Southend residents encouraged to call for clean air March 11
Residents from Dearborn’s Southend are encouraged to join others living in Wayne County’s heavily polluted ZIP codes on March 11 for a meeting about harmful SO2 emissions in Wayne County at River Rouge High School, 1460 W. Coolidge Highway, River Rouge MI 48218. A portion of Wayne County is failing to meet and state federal...Court to decide whether Bible Believers’ lawsuit can move forward
DEARBORN—The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio is expected to hear arguments today about whether a lawsuit by the Bible Believers can proceed against Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon and two deputies. The Christian evangelist group from California claims the Wayne County sheriff’s...
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for Chapel Hill shooter
March 3rd, 20150 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — North Carolina prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the Chapel Hill shooter who gunned down three young Muslims in a suspected hate crime, which his defense claims was about a parking dispute.Craig Hicks, 46, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the Feb. 10 shooting deaths of a...
Residents, civil rights groups concerned about Kroger investigation
February 27th, 20150 DEARBORN — The investigation of a violent altercation involving a 61-year-old Muslim man and two White men at a local Kroger earlier this month is of growing concern to residents and local civil rights groups. The incident at the Kroger on Michigan Ave. and Greenfield took place just three days after the murders of three Muslim...
Local seniors hopeful following article about food stamp cuts
February 27th, 20150 DEARBORN — A local senior citizen said she's received some assistance following a story The Arab American News published last week that cited drastic food stamp cuts that were made by the state last year. Hala Anne Brown, who resides at the Normandy Apartments on Michigan and Telegraph, said that since November, the state cut her...
Department of Human Services employees protest understaffing
February 27th, 20150 DHS employees protesting in front of the department's branch on Greenfield and Joy Road, Feb. 25.DETROIT — About 50 employees of the Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS) protested in front of the DHS branch at Greenfield and Joy Road, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, demanding more workers, better computers and better...
League of Women Voters marks 95 years
February 27th, 20150 Betsy Cushman, president of the LWV-DDH.DEARBORN — The League of Women Voters of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights (LWV-DDH) celebrated the League’s 95th anniversary on Thursday, Feb. 19 at Byblos Banquet Hall with hundreds in attendance, including state, national and local leaders. The event, entitled “Empowering Democracy”,...
Arab boxer excites crowd, community in professional debut
February 27th, 20150 DETROIT — Raw strength, a tenacious spirit and an unrelenting drive are all traits memorable fighters have in common– qualities quite evident in Mohamed “The Hawk” Adam, the emerging Arab American boxer from Dearborn. Adam took the boxing world by storm at his professional debut Feb. 6– in a fight that ended in a 37...Community leaders file letters in support of Rasmea Odeh
DETROIT — Defense attorneys for Rasmea Odeh, Chicago’s 67-year-old Palestinian community leader, filed a "sentencing memorandum" in a Detroit federal court, arguing that Odeh “should not be sentenced to further imprisonment” following her conviction in November on a single charge of Unlawful Procurement of Naturalization....
Court of Appeals upholds $1.2 million-judgment against Judge Somers
February 27th, 20150 19th District Court Judge Mark Somers. DEARBORN — On Friday, Feb. 13, eight years and a day after Julie Pucci filed suit against 19th District Court Chief Judge Mark Somers, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion affirming a judgment in her favor. “I had all these emotions. I felt complete...
Henry Ford College to host Women’s Recognition Luncheon
February 27th, 20150 DEARBORN — Four women leaders will serve on a speakers’ panel at Henry Ford College’s (HFC) 42nd annual Women’s Recognition Luncheon – “Women Leaders: Driving Our Future” – on Friday, March 27, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event will take place at the Student and Culinary Arts Center, located on the main campus....
Dave Abdallah Team honored by Century 21
February 27th, 20150 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Real estate agent Dave Abdallah was honored at the Century 21 Global Conference in Washington D.C. this week. Abdullah accepted two awards during the conference on behalf of his staff. The Dave Abdullah Team earned two of the company’s most prestigious awards: the Number One Team in the USA award and the...
Target denies report of “Sharia Law” policy in Dearborn Heights
February 27th, 20150 Target, located on Ford Rd. and John Daly in Dearborn Heights DEARBORN HEIGHTS— Last week a false and misleading article published by a right-wing website titled "Target surrenders to Sharia law in this sickening way" caused an uproar on social media.The website routinely relies on pro-Christian and anti-Muslim propaganda to...
State of the City: Mayor O’Reilly discusses Dearborn’s progress
February 26th, 20150 Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly, Feb. 25DEARBORN— In his eighth State of the City address, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, Mayor Jack O'Reilly Jr. focused on the city’s progress and recovery from the recession. Department heads, county commissioners, judges and prominent community figures attended the mayor's speech at the new Dearborn...
Detroit mayor and city council join Arab American anti-bigotry campaign
February 25th, 20150 DETROIT—Mayor Mike Duggan and the City Council publicly pledged their support of the Campaign to Take On Hate on Feb. 24, in an announcement dubbed "historic" by the campaign's organizers.During a City Council meeting, Council Member Raquel Castañeda-López introduced a resolution to officially join the......
Dearborn: Kroger incident is not a hate crime
February 20th, 20150 DEARBORN - The city has issued a press release stating that an incident that occurred at a Kroger last Thursday, February 12, 2015 involving two white males from Taylor who attacked a Muslim father while he was shopping with his children does not classify as a hate crimeIn a press release the city said;"All of the facts have been...
Muslims concerned for their safety after Chapel Hill shootings
February 20th, 20150 Michigan legislators joining the campaign to Take on Hate, Feb. 17.DEARBORN — Floods of bigoted online comments, right-wing blogs and blatantly anti-Muslim remarks by politicians and national media figures have long been indicators of the growing anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States. But over the past two weeks,......
Panel discusses Detroit’s challenges and media bias
February 20th, 20150 (L-R) Osama Siblani, Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson. DETROIT — As Detroit emerges from bankruptcy, state and regional leaders are focusing on other problems that prevent the city from moving forward. The Arab American News’ publisher, Osama Siblani; Detroit Free Press editorial page editor, Stephen Henderson and Detroit...
Two Taylor men questioned in Dearborn Kroger hate crime, ADC-MI raises concerns
February 20th, 20150 Kroger located at Michigan Ave. and Greenfield Rd. DEARBORN — Police and federal authorities are questioning two men from Taylor about their involvement in a possible hate crime that occurred at a Dearborn Kroger last week. Mayor Jack O'Reilly told The Arab American News Wednesday morning that the city is still conducting an...
Local senior citizens struggling after unexpected food stamp cuts
February 20th, 20150 Brown resides at Normandy Apartments in Dearborn, where several senior citizens experienced food stamp cutsDEARBORN – A local resident of a Dearborn senior citizen home claims she is struggling financially after the state drastically cut her food assistance benefits and local mosques have been negligent in aiding her. Hala Anne...
Metro Detroit Iraqi priests ordained as bishops
February 20th, 20150 DETROIT — Two Chaldean priests from metro Detroit—Basil Yaldo and Emanual Shaleta— were recently ordained as bishops. Yaldo came to the United States after he was kidnapped for three days in Iraq in 2006 and physically abused by his attackers before being released. He’d also received death threats subsequent to his......
Qazwini leading Friday prayer at Al-Zahra Islamic Center
February 20th, 20150 DEARBORN — Sayed Hassan Qazwini will temporarily lead Friday prayers at the Al-Zahra Islamic Center, beginning Feb. 20. Qazwini previously held Friday prayer at the Dearborn Ford Community and Performing Arts Center after the board of the Islamic Center of America (ICA) suspended him for two months. The ICA’s board of...
Community commemorates lives of Chapel Hill victims
February 20th, 20150 DETROIT — Last weekend, Metro Detroit’s Arab American community commemorated the lives of the three victims of the Chapel Hill shootings, Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, through a series of events organized to express solidarity with the victims and their......
U.S. surgeon general: Arab inclusion on the census would produce valuable data
February 20th, 20150 U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy (3rd from right) with ACCESS officials.DEARBORN — U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said the inclusion of Arab Americans on the census would help the federal government gather important data about the health needs of the community. Murthy met with Arab American researchers and medical...
State attorney general joins anti-immigration reform lawsuit
February 19th, 20150 More than 150 community members protested Republican Congresswoman Candice Miller's stance on President Obama's immigration order, Feb. 19LANSING— A lawsuit signed by 26 Republican leaders nationwide has temporarily blocked immigration orders signed by President Obama. The immigration orders would protect up......
