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Finklestein: Middle East powder keg ready to blow
According to Norman Finklestein, not only Israel and the Arab world but all of us may be on the edge of the pit. Speaking at the University of Ottawa on May 2 at a meeting sponsored by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, he said that Hizbullah could undertake an attack on Israel at a time that it decided on....The Israeli project has failed in Lebanon
Why the Bush administration wants to negotiate now with Hizbullah Note: This is the second installment in Franklin Lamb's extraordinary series. The third and fourth installments will appear in the next two issues. Dahiyeh As discussed below, and contrary to conventional wisdom, the Bush administration...Troubles pile up in Yemen
This year, Yemen's President Ali Abdallah Saleh, 66, celebrates his 30th year in power a record of political longevity beaten among Arab heads of state only by Muammar al-Qadhafi, Libya's ruler since 1969. But, whereas Qadhafi's Libya, flush with oil money, is enjoying an unprecedented boom, Yemen, the Arab world's poor...Hillary, Rush, Michigan and Florida
Hillary's speech on the night of her squeaker of a win in Indiana was pure chutzpah. Before the vote was even tallied and while it was still too close to call for CNN she announced she'd won the "tie-breaker" (even though she had already lost so badly in North Carolina that, even with her small margin in Indiana, she emerged from...The prospects for Syrian-Israeli peace
Turkey's prime minister seems determined to bring Israel and Syria to the negotiating table A faintly hopeful aspect of the current frost between Syria and Israel is that Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems determined to bring the two countries to the negotiating table. Turkey has emerged over the...Pressure to cut costs, troops strains “surge”
WASHINGTON (IPS) - Growing impatience in Congress over the enormous costs being racked up by the Iraq war, as well as the Pentagon's belief that it needs more troops in Afghanistan to fight insurgents there, is putting the vaunted success of the George W. Bush administration's "surge" strategy to the test. Although the House of...
Lebanon on the brink as violence erupts
May 9th, 20080 Nasrallah hits out at government BEIRUT Hizbullah's leader Hassan Nasrallah has warned that any crackdown by the government on the Shi'a organizaion would be tantamount to a "declaration of war." Hassan Nasrallah's comments were broadcast on television on Thursday, as street clashes in Lebanon between government loyalists and...A human rights crime in Gaza
The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world by sea, air, or land. An entire population is being brutally punished. This gross mistreatment of the Palestinians in Gaza was escalated dramatically by Israel, with...
Arab Americans oppose McCain slight
May 9th, 20080 DEARBORN With TV cameras and voice recorders rolling, a panel of Arab American and Muslim leaders spoke out about their perceived injustices with presidential campaign John McCain's treatment of local businessman Ali Jawad. The press conference, held at the Lebanese American Heritage Club in Dearborn, was set up in response to...A day to remember in Jericho
Caritas Jerusalem celebrates Mother's Day for members of the Ramallah Elderly Day Care Center with a special outing to Jericho JERUSALEM Catholic relief group Caritas Jerusalem took members of its elderly day care center in Ramallah to Jericho on March 30 to celebrate Mothers Day. The Ramallah...
Outspoken preacher gives NAACP talk
DETROIT Rev. Jeremiah Wright spoke in Detroit to a crowd of 10,000 at an annual NAACP dinner on April 27, one of a series of outspoken public appearances that eventually prompted presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama to denounce his former pastor "very clearly and unequivocally" on April 29. Obama, after a particularly...
Fenton honors Arab American icon
May 3rd, 20080 Fenton Arab American entertainment icon Casey Kasem was honored in Fenton on April 26, where residents celebrated "Casey Kasem Day." Kasem, born Kemal Amin Kasem in Detroit in 1932, is a popular radio personality and accomplished voice-over actor. On the radio, Kasem is most famous for having presented "American Top 40" from...American Cancer Society Relay For Life Dearborn
DEARBORN Relay For Life is a time for Dearborn to come together as a community to celebrate survivors of cancer, remember those lost to cancer, and to fight back against a disease that takes too much from too many. As they celebrate life and hope at the Relay For Life of Dearborn, community members are invited to join....Powering down the PATRIOT Act
In the wake of another damaging report detailing the bureau's abuse of its data-gathering power, Congress is seeking to limit the use of national security letters. There's a move afoot on Capitol Hill to rein in some of the vast powers conferred upon government investigators by the PATRIOT Act, the......
ISPU dinner highlights issues facing American Muslims
BIRMINGHAM ?The Institute for Social Policy & Understanding (ISPU) hosted its annual event on April 25, 2008, at The Townsend Hotel in Birmingham, MI, focusing on the many political and social issues faced by Arab Americans and American Muslims today. ISPU is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to studying national...New restaurant serves Westland well
WESTLAND With such little competition in Westland, it would have been easy for Al-Nor Restaurant to skimp on the quality of its ingredients. But when the restaurant opened on February 10th, 2008, it did so with one goal in mind: to offer up Middle Eastern fare similar to the La Shish restaurant down the road but do everything......
Bint Jebail Cultural Center awards scholarships
DEARBORN The Bint Jebail Cultural Center awarded outstanding Arab American students during its 14th Annual Scholarship Celebration on Friday, April 25, 2008, at its center in Dearborn. The Bint Jebail Education Committee awarded 40 high school seniors who earned high grades and exhibited exemplary leadership skills. The...
Drop and give me 20!
May 3rd, 20080 Students from Fordson, Edsel Ford, Dearborn and Divine Child High Schools participate in fitness competitions with US Navy SEALs in Dearborn on April 9. The students competed in a preliminary event leading up the official Navy SEAL Fitness Challenge, set for May 10. Residents ages 13 and up male and female will compare their...LAHC to distribute $70,000 in scholarships
DEARBORN Seventy high school seniors and college students are set to receive $1,000 scholarships from the Arab American Scholarship Foundation (AASF) on May 8 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn during the organization's 20th anniversary dinner. The foundation, which operates through the Lebanese American Heritage Club...Dearborn Stars kick off soccer season
DEARBORN When it comes to most sports teams, the only thing on their mind is winning as many games as possible. But ask just about anybody on the Dearborn Stars Michigan Premier Soccer League team what their main goal is for the upcoming season, and odds are they'll tell you it's to rally support from the local community. The......
Professor oversees new research center
Southfield Lawrence Technological University will dedicate its Center for Innovative Materials Research (CIMR) on Friday, May 2, from 4 to 6 p.m., on its campus at 21000 West Ten Mile Road in Southfield. And Civil Engineering Department Chair Nabil Grace and his research team are an integral part of making it happen. For more...Washington cedes its role
It is telling of the damage the United States has done to its influence in the Middle East that the potentially most important diplomatic development in the past generation a possible Israeli-Syrian treaty seems to be taking place without any significant American role. LOS ANGELES -- One of the important......
Why Palestinian unity is not an option
Just days after the HAMAS-Fatah clash last June in Gaza, Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas looked firm and composed as he shook hands with members of his new emergency government. He made sure his move appeared as legitimate as possible, issuing decrees that outlawed the armed militias of HAMAS, and also suspended...Small victories to celebrate
Those advocating for issues of importance to Arab Americans rarely have anything to celebrate. In an era defined by the growth of anti-Arabism and Islamophobia in the West, activists' work is necessary, although uphill. Last week, activists fighting for related causes won rare, but small, victories. Groups......