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Michigan International Women’s Show opens May 1
NOVI – The 13th annual Michigan International Women's Show rounds up some popular women's favorites at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi Thursday, May 1 through Sunday, May 4. "You and your girlfriends, sisters and moms can enjoy shopping, makeovers, cooking demonstrations, entertainment and much more all in one place,"...MIT of Middle East should include Saudi people’s welfare
American universities in need of funding may find an unlikely ally in the Middle East, as Saudi Arabia prepares to launch an international, graduate level research university. Already, Berkeley and Stanford have signed millon dollar contracts with the university. The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), set...America’s Palestine-Israel fairytale
A memorable quote in Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer Abroad" (1894) still carries a wealth of relevance. He writes, "They own the land, just the mere land, and that's all they do own; but it was our folks, our Jews and Christians, that made it holy, and so they haven't any business to be there defiling it. It's a shame and we ought not to...Will the Middle East go up in flames this summer?
These are dangerously unsettled times in the Middle East. There are so many bitter scores to settle, so much violent dissension, such implacable hatreds, that it would take only a spark to set the whole region alight. Or so it would seem. Many observers predict a hot and bloody summer. What they have in mind is not only a continuation...The ten commandments of Iraq
The Iraq war is over. The failure of Bush's surge to produce political reconciliation in Iraq, combined with the unsustainable stress on our military and Congress' unwillingness to keep writing checks for $12 billion a month, all point in one direction: withdrawal. Even if John McCain is somehow elected president � and for that to...The choice of non-violence: Our strategy for Palestine
Sixty years after the Naqba, the catastrophe, Palestinians are still without a state. They are living under occupation, many are in refugee camps, others are scattered around the world, and a part of the Palestinian people are no more than second class citizens in Israel itself. The Palestinian struggle to achieve...
Dr. Michael DeBakey receives Congressional Medal of Honor
April 25th, 20080 WASHINGTON � Houston heart surgeon and Arab American Dr. Michael DeBakey, a pioneer of life-saving bypass surgery, received the nation's highest civilian honor this week. Dr. DeBakey, 99, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for a lifetime of achievement in medicine, including his cardiac surgery advances, helping create the...Would-be Mountie wins case
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled on April 16 that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had harassed and discriminated against Ali Tahmourpour, a 35-year-old Iranian-born Canadian. He was tossed out of the training program for the RCMP after two months on grounds that the Tribunal found to have been cooked up....Trials of Muslim charities likened to a witch-hunt
NEW YORK (IPS) � The U.S. government's anti-terrorist financing programs are based on the "guilt by association" tactics of the McCarthy era and have had a widespread negative impact on U.S. charities, critics say. That is the view of Kay Guinane, director of the Nonprofit Speech Rights Program for OMB (Office of Management and...Assassinations shake Christian town
BEIRUT (IPS) - The lush Bekaa Valley is nestled between snowy Mount Lebanon and the Syrian border. The region, reputed for its wine production, was this week the witness to a violent crime in the Christian city of Zahleh, where two members of the anti-Syrian Kataeb party (Phalangists) were gunned down. In the courtyard of Zahleh's...Petraeus promotion bodes ill for Iran
WASHINGTON (IPS) � The nomination of Gen. David Petraeus to be the new head of the Central Command not only ensures that he will be available to defend the George W. Bush administration's policies toward Iran and Iraq at least through the end of Bush's term and possibly even beyond. It also gives Vice President Dick Cheney greater...The new walls of Baghdad
The new "surge" strategy in Iraq, led by General David Petreaus, has been heavily marketed as an example of the U.S. military's application of the "lessons of history" from previous counterinsurgencies to Iraq, foremost among them the need to win the population over from insurgents through cultivating human relationships, addressing...Clinton’s little-noticed Israel problem
Though Senator Barack Obama has never � neither in his Senate votes nor in his campaign literature � strayed from the conventional position of support for Israel, he has in this primary season been dogged by the issue. The flare-up last week surrounding Obama's allegedly "anti-Jewish" campaign co-chairman, sparked by a piece in the...
HAMAS offers truce to Israel
April 25th, 20080 CAIRO � HAMAS has proposed a six-month truce with Israel, aimed at easing a blockade on the Gaza Strip. At a meeting with Egyptian mediators in Cairo on Thursday, the Palestinian group offered to cease cross-border rocket attacks if Israel opens crossing points into Gaza and ends military incursions into the Palestinian territory....
Palestinian Buckeye brings passion to gridiron
April 25th, 20080 DEARBORN � In the world of sports, a little motivation and determination often go a long way. With that in mind, it's easy to understand why Nader Abdallah has been such a success on the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. After all, there might not be another football player in the country who has more fan support than Abdallah,......
Pro-Israel group plans to rewrite history on Wikipedia
April 25th, 20080 A pro-Israel pressure group is orchestrating a secret, long-term campaign to infiltrate the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia to rewrite Palestinian history, pass off crude propaganda as fact, and take over Wikipedia administrative structures to ensure these changes go either undetected or unchallenged. A series of emails by...Basketball coach, star loves his job
DEARBORN � Edsel Ford High School counselor and basketball coach Ibrahim Baydoun loves his job. "I've never missed a single day," he said, after 17 years of counseling and 12 years of coaching at the school. Baydoun was just as obsessive about what he loved to do as a teenager, when he was a star guard at Fordson High School in......
Arab American Democrats gear up for 2008 election
DEARBORN � Arab American Democrats gathered to discuss the 2008 presidential election, on Saturday, April 12, at the University of Michigan, Dearborn. Around 70 people showed up for the event to discuss strategies for organizing the Arab American caucus, and to learn about ways to become actively involved in the political...ACC president/CEO to receive 2008 Achievement and Courage Award
Lathrup Village � ACC President & CEO Dr. Haifa Fakhouri has been selected by the the Michigan Women's Foundation as a 2008 Woman of Achievement and Courage. The celebration honors outstanding Michigan women who have demonstrated exemplary leadership and vision. The 19th annual event will be held in Southeast Michigan on May 1,...Second annual “Dearborn Stars” contest to bring out city’s top talent
DEARBORN � Back by popular demand, the 2008 "Dearborn Stars" talent competition will again seek out the area's best talent for performances at the Homecoming festival in August. The second annual talent contest, which features various abilities at all ages, is scheduled to take place July 16 at the Ford Community & Performing Arts...City invests in roads and water mains to keep neighborhoods in good shape
DEARBORN � Like many homeowners, city officials from the Public Works Department also make careful plans for improvement projects during the warm weather season. The Morley Avenue reconstruction project will start this summer and will continue, in phases, until next year. The work list includes storm sewer separation, some sanitary......
Dearborn’s 84th annual Memorial Day Parade will follow its traditional route in east Dearborn
DEARBORN � Dearborn's 84th annual Memorial Day Parade will take place on Monday, May 26, and will follow its traditional route in east Dearborn: on Michigan Avenue from Greenfield to Schaefer. Event organizers considered the possibility of moving the Parade to west Dearborn this year, due to the reconstruction of the Greenfield...Wal-Mart opposition group meets in Dearborn
DEARBORN � The Wal-Mart Workers Speaking Tour stopped at the site of one of the country's newest Wal-Marts, Dearborn, on Monday to give citizens a first-hand look at some of the company's labor practices overseas. It was the final event in a day-long series of meetings for community leaders, small business owners, and citizens to......
Duvall students ‘gotta have art!’
DEARBORN � The Duvall Art Club explored skull drawing with visiting artist Eugen Clark, instructor at the Center for Creative Studies (pictured below). Mr. Clark shared his talents with the students and took them through a step by step lesson on how to draw a three dimensional human skull using techniques invented by artist...Headed off to success
WARREN � Look out Democratic office holders! An up and coming young Arab American woman may some day vie for your job. Indeed, Fatima Mansour, an Eastside resident headed off to Michigan State in the fall, already knows she wants to be a U.S. senator. And she's been showing her leadership abilities for a while now. Fatima will......