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Local restaurant provides Dearborn seniors Halal Meals on Wheels
May 18th, 20180 By Keith A. Owens Special to the Arab American News DEARBORN - Since the latter part of 2010, Country Restaurant, located at 5131 Schaefer Road in Dearborn, has contracted with Wayne County Senior Services to provide halal meals for Wayne County seniors who qualify for the Meals On Wheels program. More than 60 seniors...
ACC hosts town hall on opioid and heroin crisis
May 18th, 20180 SOUTHFIELD — The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC), a premier nonprofit human service organization serving Southeast Michigan, hosted a community event on May 9 called “A Community in Crisis: ACC’s Opioid and Heroin Town Hall Meeting” that featured local religious and community leaders, medical professionals and law...
Dearborn Heights man arraigned in fatal shooting of customer at gas station
May 18th, 20180 DETROIT — A 26-year-old gas station clerk has been arraigned in the fatal shooting of a customer inside the west side Detroit business. According to the Wayne County prosecutor's Office, Rami Ali Jaber of Dearborn Heights appeared Tuesday in 36th District Court on first-degree murder and gun charges. Prosecutors say 34-year-old...
International court’s prosecutor warns Israel on Gaza violence, expresses “grave concern”
May 16th, 20180 AMSTERDAM - The office of the prosecutor of the world’s permanent war crimes court on Wednesday expressed “grave concern” about escalating violence in Gaza against Palestinian civilians and said alleged crimes could be subject to an investigation. Dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire during protests on Monday,...
Turkey expels Israeli diplomats over Gaza killing, equally blames Washington
May 15th, 20180 ANKARA - Turkey and Israel expelled each other’s senior diplomats on Tuesday in a dispute over the killing by Israeli occupation forces of 60 unarmed Palestinians on Monday during protests on the Gaza border. “The Israeli ambassador was told that our envoy to Israel was called back for consultations, and was informed that it would...
France says Middle East is ‘explosive,’ criticizes U.S. policy and unjustified Israeli violence
May 15th, 20180 PARIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday described the situation in the Middle East as “explosive” and criticized the United States for unilateral acts in the region and Israel for what he said was an unjustified level of violence. Thousands of Gaza residents turned out on Tuesday for the funerals of...
Palestinians hold protest in Cannes against Israeli killing in Gaza
May 15th, 20180 CANNES, France - Hollywood actor Benicio del Toro joined Palestinians at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday in a demonstration against the Israeli army’s killing of Palestinians on the Gaza border. Sixty people were killed on Monday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, by Israeli gunfire or tear gas, in what Palestinian...
Shi’a cleric’s election win puts Iran to the test in Iraq
May 15th, 20180 BAGHDAD — Already pressured by the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal, Iran faces a major test in managing Shi'a cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a formidable opponent who beat Tehran’s longtime allies to achieve a shock victory in Iraq’s parliamentary election. But If Tehran overplays its hand by squeezing Sadr out of a coalition...
Pro-Trump pastor who claims Islam is a “cult” picked to lead prayer at opening of U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
May 14th, 20180 WASHINGTON - An anti-gay, pro-Trump pastor from Dallas will give the opening prayer Monday night at the introduction ceremony of the new US embassy in Jerusalem. Pastor Robert Jeffress, a Fox News contributor and supporter of President Donald Trump, will add to the controversy surrounding the diplomatically awkward event. Jeffress,...
Israeli occupation forces kill dozens, injure hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza
May 14th, 20180 GAZA - Israeli occupation forces killed dozens of Palestinians taking part in mass protests on the Gaza border on Monday as the United States opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. The U.S. move fulfilled a pledge by President Donald Trump, who has recognized the holy city as the Israeli capital, but it has fired Palestinian anger...
Israeli forces kill dozens in Gaza as U.S. Embassy opens in Jerusalem
May 14th, 20180 GAZA — Israeli troops shot dead dozens of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border on Monday as the United States opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, a move that has fueled Palestinian anger and drawn foreign criticism for undermining peace efforts. It was the bloodiest single day for Palestinians since the Gaza conflict in...
Lebanese Americans have mixed reactions to parliamentary election results, inspired by participation
May 11th, 20180 "The poor turnout was due to the limited time many voters had to register and prepare necessary documents, as they had not initially expected that elections would be held outside Lebanon." -Salim Sassin, a Free Patriotic Movement leader DEARBORN – Lebanese Americans in Metro Detroit are proud to have participated in their...
State suspends Detroit party store liquor license for selling to minors
May 11th, 20180 LANSING — During the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) May 3 hearing in Southfield, the Commission ordered the suspension of the liquor license and permits held by B&S Party Store, located at 3730 Buchanan St. in Detroit. Under MCL 436.1903(1), the commission is required to impose a suspension or revocation of the liquor...
Paterson, NJ elects first Arab American mayor in landslide victory
May 11th, 20181 PATERSON, NJ — Andre Sayegh registered a resounding victory in Paterson’s six-man mayoral contest on Tuesday, capturing the office that he failed to gain in two previous elections. Using the theme “One Paterson”, Sayegh converted alliances he reached with community leaders from various ethnic groups into a coalition that...
Arab American cop files claim of discrimination against his employer
May 11th, 20180 SAN JOSE, CA — A Lebanese-American police officer in San Jose filed a claim against the city and his employer after enduring years of harassment based on his ethnicity and religion. Oakland’s KTVU reported Tuesday that San Jose police officer Nabil Haidar, a 22-year veteran of SJPD and a Muslim, endured taunts about his religion......
Former Port Huron pastor charged in enticing girls to engage in sex acts online
May 11th, 20180 PORT HURON — A former Port Huron pastor is facing federal charges amid allegations he enticed underage girls to engage in sex acts online. FBI agents learned about Jackie Douglas Woodburn’s virtual interactions while probing a chatroom-based website that attracts adult men who pose as youths “seeking to sexually exploit minor...
Michigan Bureau of Elections rules El-Sayed eligible in Michigan governor’s race
May 11th, 20180 LANSING - On Wednesday May 9, the Michigan Bureau of Elections rejected all challenges to Abdul El-Sayed’s legal eligibility to run for governor and confirmed him eligible to run. Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar brought the challenge of El-Sayed’s eligibility forward. “The official state Qualified Voter File......
World and national leaders slam Trump for abandoning Iran nuclear deal
May 11th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday, raising the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upsetting European allies and casting uncertainty over global oil supplies. Trump said in a televised address from the White House that he would reimpose U.S....
Hezbollah allies gain seats in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections
May 11th, 20180 BEIRUT — Hezbollah and its political allies won just over half the seats in Lebanon's parliamentary elections, unofficial results showed, boosting an Iranian-backed movement fiercely opposed to Israel and underlining Tehran's growing regional clout. Hezbollah's leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, called it a "political and moral...
While Israel and Iran claim no desire for armed conflict, Trump might stumble into war against Tehran
May 11th, 20180 Israel has launched its biggest attack ever on Iranian forces in Syria. This is a serious development, but reports of the entire Middle East being on the verge of all out war fail to fully appreciate the motives and intentions of the various players. Looked at from the Israeli point of view, it is an excellent moment to act against...Arab American cop files claim against his employer after his colleagues called him ‘Beirut Bomber’ and ‘ISIS’
May 11th, 20180 SAN JOSE, CA — A Lebanese-American police officer in San Jose filed a claim against the city and his employer after enduring years of harassment based on his ethnicity and religion. Oakland’s KTVU reported Tuesday that San Jose police officer Nabil Haidar, a 22-year veteran of SJPD and a Muslim, endured taunts about his religion......
Palestinian-Mexican American running for U.S. Congress in California
May 11th, 20180 SAN DIEGO — A candidate for the U.S. Congress in the state of California is hoping to become its first Latino-Arab American member by capturing a district that has voted Republican for the past 30 years. Ammar Campa-Najjar, a 29-year-old former field campaign director for President Obama, White House staffer and a labor department...Paterson, NJ elects first Arab American mayor in landslide victory
May 11th, 20180 PATERSON, NJ — Andre Sayegh registered a resounding victory in Paterson’s six-man mayoral contest on Tuesday, capturing the office that he failed to gain in two previous elections. Using the theme “One Paterson”, Sayegh converted alliances he reached with community leaders from various ethnic groups into a coalition that......
Wayne County Commission approves Woronchak resolution on Ramadan
May 11th, 20180 DETROIT — On Thursday, May 10, the Wayne County Commission approved a resolution introduced by Commission Chairman Gary Woronchak (D-Dearborn) recognizing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which begins May 16. Woronchak continued a tradition he established several years ago of commemorating the start of Ramadan each year with a...
NAACP to hold 2019 national convention in Detroit
May 11th, 20180 DETROIT — The NAACP announced Sunday that it will hold its 110th annual national convention at Cobo Center in Detroit in July 2019. Leon Russell, chairman of the national NAACP's Board of Directors, made the announcement at the Detroit branch's 63rd annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner at the Cobo Center last Sunday. Russell said......
