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“Trapped in Gaza” urged moral investing
DEARBORN — This week Students for Ethical Investments (SEI) employed their creativity and passion to promote awareness of the on-going crisis in Palestine by hosting an event called "Trapped in Gaza." SEI is a student-led humanitarian and environmental advocacy group at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Their aim is...A smart Arab investment
Social and industrial awakening in the Middle East and North Africa may start in unexpected ways. The most potent indicator of social change is the status of women's education. Nine years of schooling for every woman would wipe out a large segment of poverty. It would also significantly reduce children's school dropout rates and...Maples students featured in new book
DEARBORN — Maples Elementary School and the City of Dearborn have been chosen to be featured in the book "Children of the U.S.A." published by the Global Fund for Children. "Children of the U.S.A." visits fifty-one cities — one in each state, as well as the nation's capital, Washington D.C., celebrating the diversity of...USCRI offers bilingual health toolkit
In their new communities in America, USCRI empowers and educates refugees and immigrants to promote better healthcare systems. Washington — The United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) is pleased to announce the availability of its health promotion toolkit in Arabic for use by Arabic-speaking refugees and immigrants...Plastic surgery popular in community
Before her first chemical peel, Theresa Mansour, a 40 year-old orthopedic nurse from Dearborn, didn't like what she saw when she looked in the mirror. After being a nurse for eight years and raising two kids, she decided she wanted a smooth, wrinkle-free face and fuller breasts. "I'm getting older," she said in a waiting a room...Lebanon bans prize-winning animated film ‘Persepolis’
BEIRUT (AFP) — The Oscar-nominated film "Persepolis," which has annoyed authorities in Iran for its critical portrayal of the Islamic revolution, has been banned in Lebanon, an interior ministry official told AFP on Wednesday. The official, from the ministry's general security department, would not give a reason why the French...Journey of an anti-Zionist Jew
This mishmash of a book contains a powerful denunciation of Zionism. The attack is both historical and logical. However, the argument is scattered through family history, personal reflections, and New York City politics. In his description of a Bronx teachers' strike, Marqusee sides with a black "community...The uncertain war against Iran
When Admiral William J "Fox" Fallon was chosen to replace General John Abizaid as chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in March 2007, many analysts reached a seemingly clear-cut conclusion: the Bush administration was preparing for war with Iran and had selected the most suitable man for this job. Almost exactly a year later, as...When a ‘custodian of freedom’ is the perpetrator of ethnic cleansing
A few weeks after newly elected Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, apologized to the Aborigines, the indigenous inhabitants of Australia, Rudd was party to a motion in Parliament describing Israel as a "robust democracy" and a "custodian of freedom" in a region abounding in autocracies and theocracies. Opposition Liberal...Canada to double Iraqi refugee quota
VANCOUVER (IPS) — Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Diane Finley, announced this week that Canada will more than double the number of refugees it receives this year from Iraq, accepting 1,800 to 2,000 refugees, up from 900 in 2007. The majority are currently displaced refugees in Syria and Jordan....Youth group honors author, artist at annual dinner
DEARBORN — At its third annual "Empowering the Youth" dinner held March 21, the Arab Student Union of the University of Michigan-Dearborn gathered hundreds in Dearborn to celebrate the group's efforts at raising awareness of Arab American identity and activism. The group honored scholars Dr. Hashim Al-Tawil and Dr. Jack Shaheen at...Hopes of peace remain unfulfilled
BEIRUT (IPS) — The pages of Lebanon's history are drenched in blood. And, more than 30 years after the start of the 1975 civil war, Lebanese factions are still pitted against each other in a...Saudi king calls for interfaith dialogue
RIYADH (AP) -- The Saudi king has made an impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews — the first such proposal from a nation with no diplomatic ties to Israel and a ban on non-Muslim religious services and symbols. The message from King Abdullah, which was welcomed by Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders,...‘Fitna’: Dutch leader’s anti-Islam film brings strife
Far-right politician Geert Wilders's latest attempt to air the controversial video has been delayed by U.S.-based website host Network Solutions. The Hague — It's a lurking provocation in Europe's sometimes rocky encounter with its burgeoning Muslim population: For months, a popular, flamboyant far-right Dutch...
Fierce fighting shows failure of Petraeus strategy
March 28th, 20080 WASHINGTON — The escalation of fighting between Mahdi Army militiamen and their Shi'a rivals, which could mark the end of Moqtada al-Sadr's self-imposed ceasefire, also exposes Gen. David Petraeus's strategy for controlling Sadr's forces as a failure. Petraeus reacted immediately to Sunday's rocket attacks on the Green Zone by......
Sadr’s influence lives in Dearborn
DEARBORN — The legacy of Imam Musa al-Sadr was clearly in evidence here the week following the University of Michigan conference as Sayyid Ibrahim Saleh, current representative of the Islamic Shi'a Supreme Council (ISSC) in the United States, addressed a couple hundred community members at the Bint Jebail Cultural Center. The...
History-making convention on Musa al-Sadr
March 28th, 20080 ANN ARBOR — An unprecedented conference on Imam Musa al-Sadr, who was termed "The Vanished Imam" by writer Fouad Ajami, took place here last week. Sadr rose to prominence in Lebanon ahead of the Lebanese civil war, and disappeared mysteriously during a visit to Libya in 1978, never to be heard from again. He was the first......
Death of the two-state solution
March 28th, 20080 It is now clear beyond reasonable dispute that a two-state solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has passed into the realm of fiction. The project — if it ever was a real project — is stone dead. Some Western politicians, U.S. President George W. Bush among them, continue to pay lip service to the notion of an independent...Kilpatrick pleads ‘not guilty’ to felonies
Chicago — For decades, Detroit has been the symbol of the dying Rust Belt, a once-great city that was left hollowed out by a shrinking auto industry and white flight. But in recent years, the Motor City has been enjoying a bit of a comeback. New development has gone up downtown. Businesses are moving back. Detroit hosted the Super...Arab American educators honored
Dearborn – On Thursday of last week, March the 13th, the Education Committee at Bint Jebail Cultural Center held its annual event in honor of Arab American educators. Traditionally in Middle Eastern countries, and specifically in Lebanon, schools are not in session on Educator's Day or "Eid al-Mu'alem" as it is referred to in...Amira Hass to speak at U of M
ANN ARBOR — Israeli Journalist Amira Hass will present the 2008 Motorola Lecture at the University of Michigan on Tuesday, April 8. Entitled "Virility and Arms: Male Individualism in the Last Round of Israeli-Palestinian Bloodshed,” the lecture, sponsored by the Women's Studies Department and the Institute for......
Summer language camp accepting applications
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT — The Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy (MMLA) has been awarded funding to support a limited number of scholarships for heritage speakers of Arabic and Mandarin Chinese. Broadly speaking, heritage speakers are students from families with an Arabic or Chinese heritage, but who lack formal education in the...Appeal Social Security decisions online
Some people know that when you apply for disability benefits from Social Security, you have the right to appeal the decision you do not agree with. But did you know that now you can file an appeal over the Internet? Doing it online can help speed the process and assist Social Security in serving you better. The Internet......
Eighth grader Heba Basha wins Stout Spelling Bee
DEARBORN — On February 8, Stout Middle School held its 6th Annual Spelling Bee in the school's auditorium. Twenty four contestants, eight from each grade, competed in front of their peers for the title of 'Stout's Spelling Champ.' Eighth grader, Heba Basha, won the event on the word tessellation with another eighth grader, Imane...Oncology nurse mentorship program offered
DETROIT — Applications are being accepted now through April 15 from Detroit public and charter school minority sophomores and juniors to participate in the 2008 Oncology Nurse Mentorship Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. The Oncology Nurse Mentorship Program, a cooperative effort between the Barbara Ann Karmanos......