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International calls for peace as Turkey begins assault on Kurdish-held northeast Syria
October 12th, 20190 NORTHEAST SYRIA - Turkey, under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, began its assault on Kurdish-held northeastern Syria on Wednesday after President Trump withdrew U.S. troops from the region, with bombs coming down on Turkish border towns on Thursday. News agencies report that Turkey's military is pushing deeper into Syrian territory...
Dr. Youssef Mosallam named Crestwood’s new superintendent
October 12th, 20190 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On Wednesday night, the Crestwood Public Schools Board of Trustees held a special board meeting to appoint Dr. Youssef Mosallam the district's first Arab American superintendent. Mosallam is an educator who served in leadership positions in the Dearborn Public Schools in different capacities for more than two...
Immigrant advocates prepare for DHS’s tightened new public charge rule
October 12th, 20190 YPSILANTI – Attorneys from the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) have shared information about the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new public charge rule ahead of its implementation this month. Following the August 14 publishing of new changes to the ground of admissibility of immigrants to the U.S. based on the...
Alleged victim testifies at Ibrahim Aljahim’s trial, confusion and deadlock ensues
October 10th, 20190 HAMTRAMCK – At a preliminary examination for Ibrahim Aljahim at the 31st District Court in Hamtramck on Thursday, both prosecutors and defense were unable to pin down for the court an accurate description of what occurred on the day of an alleged sexual assault by Aljahim on a student at the Oakland International Academy High...
Garden City Hospital celebrates five-year transformation and major facility upgrades
October 9th, 20190 GARDEN CITY — Garden City Hospital (GCH) celebrated its fifth anniversary with Prime Healthcare last month with a celebration of achievements in improved patient safety, efficiency, better outcomes and reduced cost. The improvements and new additions were unveiled at two open house events held at the hospital on September 25 and...Gantz to Netanyahu: Unity government, not an immunity government
JERUSULAM — Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz continued his call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to relinquish his long hold of the country’s government Thursday. The Israeli publication Haaretz reports that Gantz called to establish a broad, liberal unity government without Netanyahu’s involvement. Gantz...
AAPAC votes to endorse Dearborn Public School’s BRICS bond
October 6th, 20190 DEARBORN — Dearborn Public Schools (DPS) representatives met with the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) on Monday to present and discuss their proposal and seek endorsement for the upcoming BRICS bond placed on the November 5 ballot. The public meeting, held at The Arab American News offices in Dearborn, included...
40 years of service: Celebrating ACC’s mission with focus on the Seven Mile Project
October 6th, 20190 DETROIT – A usually quiet neighborhood on Seven Mile Road near John R appeared bustling with life on a pleasant, sunny Tuesday morning as a team of volunteers worked hard to organize a bimonthly food pantry. By 11 a.m., a large crowd of the area needy had convened on the four-building complex used by the Arab American and Chaldean...
Trump publicly calls for China to probe Bidens
October 6th, 20190 WASHINGTON (AP) — On Thursday, President Trump publicly encouraged China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, snubbing his nose at an impeachment inquiry into whether a similar, private appeal to another foreign government violated his oath of office. Trump declared at the White House, “China should start an...
New revelations in Ibrahim Aljahim sexual assault case, judge orders tether
October 3rd, 20190 HAMTRAMCK –Embattled Yemeni American and Oakland International Academy Community Liaison Ibrahim Aljahim appeared in the 31st District Court in Hamtramck on Thursday for a probable cause hearing. The appearance is Aljahim’s second since being arraigned on two charges of criminal sexual conduct involving a mentally disabled victim....
Informational meetings about BRICS bond to continue through October
September 29th, 20190 DEARBORN — Dearborn residents interested in getting more information on Dearborn Public School’s proposed BRICS bond can still attend DPS planned informational meetings through October. A question on the November 5 ballot will ask residents to approve a new $240 million bond for the district. The new bonds will not increase the...
Dearborn bodybuilder Ibrahim “Big Abe” Klait plans to stay strong on his path at age 50
September 29th, 20190 DEARBORN – At age 50, Dearborn bodybuilder Ibrahim Klait continued his extraordinary performance streak by coming in second this year in the Mr. Universe competition in New Jersey on July 4. The event featured 1,700 bodybuilders. Klait competed in the 35, 40 and 50-year-old categories and two different weight classes. Klait also...
Bernie Sanders pickets with UAW at Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant
September 25th, 20190 HAMTRAMCK - Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was in Detroit to picket with striking UAW workers at the gigantic General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant on Wednesday. The labor strike is now in its 10th day. UAW members and supporters can be routinely seen picketing outside of the 4...
Dems launch impeachment inquiry against Trump
September 24th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — After several months of ineffectual investigations into President Trump's administration, including a report by special counsel Robert Mueller that seems to have landed nowhere, congressional Democrats are finally launching an impeachment probe against the president. Democrats quickly switched their focus away...
Refugee resettlement project finds home in Hamtramck
September 23rd, 20190 HAMTRAMCK – The city of Hamtramck is expected to see three new two-family homes as part of a refugee resettlement project. The project, dubbed Freedom Village, will provide refugees affordable transitional housing. Construction is underway and is expected to be complete by the summer of 2020. Wayne County will utilize funds from......
Dearborn Schools’ new lunch menu features ethnic halal food with emphasis on nutrition
September 23rd, 20190 DEARBORN – Its been little over three years since Dearborn School Superintendent Glenn Maleyko was approached by his student advisory council about the availability of healthier, more halal and ethnic choices on the school lunch menu. “When it came to school lunches, I heard from some of our customers, which are students, and I...
Dearborn Police investigate death of Taylor woman, reward offered for information
September 21st, 20190 DEARBORN – Dearborn Police Department say that at approximately 7:45 am on Friday, September 20, its officers responded to a secluded area near Paul Avenue and Southfield Freeway on report of an unresponsive female that had been located there. On arrival, they discovered an injured 34-year-old female Taylor resident. After......
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau pleads forgiveness for blackface and brownface incidents
September 21st, 20190 WINNIPEG– Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau begged his country for forgiveness on Thursday after multiple reports of him in both blackface and brownface emerged this week. On Wednesday, Time magazine published a photo of Trudeau in brownface while dressed as Aladdin at an “Arabian Nights” costume party in 2001. It was taken...
Zarif: Military strike against Iran by Saudi Arabia or U.S. will result in “all-out war”
September 20th, 20190 TEHRAN/RIYADH — Any U.S. or Saudi military strike against Iran would bring “all-out war”, Tehran said on Thursday, keeping up a drumbeat of warnings to its adversaries after they accused the Islamic Republic of a strike on Saudi oil facilities. The United States has been discussing with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf allies’...
Netanyahu loses ground, calls on Gantz to form unity government
September 20th, 20190 TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is beseeching his chief rival Benny Gantz to form a “broad unity government” with Netanyahu at the helm, after failing to gain a clear election victory twice in six months. Gantz declared victory on Thursday after his Kahol Lavan edged over Likud in Israel's Tuesday’s...
52-year-old Dearborn resident killed after being struck by Amtrak train
September 19th, 20190 DEARBORN – At approximately 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dearborn Police responded to a call about a man down at the train tracks south of Michigan Ave. between Mason and Monroe. Dearborn Police and Fire personnel found an Amtrak passenger train stopped on the tracks and a 52-year-old Dearborn resident injured on the ground. First......
Dingell releases updates to legislation on Drunk Driving Act
September 17th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) released updates to her legislation designed to reduce drunk driving deaths across the country. The updated Honoring Abbas Family Legacy to Terminate (HALT) Drunk Driving Act will require the commercialization of and implement standards for passive alcohol...
Dearborn Police request help identifying two people in armed robbery
September 16th, 20190 DEARBORN - The Dearborn Police Department need help identifying a male and a female suspect who are wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a Dearborn resident on September 12. Dearborn Police officers responded to the 7700 block of Indiana shortly after midnight on Thursday to respond to a report of an armed......
Two men wanted for July robbery at Tim Hortons on Ford
September 16th, 20190 DEARBORN – Dearborn Police Department is requesting assistance in identifying two men wanted in connection with an assault and robbery at the Tim Hortons at 24921 Ford Road on July 10 at 8 pm. Investigators discovered that the victim involved had been in the parking lot of Tim Hortons to sell a laptop. A man arrived in a silver...
Michigan health care providers pay $400,000 in back wages to 476 employees
September 14th, 20190 DETROIT — Two Detroit area residential care facilities operated by Beaumont Health will pay $400,007 in back wages to 476 employees after investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found the employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime and record keeping......
