Community briefs: Arab Americans reach out to North American Indian Association of Detroit
April 4th, 20090 Arab American and American Indian leaders came together Tuesday in a rare meeting between the two communities with goals of strengthening bonds and discussing issues of mutual concern. Heads of the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee Michigan and the North American Indian Association (NAIA) of Detroit said the two groups met...
Galloway galvanizes Arab audience in Dearborn
April 4th, 20090 The Morrocan-Algerian border has been opened only twice in the last 10 years. British MP George Galloway, a fervent advocate for Palestinian rights, speaks in Dearborn on March 27. Both times, it was for George Galloway. The British Member of Parliament led an aid convoy through the two countries on the way to Iraq in...
Students win public health scholarships
April 4th, 20090 With the school year drawing to a close, high school students everywhere are on the lookout for scholarships to the colleges of their choice. Three students at Dearborn-area high schools were among the recent scholarship winners in the 2008-09 Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson...
New east side restaurant a welcome addition
April 4th, 20090 Everyone knows that Dearborn is the destination of choice for authentic Middle Eastern food in metro Detroit. But trying to find some variety in the cuisine on the east side of town can be difficult at times. Deliziosa offers a wide range of menu items, all halal, to please their customers. Hassane Awada realized that the market...Obama’s stance toward Iran is the same as Bush’s
President Bush leaves the White House for the last time as president with Barack Obama on the way to the swearing in of the 44th president on Jan. 20. By brushing aside the official government of Iran last week, President Obama...
Imperial domination for resources
March 28th, 20090 "American Raj: Liberation or Domination? – Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World" Eric S. Margolis Key Porter Books, Toronto, 2008. In a wide-ranging and thorough overview of essentially the Middle East, but also the rest of the Muslim world, Eric Margolis' recent work "American Raj" should become a...
Finkelstein doesn’t mince words at Arab student banquet
March 28th, 20090 Norman Finkelstein addresses the crowd at the annual dinner of the University of Michigan-Dearborn's Arab Student Union (ASU). PHOTO: Khalil AlHajal/TAAN DEARBORN — Political science scholar Norman Finkelstein pulled no punches in a...
Rothchild tours country, talks about Palestine
March 28th, 20090 DEARBORN — American Jewish doctor and peace activist Alice Rothchild has been touring the country telling about her experiences in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. She'll be in Troy on Sunday for a book signing and in Detroit on Monday to interview survivors of "AlNakba," or "the catastrophe" — the displacement of hundreds of...
Arab American among state’s top high school wrestlers
March 28th, 20090 DEARBORN — The journey to the State Finals is so difficult that many wrestlers only make it there once in their entire high school careers. Khodor Hoballah, third from right, of Dearborn High School, took third place in the 160-pound division of the state wrestling championship finals. Photos courtesy of Radwan Hoballah On top...
Community briefs: Asian American group reports voting rights violations
March 28th, 20090 A report released by the Asian American Legal Defense Education Fund found that Asian Americans face many barriers preventing them from exercising their right to vote. AALDEF volunteers monitored polling stations in Detroit-area precincts with Arab American populations during the November election as part of the study. The report,...U.S. Muslim coalition considers suspending relations with FBI
WASHINGTON — A coalition of major national Muslim organizations this week announced that it is considering suspending outreach relations with the FBI, citing recent incidents in which American mosques and Muslim groups have been targeted. In a statement, the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT),...
HOPE banquet to feature outspoken advocate Galloway
March 21st, 20090 DEARBORN — Two weeks after a month-long journey leading a 100-vehicle aid convoy into Gaza, George Galloway is to speak to an eager crowd in Dearborn on March 27 at a major student-led fundraiser for the battered Palestinian territory. British politician George Galloway (C) sits with Palestinian students near their school, the...
Chaldean sports reporter loves Detroit
March 21st, 20090 Thousands of people across the country dream about the prestige and excitement that comes with being a television reporter. But when the bright lights come on for the first time, many simply can't handle it. Heather Zara of WDIV-Local 4 feels a sense of teamwork with her sports colleagues. WDIV-Local 4 reporter Heather Zara is...
Community news briefs: Dearborn police officers charged with bribery, tax evasion
March 21st, 20090 DEARBORN — A police officer and an Arab American resident were charged March 13 in connection with bribery allegations involving traffic tickets. Dearborn resident Hassan H. Hojaije, L, and police officer Alex Brian Ramirez were charged March 13. Dearborn Police Officer Alex Brian Ramirez, 42 was arraigned in 19th District...
Job seekers flock to employment fair
March 21st, 20090 DEARBORN — The official start time for the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services' job fair was 9 a.m., but that didn't stop eager job-seekers from lining up as early as 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Job seekers engage employers and fill out forms at an ACCESS job fair in Dearborn on Wednesday. ACCESS Operations......
Hot air brings no winds of change
JERUSALEM — Last November, on the day marking the assassination of Israel's peace-making leader Yitzhak Rabin, the now outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Israelis something which, for decades, not even Rabin had dared say — we must end the occupation of the Palestinian territories and return to the 1967 borders....Israeli policy gives Jews a bad name
Most Jews I know get little pleasure from the existence of Israel; just the opposite. They feel disgusted by the behavior of their tribal kin toward Palestinians. This antipathy doesn't concern Israel's right to exist, a phony argument still maintained by hard line Zionists. Israel exists, period. Most of the world recognizes that.......
One more farcical tour of the Middle East
It was almost dreamlike, watching Secretary of State Hillary Clinton make her visit to Israel, one that can be called the first of many trips pretending to encourage peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. It's a dream I've had several times over; one needs only to simply fill in the names of the various U.S. secretaries of...
Community briefs: Three locals charged with mortgage fraud
March 14th, 20090 Belly dance show at DSO Miles Copeland, former manager of the groundbreaking '80s rock trio The Police, began putting together a troupe of American bellydancers in 2002 with the intention of doing for the Middle East what "Riverdance" did for Ireland. The Bellydance...
Finkelstein to keynote ASU banquet
March 14th, 20090 DEARBORN — An energetic group of college students hopes to add an extra spark to their efforts as Arab American youth activists when they bring Norman Finkelstein — a well-known scholar on Israeli-Palestinian conflict who causes a stir every time he speaks in the Detroit area — to keynote their annual "Empowering the Youth" dinner...
Oakland International Academy garners award
March 14th, 20090 When it comes to handing out funds to local schools, scores on the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) tests are an important factor. Oakland Superintendent Ahmed Saber (left), and faculty members Conrad Koch, Adnan Aabed, and Eraqi Eraqi. Photo courtesy of Conrad Koch But doesn't mean that they are always fair.......
Group celebrates Saadeh birthday, legacy
March 14th, 20090 SOUTHFIELD — Syria's ambassador to the U.S. Imad Mustapha spoke at the Silver Garden Theater on March 7 during a commemoration of the birthday of Antun Saadeh, founder of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. Syria's ambassador to the U.S. Imad Mustapha speaks at the Silver Garden Theater in Southfield on March 7 during a...
CAAO delegation to visit Qatar, meet emir
March 14th, 20090 A delegation of local Arab Americans organized by the Congress of Arab American Organizations (CAAO) is to depart Saturday for Doha, Qatar, where the group is scheduled to meet with the Gulf nation's leader Emir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani on Sunday. A plaque to be presented to the emir of Qatar by a delegation of Arab Americans......
Attorney relates horror of Gaza
March 14th, 20090 A member of a delegation of lawyers that traveled to Gaza in February spoke to a group of Palestinian rights activists in Dearborn on Tuesday about the fact-finding mission. Linda Mansour, one of nine National Lawyers Guild delegates who traveled to Gaza in February on a fact-finding mission, speaks to representatives of the...
GM warns it may not survive
March 7th, 20090 DETROIT — General Motors Corp on Thursday said its auditors had raised "substantial doubt" about its ability to survive outside bankruptcy if it fails to stem its losses and stop burning cash. A flock of birds sits on a covered General Motors sign at an abandoned auto dealership in Warren, Michigan, in this December 18, 2008......
