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Gunpowder dialogue in Lebanon
The explosion of September 19 targets the Christian community in Lebanon. The Christians of this country have become a demographic minority over the last few decades as a result of higher emigration and smaller families. They have emerged from a devastating 15-year civil war with less political power but with determination to retain...
Army wants more Arab Americans to serve their country
September 22nd, 20070 DEARBORN — Arab Americans are playing an important role both in training U.S. armed forces who are going in to Iraq and actually serving on the ground there, but more of them are needed to join the effort. That is one reason Brigadier General Anthony A. (Tony) Cucolo III, Chief of Public Affairs for the U.S. Army, visited Detroit last...
Beirut blast kills lawmaker
September 22nd, 20070 BEIRUT — An anti-Syrian Lebanese lawmaker was killed Wednesday in a large car-bomb explosion in east Beirut, just six days before parliament is scheduled to elect a new president. The death of Antoine Ghanem, a Christian parliamentarian, may delay the election, which has already aggravated a bitter year-long political dispute between...Selling pink ribbons for $1 to support Breast Cancer Foundation
DEARBORN — Mayor John B. O'Reilly, Jr. and the City of Dearborn invite the public to purchase pink ribbons in support of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's 3-Day Walk, which will end at The Henry Ford in Dearborn on September 30. Many City facilities have the pink ribbons, which can be obtained for a minimum suggested...Ed Deeb honored at annual PBS Premiere Night
DETROIT — During its annual PBS Premiere Night, Detroit Public Television (Channel 56) took time to announce its Fall Season, honor one auto company and two individuals, and hear special guest speaker John Davis, creator and host of public television's automotive series Motorweek. Ed Deeb The sixth annual Detroit Public...Time for Canada to exit NATO
NATO has recently had one of its regular meetings of the "Military Committee" in Victoria, B.C., Canada, with appropriate demonstrations against it for Canada's role within NATO and Afghanistan. Phil Lyons, the organizer of the demonstration, which ended peacefully, says "NATO is now a weapon of American imperialists." Another...
My unsung Palestinian hero
September 21st, 20070 Sherri Muzher and her late father Ead Michael Muzher.Is this really happening? I sat frozen as the Orthodox priest swung the censers during the Trisagion Service. The smell of incense filled the air and I looked passed the priest to see my father lying peacefully in the open casket. The second-half of the casket was adorned with...Convenient racism: The ‘us’ and ‘them’ factor
Racism is, among many things, convenient. It provides simplified, definite and ready-to-serve answers to complex and compounded questions. Racists, in turn, come from all walks of life; their motivation and the root causes behind their contemptible views of others may differ, but the outcome of these views is predictably the same —...State primary issue will not impact AAI conference
When Michigan and Florida declared they were moving up their primary elections to January, it caused some political problems. It caused alarm for the Arab American Institute, which is holding a national conference in Dearborn next month. The political tension almost prevented presidential candidates from appearing at the seminal...Lebanese Collegiate Network: An organization committed to serving University Lebanese Clubs
The Lebanese Collegiate Network (LCN) was established in response to an overwhelming need to foster positive relationships between existing University Lebanese Clubs (ULC) and their student members. The LCN board invites all ULCs to join and benefit from this organization by visiting the official LCN website at...
ADC announces new center for Arab American civil rights
September 19th, 20070 DEARBORN — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Michigan gathered with members of the community for a special press conference on the first ever American-Arab Center for Civil and Human Rights (ACCHR) on Wednesday, September 12, at the Center site on Chase Road in Dearborn. The ACCHR grounds were crowded with over 150...Community honors firefighters, police
DEARBORN — Members of the Arab American community came together to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the tragic events of September 11 on Tuesday, at the Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn. The event, organized by the Congress of Arab American Organizations (CAAO), served as a fitting tribute to the fallen heroes of that tragic day,...Suspect taken into custody for attempted murder
DEARBORN — A man inside a house began shooting at a Dearborn officer and a woman on the 6900 block of Yinger early Sunday morning as the officer was responding to a domestic disturbance call. The officer immediately got the woman out of the line of fire and to safety. The shots had come after the officer made contact with the victim,...Benamar Benatta sues Canada for torture
Benamar Benatta has decided to sue Canada for his treatment at the hands of Canadian and U.S officials. He is asking $35 million. His story begins back in his homeland. Benatta was in a tight spot back in Algeria. In 1992 he joined the air force, but that was the year that the military seized power to prevent the Islamic Salvation...Hizbullah and the promised president
Too much responsibility has been attached to the role of the next president of Lebanon who is due to be elected on September 25. This is why it is difficult to agree on who is going to be the next president. The opposition camp wants the candidate to be friendly to Hizbullah and its regional supporters (Syria and Iran) and the government......
The common heritage between Bush and Stalin
The cover title of the Economist August 11-17, 2007 was "Is America Turning Left?" and the answer was "Probably — but not in the way many foreigners (and some Americans) hope." The lead article discussed the negative impact of President Bush's foreign policy on the Republican Party and on the direction American people will take even...New York: An intifada against common sense
Once again, the hard-hitting, no-nonsense journalists of the New York Sun, the New York Post, and Fox News, led as always by intrepid scholar Daniel Pipes, have struck a blow in the war against terrorism. I'm referring, of course, to the rooting out of the former principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy, an alleged terrorism......
Who are the fanatics?
President Jimmy Carter was demonized for pointing out in his book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," that there are actually two sides to the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Distinguished American scholars, such as John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt have suffered the same fate for documenting the excessive influence the Israel lobby has on...
Toledo mosque has roots going back 75 years
September 19th, 20070 From Interstate 75, the sight is striking: A gleaming white mosque with twin minarets in the classical Islamic style rises out of the Ohio countryside. A visit to the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo during Friday prayers offers another remarkable scene. Inside the mosque's domed prayer hall, as light streams through stained-glass...In Lebanon, DNA may yet heal rifts
BYBLOS, Lebanon (Reuters) — A Lebanese scientist following the genetic footprint of the ancient Phoenicians says he has traced their modern-day descendants, but stumbled into an old controversy about identity in his country. Geneticist Pierre Zalloua has charted the spread of the Phoenicians out of the eastern Mediterranean by...U.S. denies visas to Iranian religious leaders
WASHINGTON (IPS) — A religious delegation from Iran has canceled a scheduled visit to the United States this week after members of the group were denied visas by the State Department. The denial of the visa applications of four of the 14 delegation members was denounced by one of one of the trip's sponsors, who suggested Washington's......
An important marker has been passed in global boycott effort against Israel
From a limestone hill rising above Qalandia refugee camp, you can see Jerusalem. I watched a lone figure standing there in the rain, his son holding the tail of his long tattered coat. He extended his hand and did not let go. "I am Ahmed Hamzeh, street entertainer," he said in measured English. "Over there, I played many musical...Fallon derided Petraeus, opposed the surge
Their differences highlight one of the worst clashes between military leaders in U.S. history WASHINGTON (IPS) — In sharp contrast to the lionization of Gen. David Petraeus by members of the U.S. Congress during his testimony this week, Petraeus's superior, Admiral William Fallon, chief of the Central Command (CENTCOM), derided......
Murder of Iraqi leader hurts Bush
September 19th, 20070 Ten days after President George Bush clasped his hand as a symbol of America's hopes in Iraq, the man who led the U.S.-supported revolt of Sunni sheikhs against al-Qa'ida in Iraq was assassinated. Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha and two of his bodyguards were killed either by a roadside bomb or by explosives placed in his car by a guard, near...
ACC’s annual gala focuses on diversity
September 18th, 20070 The Arab American and Chaldean Council’s (ACC) 28th Annual Civic and Humanitarian Awards Gala on Sept. 8 celebrated a night of philanthropic endeavors and achievements. A sold out crowd gathered at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center to commemorate ACC’s role in dedicating time and service to the Metropolitan Detroit area. The......