen....“We have to share this pain”
PORTLAND, Oregon (IPS) - Veterans from the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, along with Iraqis, Afghanis, Vietnam veterans, and family members of U.S. military personnel converged in this west coast city over the weekend to share stories of atrocities being committed daily in Iraq, in a continuation of the "Winter Soldier"...Final Iraq agreement reveals farce
WASHINGTON (IPS) - The final draft of the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces agreement on the U.S. military presence represents an even more crushing defeat for the policy of the George W. Bush administration than previously thought. An Iraqi girl watches as U.S soldiers search her family house in a village near Baquba in Diyala...Pressure building on Hamas ahead of unity meet
CAIRO (IPS) - Egypt recently re-opened its border with the Gaza Strip to limited traffic in advance of an upcoming Palestinian reconciliation conference to be held in Cairo next month. But some independent commentators say Egypt is merely using the border as a means of pressuring resistance faction Hamas into accepting its proposals for...Another Canadian held abroad
Canadian citizen Bashir Makhtal has been sitting in an Ethiopian jail for two years, having been arrested while fleeing Somalia during the fighting in that country. Kenya, to where he fled, turned him in to Ethiopia, where he was born. Family suspect that Ethiopia jailed him because his grandfather was a founder of the Ogaden...
They deserve your vote
October 25th, 20080 Even from the sidelines, where Arab Americans and American Muslims have been relegated by the current anti-Arab, anti-Muslim climate of fear perpetrated upon America, this has been an exciting election year. History is being made, as the first African American nominated for president by a major political party seems closer to...America: The castrated bull
Once a bull is castrated, it loses its value and its reason to stay alive. It doesn't turn into a cow that can produce milk or calves. It is suddenly worth more dead than alive, good for nothing but meat. The castrated bull creates problems for linguists, accountants and politicians. What do you call a bull that has lost its...Israel targets Palestinian students
GAZA CITY (IPS) - The letter of acceptance that 28-year-old Hazem Hussain got for a business graduate program in a Californian university once brought joy. Now he does not know what to do with it. He has admission, and a visa to the U.S., but the Israelis will not let him leave. "I have tried to get out through every means possible...Two Palestinian girls detained in Israel without trial for months
On the night of June 5, someone knocked on the door of the Salah house in Khader, near Bethlehem. Had it not been 2 a.m., nobody in the family would even have been suspicious. Nevertheless, said Siham Salah, her eldest daughter, Salwa, opened the door. "Soldiers and a officer entered," Siham related. "They sat down calmly and began...
Bush bio-pic good way to end regime
October 25th, 20080 Now playing. Rated PG-13. Written by Stanley Weiser. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Thandie Newton and Jeffrey Wright. Running time: 125 minutes. Lionsgate. It's probably not easy to be fair when making a movie about George W. Bush, but director...The rape of Palestine
"Hope Destroyed, Justice Denied: the Rape of Palestine," by William A. Cook, Netherlands, 2008 The cover of "Hope Destroyed, Justice Denied: the Rape of Palestine" tells a significant story on its own: from a Palestine of green dotted with a few Jewish settlements, mainly in the north, transiting through the UN partition plan...
Food for the people
October 25th, 20080 CAIRO (IPS) - Caught between low wages and rising prices, many Egyptians have had to replace meat and vegetables with cheaper food. Kushari has remained a staple of Egyptian diets due to its low cost. At a time when food prices are quickly rising in Egypt, but wages have remained mostly stagnant, the cost of food has just as...
ACC continues Detroit redevelopment
October 25th, 20080 DETROIT — The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) has opened the doors to its newest building dedicated to culture and social services, part of an effort to rejuvenate a Seven Mile neighborhood. The new 13,000 square-foot Artisana and Adult Learning Center on Seven Mile Road near John R. Road in Detroit has opened its...
Fordson primed for state title run
October 25th, 20080 DEARBORN — Dearborn Fordson football fans have always been a prideful, some might say boastful group, but after surprisingly early exits in the playoffs the past few years, some of that enthusiasm appears to have waned. A few days ago I was chatting in an auto shop with a couple of former Fordson athletes, both wrestlers and one a...
New website educates on Islam
October 25th, 20080 In light of the recent distribution of more than 28 million copies of the widely-criticized anti-Muslim DVD "Obsession," it seems as if the website ChangeTheStory.net's launch couldn't have come at a better time. The site, which aims to clear up widely-held misconceptions about Muslims, launched on September 24, 2008 and was founded......
Students build electric car at DCMST
DEARBORN — Faced with the soaring cost of gasoline and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions a group of dedicated students at the Dearborn Center for Math, Science and Technology (DCMST), a high school magnet program in the Dearborn Public School District, have been exploring what it takes to build a car to address these...Scholarships available for Arab American women
Dearborn — The Arab American Women's Business Council (AAWBC) is looking to foster the growth and academic achievement of young Arab American women. Last month, the AAWBC established a scholarship fund to "be presented to younger, financially disadvantaged females of Arab descent. "As successful Arab American women, we feel an......
Muslim think tank to hold dinner
October 25th, 20080 Novi — The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) is scheduled to host its 7th annual dinner on Saturday, November 15 in Novi, Michigan. The event will begin at 7 pm at the Novi Sheraton. This year's dinner will feature keynote speaker Dr. Robert A. Pape who will present on the topic, "How the next president can make...
Muslim charities aid in hurricane relief efforts
October 25th, 20080 Southfield — As part of its ongoing efforts to alleviate human suffering, the American-based relief organization, Life for Relief and Development (LIFE) in partnership with the Dubai-based Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Charity (MBRMC), a prominent humanitarian relief organization in the United Arab Emirates, recently completed the...
Maestro’s adds flair to west Dearborn
October 25th, 20080 Before Le Cigar came along, the plaza where it sits between Military and Howard streets on Michigan Avenue was anything but a popular destination in west Dearborn. But now it’s a thriving area with upscale businesses and some of the most well-known places to hang out on in the area. Customers enjoying Maestro's drink...
Weighing the candidates
October 17th, 20080 With only two weeks left before the election, and after the two major US presidential candidates have debated for the third and final tme, The Arab American News takes a fair look at both major candidates.John McCain's campaign has done little to engage Arab Americans, but the Arizona senator still commands respect as a war hero and......
Arab or Decent?
October 17th, 20080 Arab Americans criticize McCain remarks, disappointed with Obama DEARBORN — The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) released scathing criticisms of both Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain on Thursday in a statement that focused on comments made by McCain in response to a supporter who said she didn't trust...Going out with a whimper, not a bang
WASHINGTON (IPS) — With only three months left in office, U.S. President George W. Bush appears increasingly determined to calm the international waters he so vigorously churned up, especially during his first term. U.S. President George W. Bush makes a statement on the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House, following......
Syria establishes full diplomatic relations with Lebanon
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a presidential decree on Tuesday ordering the establishment of diplomatic relations between Syria and Lebanon and announcing the opening of an embassy-level diplomatic mission in Beirut, according to the official Syrian Arab News Agency. Presidential Decree Number 358 declared that...Extremist West Bank settlers help stir Acre violence
Acre, a mixed city of approximately 52,000 people in northern Israel, recently witnessed four days of violent clashes between Palestinian citizens of Israel and Israeli Jewish residents. Israeli soldiers inspect a damaged Palestinian car after an assault by Jewish settlers during olive harvest in the West Bank village of Izmut......