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Arab American Texas Festival offers culture, fun and food
September 1st, 20180 By Taylor Adams DALLAS, Texas — The second annual Arab Texas Festival returns to Mesquite on Sept. 2, offering food, performers and activities aimed at spotlighting Arabic culture. And it comes with a tempting array of food, including shawarma, falafel, meat and cheese pies and Arabic desserts. The festival is the...
Russian navy to hold drills off Syria as Idlib offensive looms
September 1st, 20180 MOSCOW — Russia will begin a major naval exercise in the Mediterranean on Saturday, the Ministry of Defense announced, a move the Kremlin said was justified by a failure to deal with militants in Syria’s Idlib province. Idlib and areas surrounding it are the last major enclave held by rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar...
The Arab supergirl fighting crime and smashing stereotypes
August 31st, 20180 By Heidi Pullyard A new vigilante supergirl is defying the genre. Emara doesn't wear spandex, skintight leather or masks — instead, she dons a hijab. The first homegrown female Emirati superhero, Emara is gaining attention around the world. By day, she's a typical teenage girl named Moza. By night, her fearless alter...
Hold the plaudits, John McCain’s 2008 campaign paved the way for Donald Trump
August 31st, 20180 What if John McCain hadn’t run for president in 2008? Donald Trump might not be sitting in the White House today. At first glance, that might sound odd. The six-term Republican senator, who passed away Saturday, has been hailed as an outspoken opponent of the president, while Trump himself despised McCain and famously claimed the...
Minimum wage hike proposal will appear on Nov. ballot
August 31st, 20180 A proposal to increase Michigan’s minimum wage to $12 an hour over the next four years will be on the November ballot, pending the outcome made by the the Michigan Supreme Court. The members of the Board of State Canvassers voted 3-0 to certify the ballot proposal on Friday, Aug. 24. The proposal, which is backed by a committee...
High lead, copper levels force Detroit Public Schools to shut off drinking water
August 29th, 20180 After tests revealed elevated lead and copper levels Detroit Public Schools' drinking water, the district prompted all of the drinking water to be shut off. The following statement was released from Dr. Nikolai Vitti, superintendent of Detroit Public Schools Community District: I initiated water testing of all of our school...
U.N.: Some Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen may amount to war crimes
August 28th, 20180 Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in the war in Yemen have caused heavy civilian casualties and some may amount to war crimes, U.N. human rights experts said on Tuesday. The experts’ panel also said that fighters of the Houthi group had fired missiles into Saudi Arabia and shelled the Yemeni city of Taiz. It accused them of...
Florida video game contest shooting reignites gun rights debate
August 28th, 20180 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The slaying of two competitors at a Jacksonville video game tournament on Sunday has stirred the long-simmering gun rights debate in Florida on the eve of its hotly contested state and federal primary elections. With Florida voters scheduled to pick candidates for governor and Congress on Tuesday, some...
VIDEO: Portland woman goes on racist rant against Arab American man
August 27th, 20180 PORTLAND, Oregon - A white woman in Portland unleashed a torrent of racist abuse against an American man of Lebanese descent after allegedly sideswiping his car. Video of the confrontation was captured by the man and is being widely shared on social media. The footage begins with 23-year-old Portland State University student Bassel...
Dearborn Heights, Ypsilanti fire departments to receive $1 million
August 27th, 20180 YPSILANTI – The Dearborn Heights and Ypsilanti Fire Departments will receive a combined $1 million grant to boost the number of firefighters in those communities. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) announced on Friday that the Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER) grants will go directly to the local fire...
Russia warns U.S. against ‘reckless steps’ in Syria
August 26th, 20180 MOSCOW - A senior Russian official warned the U.S. on Saturday against making any “reckless” moves in Syria, the RIA news agency reported. Reacting to comments by National Security Adviser John Bolton about Washington’s possible strong reaction in the event of a chemical or biological attack in the Syrian region of Idlib, Deputy...
Yemen: Houthis fire two missiles at Saudi Arabia
August 26th, 20180 Yemen’s Houthi group fired two Zelzal-1 missiles in the direction of Saudi Arabian provinces alongside the joint border, the Houthis’ Masirah TV said in a tweet on Sunday. The two missiles targeted “gatherings of Saudi soldiers,” one in Jizan and the other in Najran, it said. The Saudi armed forces did not confirm the...
Four dead, dozen wounded in shooting at video game tournament in Florida
August 26th, 20180 JACKSONVILLE, Fl. - A shooter killed four people and wounded dozen on Sunday at a video game tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, local media said citing police sources. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a suspect was dead at the scene. “Searches are being conducted,” it...
Israel’s total control over Palestinian lives
August 26th, 20180 It is almost comical that recently Israel finally decided to release more than 10 tons of mail that it has prevented from reaching Palestinians in the West Bank, much of which was sent eight years ago. Not eight weeks or months, but years. In the U.S., many people become irritated when their Amazon packages arrive late on the third day,...
British and French airlines halting flights to Iran next month
August 26th, 20180 British Airways and Air France said on Thursday they would halt flights to Iran from September for business reasons, months after President Trump announced he would re-impose sanctions on Tehran. British Airways said it was suspending its London to Tehran service “as the operation is currently not commercially viable.” BA,......
Pilgrims pray and give praise as haj winds down in Mecca
August 25th, 20180 MINA, Saudi Arabia — More than two million haj pilgrims headed back to Mecca for final prayers on Thursday as organizers said the world’s largest annual gathering of Muslims had gone smoothly in the face of political tensions and huge logistical challenges. Senior Saudi officials said the rituals - which have been marred in the...
Latino, Arab American candidate hopes to unseat indicted Republican Congressman
August 25th, 20180 Democratic Congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar was working on a TV advertisement to boost his exposure when news broke that his opponent, the heavily favored Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, was indicted on corruption charges. The 29-year-old former Obama administration Labor Department official whose father is a Palestinian......
Garden City Hospital president promoted to regional CEO of Prime Healthcare
August 25th, 20180 GARDEN CITY – Garden City Hospital CEO Saju George has been promoted to regional CEO of its parent company, Prime Healthcare. He will overseeing two of its hospitals in Michigan. Prem Reddy, chairman, president and CEO of Prime Healthcare, announced George's promotion on Thursday. Prime Healthcare is an award-winning national...
Study: Young Americans are learning Islamophobia from their textbooks
August 24th, 20181 Donald Trump’s travel ban, recently upheld by the Supreme Court, is wreaking havoc on Muslim families, forcing some Americans to leave the United States for countries in the midst of devastating wars in order to reunite with loved ones. The resilience ― and, among some Americans, popularity ― of the travel ban is emblematic of...
Muslims at haj converge on Jamarat for ritual stoning of the devil
August 22nd, 20180 JAMARAT, Saudi Arabia - More than 2 million Muslim pilgrims hurled pebbles at a giant wall in a symbolic stoning of the devil on Tuesday, the riskiest stage of the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia where hundreds died in a crush three years ago. Clad in white robes signifying a state of purity, men and women from 165 countries...
Iran threatens to hit U.S., Israeli targets if attacked
August 22nd, 20180 Iran warned on Wednesday that it would hit U.S. and Israeli targets if it were attacked by the United States after President Trump’s security adviser said Washington would exert maximum pressure on Tehran going beyond economic sanctions. A U.S.-Iranian war of words has escalated since Trump withdrew Washington from the world......
After ISIS killed her sons, Iraqi grandmother fends for 22 children
MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi grandmother Sana Ibrahim al-Taee has a full-time job feeding and clothing her 22 grandchildren after ISIS killed their fathers - her sons - a struggle in a cramped flat with little help from the state. Al-Taee and her husband, who has Alzheimer’s, share their four-room apartment in eastern Mosul with the...
Georgia Police taser an 87-year-old Syrian grandmother with dementia
August 20th, 20181 CHATSWORTH, Ga. — CNN reported that the incident took place Aug. 10. in a wooded area in Chatsworth, Ga., where Martha Al-Bishara — a Syrian and who doesn't speak English — was looking for dandelions in a wooded area, which she uses to make a salad for her husband. Police were alerted after an employee of a Boys and Girls Club......
Should banks be raising the citizenship question?
August 20th, 20180 Why are banks asking about your citizenship? Candidate Donald Trump rode his anti-immigrant rhetoric straight to the White House. Since then, he’s banned people from heavily Muslim-populated countries, taken children from their parents upon arrival at the Mexico border, is attempting to make citizenship status a question on the...
Arab American police officer killed in hit-and-run in Detroit
August 20th, 20180 DETROIT — A Detroit police officer died Wednesday after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on Saturday Aug. 4 on the west side of the city. At a news conference at the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters, Police Chief James Craig said that officer Fadi Shukur would “always be remembered for his magnetic smile.” Mayor Mike......
