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HYPE Athletics honors students at 18th annual gala
April 18th, 20190 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — HYPE Athletics, which is committed to physical activity and education of individuals, families and communities, honored two high school students at its 18th annual gala, “The Village That Raised a Child”, on April 12. Nicholas Tafelski of Dearborn High School and Susan Haidar of Crestwood High School each...
State Dept. warns Americans of kidnapping risk: Lebanon among other Arab states on the list
April 11th, 20190 WASHINGTON, DC - Due to the increased risk of American citizen abductions, the U.S. State Department has updated its travel advisories for 35 countries, with a new indicator to highlight the risk of kidnapping and hostage taking. Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and Libya are the Arab states on the list. The...
Sudan’s Bashir ousted by military; how did Sudan get here?
April 11th, 20190 KHARTOUM — After leading an autocratic government for 30 years, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was overthrown and arrested in a coup by the armed forces on Thursday, but protesters took to the streets demanding a civilian government. The ouster of Bashir came after months of demonstrations against his rule. In an address on...
HUDA Clinic: Muslim clinic offers free health care to the under-served
April 11th, 20190 DETROIT— HUDA Clinic is a health care unit established in 2004 by Muslim physicians to help uninsured citizens where the only requirement for treatment is being uninsured or under insured. HUDA, which stands for Health Unit on Davison Avenue, has now sub-clinics that cater to different health departments like primary care mental...
Israeli elections: Netanyahu wins the 2019 election
April 9th, 20190 By Farah Harb The Arab American News TEL AVIV — Despite legal trouble and after a tight race, Benjamin Netanyahu will continue to be Israel's prime minister. He will now be able to form a governing coalition able to withstand a bribery indictment by Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit, according to the results of the April 9...
Four Americans of Lebanese heritage to be honored for achievements at ATFL gala
April 5th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Celebrating 30 years of strengthening the American-Lebanese relationship, the American Task Force for Lebanon (ATFL) will honor four exceptional American leaders of Lebanese heritage who have made significant contributions in their fields at its annual Gala Awards Night held April 10 at the Fairmont Hotel in...
Lebanese Film Festival to be held in Dearborn
April 5th, 20190 DEARBORN – The Consulate General of Lebanon in Detroit announced the first annual Lebanese Film Festival, to be held on April 6 from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn. The festival is the first of its kind in Michigan and will display three films produced, directed and...
New study ranks DTW number 23 in country when it comes to flight departures
April 3rd, 20190 DETROIT— Out of the 75 busiest airports in the U.S., Detroit Metro Airport ranks the 23rd best in the nation when it comes to on-time performance, with just less than one percent (.98%) of all flights being canceled for all of 2018. The new ranking comes from InsureMyTrip. The data included newly updated information...
Israeli elections: Bibi channels Trump
April 3rd, 20190 TEL AVIV — As Israel's April 9 elections approaches with a possible indictment on corruption charges, Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu's advisers are channeling President Trump's use of social media to sway the opinions of millions of his social media followers. His young campaign advisers are sending out a steady supply of...
Community notables honored at The Arab American News’ 35th anniversary banquet
April 2nd, 20190 DEARBORN - The Arab American News is more than just a journalistic institution that delivers the news. After 35 years of being a pillar in the community, the paper has seen politicians, socialites and activists from the community grow and serve others in becoming citizens who bring contributions to Michigan and the nation at...
Famous kids’ show “Fozi Mozi & Tutti” comes to Dearborn
April 2nd, 20190 DEARBORN – The cast from YouTube’s famous kids’ show "Fozi Mozi & Tutti", an Arabic children's program, will visit Dearborn in April as part of their American tour. There are barely any Arab American programs for kids available. Fozi Mozi & Tutti are characters from an Arabic children’s channel known on YouTube for...
Jerusalem’s Bishop Attallah Hanna visits Metro Detroit next week
March 27th, 20190 LIVONIA — The Palestine Aid Society of America will be hosting Jerusalem's Bishop Atallah Hanna on Sunday, March 31 at St. Mary's Cultural Center in Livonia. Hanna will serve as a keynote speaker during the Day of the Land Commemoration. Born in the Galilean village of Al Rameh, Theodosius (Atallah) Hanna attended Thessalonica...
MI attorney general and justices announce Michigan Elder Abuse task force
March 25th, 20190 The Arab American News LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined with Supreme Court Justices Richard Bernstein and Megan Cavanagh, Midland County Prosecutor J. Dee Brooks, state legislators Rep. Brian Elder and Sen. Paul Wojno, and 72-year-old Macomb resident Dennis Burgio to announce the formation of the Michigan...
Arab American National Museum appoints new director
February 26th, 20190 DEARBORN – The Arab American National Museum (AANM) welcomes a new director, Dr. Diana Abouali. Fluent in English and Arabic, Abouali has worked in the higher education, cultural heritage and museum sectors in the U.S., Palestine and Jordan. She will begin her tenure as AANM director on April 1. “We are confident that with...
Israeli ministers pledge to settle ‘2 million Jews’ in West Bank in the heart of Palestinian communities
February 26th, 20190 The Arab American News WEST BANK - Israel has approved some 4,000 new settlement units as part of a massive settlement project spanning across occupied East Jerusalem and into West Jerusalem, Israeli media reported. Jerusalem’s planning and construction committee approved the project earlier this week, paving the way for 4,416......
Egyptian-American actor Rami Malek wins best actor at 2019 Oscars
February 26th, 20190 The Arab American News By Farah Harb Rami Malek, a first generation American and son of Egyptian immigrants to the United States, has won an Academy Award for his lead role in Bohemian Rhapsody, a film about the life of Queen’s lead singer Freddie Mercury. On his way to the Oscar podium, Malek picked up similar wins at the...
Israeli pharmaceutical firms test medicines and weapons on Palestinians
February 24th, 20190 JERUSALEM - In yet another violation of Palestinian rights, the Israel occupation authorities issue permits to large pharmaceutical firms to carry out tests on Palestinian and Arab prisoners, according to a report by Israeli Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian issued yesterday. In addition, the Hebrew University lecturer also revealed......
Number of hate groups increases amid rise in White supremacy
February 21st, 20190 The Southern Poverty Law Center reported that the number of hate groups active in the U.S. rose to its highest level in two decades last year, according to an annual survey released Wednesday. Just from 2017 to 2018, the percentage has gone up by 7 percent, the survey reports. The groups range from White supremacists to Black...
Palestinian lawsuit reopened in U.S. court against billionaire Israeli American donor Sheldon Adelson
February 20th, 20190 Jewish-American mogul Sheldon Adelson faces a billion-dollar lawsuit that the U.S. appeals court has reopened, seeking to hold him and other Israeli donors and supporters (more than 30 people) liable for war crimes and support of Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Sadaf Jaffer sworn in as America’s first female Muslim mayor
February 20th, 20190 MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, NJ - Sadaf Jaffer was sworn in as mayor of Montgomery Township, N.J., a rapidly growing municipality of about 25,000 north of Princeton, making her the country’s first female Muslim mayor, first female Pakistani American mayor and first female South Asian American mayor. Jaffer has a doctorate from Harvard with...
Trump declares national emergency to build border wall, Michigan Democrats criticize decision
February 15th, 20190 LANSING - Prominent Michigan Democrats are responding to President Trump’s national emergency declaration to pay for a wall at the southern border. Despite Congress refusal to grant him, Trump declared a national emergency at the border on Friday to access billions of dollars to build a border wall that......
Thousands of mourners lined up to pay tribute to ‘a true hero’ former Congressman John D. Dingell
February 11th, 20190 DEARBORN — Mourning her husband, John Dingell Jr.’s death, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell waited tearfully on Monday as his flag-draped casket received thousands of mourners who came to pay tribute to the veteran hailed as a "true warrior" for the people. The mourners lined up for the visitation at the Ford Community and Performing Arts...
UAE uses cyber-weapon “Karma” to spy on adversaries
January 30th, 20190 UAE - The United Arab Emirates employed a team of former U.S. government intelligence operatives to hack into the iPhones of activists, diplomats and rival foreign leaders with the help of a spying tool called Karma. This campaign shows the potential of dangerous cyber-weapons that are passing through the hands of world’s superpowers......
Arab American named best salesman in America for Empire Today
January 26th, 20190 HOUSTON – The successes of members of the Arab American community are expanding from the political and the scientific fields to sales and entrepreneurship, among many other areas. Patience and insight guided the vision of Ali Hodroj, a child of the border town of Hunin between Lebanon and Palestine, who was named the best salesman in...
Why is the BDS movement a thorn in Israel’s and its backers’ sides?
January 18th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement has apparently shaken enough trees in the Zionist-Israeli avenue to provoke a local reaction in the Senate, where Republicans are trying to pass a bill making the movement illegal. Two Republican Senators, Marco Rubio from Florida and James Risch from Idaho,......
