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Fordson celebrates brightest and best
DEARBORN Another school year has come to a close at Dearborn Fordson High School, and it's time to honor the brightest and best in the class of 2008. The school recently named its valedictorian and salutatorians for the senior class. The valedictorian is the person with the highest grade-point average while the salutatorians...
Obama clinches nomination, pledges support for Israel and two-state solution
June 6th, 20080 Obama walks fine line at AIPAC WASHINGTON Speaking last year at the same forum, he received scattered boos. But as Senator Barack Obama strode towards the podium Wednesday morning at the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), he was greeted with a standing ovation. The applause kept...Concert of Colors lineup announced
Dearborn Musicians from around the world, both famous and under-the-radar, will gather in Detroit for four days in July at the annual Concert of Colors. And every performance will be free. Organizers said the festival is the nation's largest free World music concert. Established 16 years ago by race relations group New...Arab International Festival coming
Family-centered fun with traditional music, dance, and 30-international food booths DEARBORN The 13th Annual Dearborn Arab International Festival is set for June 20-22, presented by the American Arab Chamber of Commerce along with ACCESS, the Lebanese American Heritage Club and the City of Dearborn. The...ACC shows support for education
WEST BLOOMFIELD Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield was the site of the Arab American and Chaldean Council's (ACC) Sixth Annual Golf Outing & Scholarship Awards Dinner. The annual event's purpose is to raise funds for the ACC Scholarship Awards Program. About 200 friends and supporters...Governor Granholm signs bill to prevent retailers from augmenting lottery payouts
Farmington Hills On Wednesday, May 28, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm signed HB 5102, Public Act 144 of 2008 into law. It amends the Lottery Act to prohibit a licensed lottery sales agent from giving or offering to give any money or other thing of value to the holder of a lottery ticket. The act takes immediate...Remodeling of children’s area of Henry Ford Centennial Library
DEARBORN A celebration was held on Friday, May 30, to mark the completion of the remodeling and updating project that has transformed the children's area of Dearborn's Henry Ford Centennial Library (HFCL). The new children's area includes a theme-based design center entitled An Enchanted Forest, with elements such as an...Book gives human side of 2006 war
DEARBORN Author Cathy Sultan offers readers a vivid and emotional retelling of Lebanon's July War of 2006 in her book "Tragedy in South Lebanon: The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006." Through personal interviews of civilians, both Lebanese and Lebanese American, as well as soldiers, medics, volunteers and reporters who experienced the...
Dunkin’Donuts pulls “Arab-looking” ad
June 6th, 20080 An online advertisement pulled from the web by Dunkin' Donuts last week after right-wing bloggers complained a scarf resembling a traditional Middle Eastern garment worn by TV chef Rachel Ray in the ad represents "Muslim extremism and terrorism." A peace and anti-racism group is calling for a boycott of Dunkin' Donuts, while...European hip-hop band debuts at MSA concert
Detroit Outlandish (Sony/BMG), a popular award-winning European hip-hop band that promotes positive messages to youth in their music, will debut in the USA, and headline the Muslim American Society's Youth concert tour in Detroit on June 14. The concert, which is billed as the "Voices For Change" tour, will make a stop at...Rock star Serj Tankian talks music, politics
As an Armenian-American who was born in Beirut, Serj Tankian never seems to run out of things to sing and write about. Tankian, the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist of the multi-platinum American rock band System of a Down, is currently touring as a solo artist in support of his album "Elect the Dead," which peaked at...Farmers’ Market comes to Dearborn
DEARBORN The Dearborn Chamber of Commerce will host a Farmer and Artisan Market in Dearborn during the 2008 market season. On Fridays, July 11 October 10, from 9 am 2 pm, local farmers, artisans, and other vendors will offer their wares to the public. The market will be located between the two parking decks behind West...Red Wings bring Stanley Cup home
Hockeytown is once again the home to the Stanley Cup. Using a little Motown magic on the road, the Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in 11 seasons with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 of the NHL finals. The celebration came two nights later than expected. The Penguins forced the...Second annual Detroit Women of Color International Film Festival
Detroit The Detroit Women of Color International Film Festival is returning next month for its sophomore run at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, The festival showcases the culturally diverse voices of women through creative motion picture works. DWC celebrates women from African American, Continental...Away from politics: Arab women sing
On the 60th anniversary of al Nakba, it has become clear more than ever before that there are two worlds, two concepts and two future prospects for the Middle East, especially as far as the Arab-Israeli conflict is concerned. The international media was busy highlighting the 60th anniversary of the birth of Israel to the total......
Won’t get fooled again (yes we will)
I don't get the love affair a lot of people seem to have with Senator Barack Obama. People attach an aura to him as if he's sent by God to right the wrongs of Satan's son, Dubya. To a certain extent, it's understandable; the sorry state of affairs that's been this decade's status quo makes the 1990s look like "Happy Days," with...Arabs are the enemies of one another
"We are the enemies of one another, I'm sad to say. We all hate one another, we deceive one another, we gloat at the misfortune of one another, and we conspire against one another. Our intelligence agencies conspire against one another, instead of defending us against the enemy. We are the enemies of one another, and an Arab's enemy......
Six days of war, 41 years of hell
Regardless of which side one supports in the Arab-Israel conflict, the 41 years since the Six Day War has been a disastrous period of time that has gone well beyond a chalk mark in the win/loss column. Of course, there's still a propaganda war over it, although there is no reason for disagreement. Israeli Defense Minister Moshe...How the senator won the war of words in Iraq (again and again and again )
The Iraq war was a disaster for Iraq, a disaster for the United States, a disaster for the Middle East, a disaster for the world community, but most of all, it was a disaster for the experts. They were wrong about its difficulty. (It was to be either "a cakewalk" or "a walk in the park" take your pick). They were wrong about how...Joint bereavement for victims of violence
According to Ali Abu Awwad, establishing peace between Israel and the Palestinians is simple. Just make the Israelis buy their cigarettes in the Occupied Territories and the Palestinians buy theirs in Israel. Peace in 24 hours. That's a light moment in the documentary film "Encounter Point," the story of Parents...
Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under U.S. control
June 6th, 20080 A secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November. The terms of the impending deal, details of which have been leaked to The Independent, are likely to have an explosive political effect in Iraq.......
Quebec report on accommodating minorities
The report of Quebec's Bouchard-Taylor Commission on reasonable accommodation of minorities has been received with a rocky start, but better may follow. Sociologist Gιrard Bouchard and philosopher Charles Taylor advocate "open secularism," meaning that the State is neutral in religion but that the individual is free to practice...When the kettle calls the pot black
I cannot say that I ever liked Ehud Olmert. But now I almost feel sorry for him. It is not pleasant to see how they pounce on him, like jackals and hyenas fighting over a carcass. And that also raises some questions. Was Olmert the only fallible human being in this paradise? Not at all. The stories about the envelopes stuffed with......
Lebanon is back on track – but for how long?
Lebanon has undergone intense changes over the last two weeks. What are those changes and what brought them about? Over the last three years Lebanon has lost almost all of the post-civil war recovery that began in 1990. In these three years, Lebanon has witnessed over a dozen political assassinations, a devastating war...Investment conference a success?
BETHLEHEM Amid lavish settings and tight security, hundreds of investors and entrepreneurs from around the world last week gathered in the southern West Bank town of Bethlehem to discuss and plan joint business ventures. Palestine Authority (PA) officials described the "Palestine Investment Conference" as a "mega event" in light......