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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...U.S. journalists and war-crime guilt
October 16 is an anniversary that should hold considerable interest for American journalists who have written in support of "Operation Iraqi Freedom" – the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Sixty-two years ago, on Oct. 16, 1946, Julius Streicher was hanged. Streicher was one of a group of 10 Germans executed that day following the...Iraqi officials to probe attacks on Christians
MOSUL (Reuters) — Iraq's government pledged this week to send senior officials to northern Iraq to tackle violence against Christians which has led thousands to flee their homes fearing for their lives. "The cabinet stressed the need to move quickly to support the security effort with intensive military operations to restore security......
Defections hit Afghan forces
KABUL (Al Jazeera) — After fighting the Taliban for the past seven years, many working for the Afghan security forces are now switching sides. Sulieman Ameri and his 16 men were until a month ago serving the Afghan government as police patrolling the border with Iran. Now they answer to the Taliban and their goal is to drive all...Islamic Congress loses again
On October 10, the British Columbia Human Rights Commission handed down a decision dismissing charges brought by the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) against Maclean's magazine. The Congress complained to the Commission that an article in the magazine by Mark Steyn entitled "The Future Belongs to Islam" was anti-Muslim hate propaganda,......
Candidates cut from the same cloth
October 17th, 20080 Senator and presidential candidate John McCain betrayed more than a passing ignorance of all things Middle Eastern when he reassured a woman at one of his rallies last week that his opponent, Senator Barack Obama, is not an Arab. McCain self-righteously believed he was defending his opponent, which, if he really knew what he was talking...Arabs are decent family men too
I like to think I'm a decent African-American family man just like Barak Obama. So what I saw on October 10 was as stunning to me as two blows to the stomach. The first blow took my breath away: a supporter of Republican presidential candidate John McCain at a McCain rally in Lakeville, Minnesota declared he was afraid to raise his...ADC combats immigration fraud
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has received a generous grant from the American Bar Association (ABA) Fund for Justice and Education through a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to combat the increasing problem of notario fraud within the Arab American community. According to the ABA, "notarios" or...There’s only one answer to the money crisis
The democratic system is the best governing system in the world, because it gives you a choice. The only problem is that the choice is between two negatives. It is like telling you: "You are getting ready to get slapped. Which hand do you want to get slapped with? The left hand or the right?" And the mainstream media gets you so involved......
Kurdish Jews recall a paradise lost
SAN FRANCISCO (IPS) — It's become popular, when talking about ongoing violence in U.S.-occupied Iraq, for officials in Washington and the media to paint the Iraqi people as savages who can't help but keep killing each other. In the vice presidential debate, Democrat Joe Biden said "the history of the last 700 years" showed the Iraqi...
19th District Court candidates
October 17th, 20080 The race for 19th District Court Judge in Dearborn will be decided at the polls on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Mark Somers will face off against challenger and local lawyer Candyce Abbatt for the seat. In an effort to get to know the candidates better, The Arab American News asked them to answer the following questions via e-mail......
Coalition speaks out against anti-Muslim DVD
Los Angeles — Sheriff Lee Baca, actor Mike Farrell and nearly 20 members of the newly formed Coalition for Renewing American Democracy held a press conference last week to voice their unified opposition to an anti-Muslim DVD called "Obsession." Since mid-September, roughly 28 million copies of a DVD called "Obsession: Radical...
Community challenges new FBI measures
October 17th, 20080 DEARBORN - Arab American community leaders voiced growing concerns with several issues involving law enforcement agencies Thursday at a Building Respect in Diverse Groups to Enhance Sensitivity (BRIDGES) meeting. About 60 Arab American leaders and law enforcement officials discuss civil rights issues at the Lebanese American......
