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The Struggle For Palestine: Hamas vs. Fatah
I'm not sure where to start with this volume — other than to say it is a history so out of context and so biased in its language that it is essentially meaningless. If a scientist were to isolate human blood cells and study them under a microscope — and only blood cells under a microscope — they could learn and report about all...
Bowling to fight cancer
November 29th, 20080 A local nonprofit is gearing up to fight cancer with bowling balls at its annual fundraising event ahead of the Christmas season. The late Suad Alie holds one of her three grandchildren, Alexa Alie, now 8 years old. The Suad Alie and Friends annual bowling benefit is set for Friday, Dec. 5, 9 p.m. at Cherry Hill Lanes, 300 N....
Dragons’ fire ends Tractors’ ambition
November 29th, 20080 TROY — As their 2008 football season unfolded, the Dearborn Fordson Tractors probably felt like the luckiest team in the state of Michigan. Fordson players huddle up during a break in the action at Fordson's state semi-final game with Lake Orion at Troy Athens High School on Nov. 21. PHOTOS: Nick Meyer/TAAN But from their...
Steel camels: Harleys rumble across Saudi sands
November 29th, 20080 RIYADH — A half-moon directly overhead glows in the gathering daylight as Adel Mallawi straps on his helmet. His tall legs, sheathed in leather chaps that match his black leather jacket, drape over one of the loves of his life: Harley-Davidson's 105th anniversary Electra Glide Ultra Classic. Copper and black. Same colors as his...
Israel lobby’s U.S. treasury follies hurt
November 29th, 20080 According to the Jerusalem Post, the U.S. Department of Treasury's new Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) unit is going after the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines. TFI targeted the company and 18 affiliates for their alleged effort to "facilitate the transport of cargo for U.N. Designated proliferators." TFI further...
Heated community discussion to air on LBC
November 29th, 20080 PHOTO: Khalil AlHajal/TAAN Audience members comment during taping of a Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation program shot at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn on Monday. The show was hosted by well-known LBC news anchor May Chidiac, who was visiting Detroit for Lebanese Independence Day celebrations. Local Lebanese...
LET IT SNOW… but move your cars
November 29th, 20080 DEARBORN – The city is asking residents to help get roads plowed faster during heavy snowfall this season by getting parked vehicles off streets when storms are predicted. "Keeping parked vehicles off of the street allows snow plows to work faster, and more effectively and safely, since they can plow curb-to-curb instead of working...
Dearborn set to light up its branches Dec. 2
November 29th, 20080 Dearborn Mayor John B. O'Reilly, Jr., leads the city’s 2007 holiday sing-along. Photo courtesy City of Dearborn DEARBORN — Mayor Jack O'Reilly is set to light the city's official Christmas tree on Tuesday, Dec. 2, with the help of five year-old Fayez Kesserwan, a kindergartener at Lowrey School. The annual holiday tradition...
Muslim student group holds discussion on the theory of evolution
November 29th, 20080 DEARBORN — The Thaqalayn Muslim Association at the University of Michigan-Dearborn held an event on the topic of "Evolution and God" on campus this past Tuesday with a turnout of about 80 people. Thaqalayn Muslim Association vice-president Mustapha Mourtada speaks at the "Evolution and God" event at the University of...
Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus holds “Winter Fantasy” fundraiser
November 29th, 20080 DETROIT — Give the gift of music this holiday season with The Michigan Opera Theatre Children's Chorus as they present their second annual Winter Fantasy fundraiser, on Monday, Dec. 15, 2008 in the Marygrove College Sacred Heart Chapel. The doors will open at 6 p.m. for a silent auction and raffle and the concert begins at 7...Maher Arar: Monia Mazigh’s story
Monia Mazigh. Hope & Despair. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2008 When Canadian citizen Maher Arar was shipped off by the United States to Syria to be tortured, Monia Mazig was left as a single mother with two small children. Fortunately, she had support. Her mother was staying with her and was considerable help in managing the...
Berry responds: “I simply exercised my right”
November 29th, 20080 Prior to the November 2008 general election, 31 members of the local American Arab community and I created a document in support of our choice for 19th District judge, Candyce Abbatt. In that document, we stated, without naming names, that the political organization, of which the publisher of this newspaper also serves as president, does...
No Thanksgiving in Gaza
November 22nd, 20080 On top of humanitarian disaster, a news blackout RAMALLAH (IPS) — Israel has imposed a virtual news blackout on the Gaza Strip. For the last ten days no foreign journalists have been able to enter the besieged territory to report on the escalating humanitarian crisis caused by Israel's complete closure of Gaza's borders for the last...
Congress deaf to pleas of panicky auto execs
November 22nd, 20080 DETROIT (IPS) — The vote on a 25-billion-dollar loan for cash-strapped General Motors, Chrysler and Ford Motor Company — known as the "Big Three" U.S. automakers — has been put on hold by the Senate, after Congressional leaders chastised industry executives for failing to heed early warnings of crisis and for flying to...Palestinian split deepens
CAIRO (IPS) — Palestinian resistance factions were roundly blamed in the mainstream media for their last-minute decision to boycott last week's Egypt-sponsored "comprehensive dialogue" summit, ostensibly aimed at Palestinian national reconciliation. But some independent commentators say the move, led by Gaza-based resistance faction......
Obama’s Attorney General pick encouraging to Arabs, Muslims and all Americans
Despite the failures on all fronts of the Bush administration, nothing will stigmatize the legacy of the outgoing president and his party more than the un-American assault on civil liberties and the unjustified stigmatization and isolation of Arab Americans and American Muslims. Eric Holder, former Deputy Attorney General at the...Jewish Voice for Peace condemns Israeli siege of Gaza
Oakland — American peace group Jewish Voice for Peace expressed outrage and sadness this week at the latest escalation of violence and collective punishment in Gaza and Sderot. JVP condemns violations of the five-month-old joint ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, with Israeli incursions into Gaza resulting in the deaths of 15......
The problem with keeping Gates
November 22nd, 20080 Press reports say Barack Obama may retain George W. Bush's Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a gesture to war-time continuity, bipartisanship and respect for the Washington insider community, which has embraced Gates as something of a new Wise Man. However, if Obama does keep Gates on, the new President will be employing someone who...
Pact will end Iraqi dependence on U.S. military
November 22nd, 20080 WASHINGTON (IPS) — The text of the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed by U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari Monday closes the door to a further U.S. military presence beyond 2011 even more tightly than the previous draft and locks in a swift end to Iraqi dependence on the U.S....Conservatives try to keep the lid on
The Conservative government is going to court to prevent the Military Police Complaints Commission from holding hearings on allegations that Canada ordered its soldiers to hand prisoners over to Afghan security, while aware of torture practiced by the Afghans. Government lawyers make the novel argument that the Commission can only...Balfour: Palestine donated to Zionism
It has been nine decades since the British government generously "donated" Palestine to the Zionist federation. The actual drafter of the famous Balfour Declaration was Lord Alfred Milner. The British cabinet met on October 31, 1917 and approved the declaration, which then was drafted by the foreign secretary, Arthur James Balfour......
James Zogby and the politics of perception
James Zogby isn't just an Arab American with an opinion. He is the president of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a well known writer, and an esteemed leader within the Arab American community. Many non-Arab Americans highly regard his analysis and look to his articles as a resource to understand the Middle East. U.S. Rep. Rahm...
Tractors one win from state meet
November 22nd, 20080 DEARBORN — They've been talking about it all year, and now, the moment is finally here. The Dearborn Fordson football team is just one win away from Ford Field and the Division I State Championship Game. The Dearborn Fordson Tractors (team on the left), shown here against Dearborn, will make it to a game even bigger than their......
Ayad named to help lead ALPACT
November 22nd, 20080 DEARBORN — Prominent attorney and civil rights leader, Nabih Ayad, was elected by unanimous decision to serve as co-chair of Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community Trust (ALPACT) at its monthly meeting last Friday. Nabih Ayad, ADC Advisory Board Chairman (R), and Shelli Weisberg, of the ACLU, during a monthly meeting...
Reward offered in search for killers
November 22nd, 20080 A reward of up to $6,000 has been announced by the group Crime Stoppers for information leading to arrests of men who beat to death 21 year-old Maher Almaweri outside a Southwest Detroit gas station in August. Maher Almaweri The group said callers do not have to identify themselves. On August 21, Almaweri, a U.S.......
