Dearborn alleys scheduled for reconstruction
April 13th, 20180 DEARBORN — A number of alleys throughout the city are scheduled to be improved this year. Scheduled repairs include pavement at 650 locations and sidewalk repairs at approximately 200 locations. Construction will begin in the spring. Some alley locations are scheduled to be inspected. These alleys are east of Schaefer between...
Hamadeh Educational Services to host inaugural scholarship gala on 20th anniversary
April 13th, 20180 Advertorial DEARBORN HEIGHTS – They say it takes a village to raise a child, but effective avenues to accomplish that are few and far between. Hamadeh Educational Services (HES), will do just that by holding its inaugural Scholarship Gala on Friday, April 20 at the Edward Hotel in Dearborn. Proceeds from the event will...
House Speaker Ryan to quit, shaking Republicans as elections near
April 13th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan will not seek re-election and will leave his post at the start of 2019, dealing a blow to fellow Republicans and President Trump ahead of fast-approaching Congressional elections. By triggering a House leadership struggle when the party should focus on defending its...
Michigan State student sues, claims school ignored rape by basketball players
April 13th, 20180 DETROIT — A Michigan State University journalism student sued the school on Monday, claiming she was raped by three basketball players and that she was discouraged by counselors from reporting the 2015 attack to police. Identified as Jane Doe in the U.S. District Court lawsuit, the student, who was 18 at the time, claims MSU had a...
Community hosts fundraiser for Michigan Supreme Court justices
April 13th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News DEARBORN — Several community members, including fellow judges, were present Tuesday at a fundraiser for Justices Kurtis T. Wilder and Elizabeth T. Clement, hosted by Published Osama Siblani at La Pita. Both justices are running for reelection this year. Last year, Gov. Snyder...
Flint free from state oversight
April 13th, 20180 FLINT — When Flint’s oversight moved to a receivership transition advisory board, Governor Snyder stated that city officials worked hard to reverse the financial emergency that led to state-appointed emergency managers from November 2011 to April 2015. Flint’s emergency manager changed the city’s water source in 2014 in an...
How could the citizenship question on 2020 Census impact Dearborn?
April 13th, 20180 DEARBORN – Even as the city looks to a new dawn of economic prosperity with a wide range of major investments, it could be dealt a blow two in two years. Residents, city officials and community advocates are anxious about the implications of a proposed question on the 2020 Census that would ask people if they’re citizens. They...
After Parkland shooting, states shift education funds to school safety
April 13th, 20180 NEW YORK – Before the ink could dry on Florida Governor Rick Scott’s signature last month, critics cried foul over the bill he signed into law to spend $400 million boosting security at schools across the state following February’s Parkland mass shooting. School officials, local sheriffs and Democrats opposed different...
Arab Student Union creates street art protest at U of M-Dearborn
April 13th, 20180 DEARBORN – On March 30, Land Day 2018, the Israeli army shot more than 1,000 protesters killing 17 of them, according to multiple reports. On April 8, members of the Arab Student Union at the University of Michigan-Dearborn drew bodies outlined in chalk, with the names of the victims written inside them, on the sidewalk between the...
Metro Detroit Youth Foundation offering scholarships to high school students
April 13th, 20180 WARREN — In support of the foundation's 36th annual Metro Detroit Youth Day, the Michigan Youth Appreciation Foundation is offering 100-125 scholarships per year to graduating seniors who have been accepted to a university, college or collegiate program beginning in the fall of 2018. In an effort to encourage the students to further...
Lebanese embassy urges participation in parliamentary elections following community’s voting concerns
April 13th, 20182 Is voting for Hezbollah candidates considered material support? DEARBORN – Some Lebanese Americans who are seeking to vote in Lebanon’s May 6 parliamentary elections for the first time are concerned that casting their ballots will label them as supporters of terrorism and lead to their facing persecution and extra...
Federal agents raid Dearborn clinic
April 13th, 20180 DEARBORN – FBI agents conducted a raid April 12 on Detroit Visiting Physicians, a clinic owned by Dr. Fares Yasin, removing boxes of evidence. Yasin has been accused of overprescribing opioids as well as other drugs. Agents also raided Yasin’s home and six cars before visiting the Michigan Ave. clinic. “There'd be lines...
Congress zeroes in on Facebook
April 13th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg navigated through his first congressional hearings On Tuesday and Wednesday without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business. During nearly five hours of questioning by 44 U.S. senators on the first day,...
Local pharmacists and doctor charged with insurance fraud
April 13th, 20180 DETROIT – Four pharmacists, a doctor and a patient recruiter have been charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office in connection with a scheme to bill insurance companies for medicine that was not given to patients. Pharmacists Samir Berri of West Bloomfield, Anthony Cole of Wyandotte, Shamimur Rahman of Clinton Township, Ghassan Hamka...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg starts testifying in Senate hearing
April 10th, 20180 WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO ―Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg started testifying before Congress on Tuesday as he looks to fend off the possibility of new regulations as a result of the privacy scandal engulfing his social network. The 33-year-old internet mogul faces tough questioning from a joint hearing of the U.S.......
Flint school children to be screened for effects of lead after agreement
April 10th, 20180 LANSING ― School children in Flint will receive screening and in-depth health assessments to measure the effects of lead-tainted drinking water on their ability to learn, under a more than $4 million legal agreement reached on Monday. The agreement partially settled a federal lawsuit related to a water crisis in Flint that drew...
Tailor charged with criminal sexual misconduct
April 6th, 20180 LIVONIA – A 57-year-old tailor is facing criminal sexual misconduct charges for allegedly inappropriately touching two of his customers. Majed (Mark) Mohamad Wazni, a Dearborn resident, was charged on March 28 with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. The charges involve......
Bills under consideration to make registering to vote easier
April 6th, 20180 LANSING — Legislation before the Michigan House of Representatives is expected to make it easier for citizens with driver’s licenses or state identification cards to register to vote. The bill was passed by the Senate unanimously. “Our online services already allow for changes in address for both driver’s license and voter...
Trump to order National Guard to protect border with Mexico
April 6th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump, unable to get Congress or Mexico to fully fund his border wall, will post National Guard troops along the Mexican frontier, officials said on Wednesday, in a move that was likely to escalate tensions with a key U.S. ally. The Trump administration was working with the governors of the four...
Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony takes place April 10
April 6th, 20180 DEARBORN — The 30th annual Mayor’s Arts Awards Ceremony will take place inside studio A at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, April 10. The awards, which are open to the public at no charge, are presented by the Dearborn Community Arts Council and the mayor’s office. “The DCAC looks forward to...
Forum on ‘Orville Hubbard and contemporary struggles in and beyond Southeast Michigan’ held at UM-Dearborn
April 6th, 20180 DEARBORN – Students of Joshua Akers’ Introduction to Urban and Regional Studies class put together a forum on March 29 to discuss the statue of former Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard and to have a broader discussion of racism in and beyond Southeast Michigan. The standing-room-only forum, which Akers moderated, was held in a......
On Imam Ali’s birthday, Rev. Wendell Anthony urges Muslims to ‘stand up’ for justice amid rising Islamophobia
April 6th, 20180 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On March 30, a day that marked the birth of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Rev. Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit Branch NAACP, spoke to a diverse, capacity crowd about "the voice of human justice" at the Islamic Institute of America. Anthony commemorated Imam Ali’s legacy of...
Lane closures announced for section of Ford Road
April 6th, 20180 DEARBORN — The Michigan Department of Transportation announced that lanes on Ford Road between Telegraph Road and Inkster Road will close for construction beginning April 6. Two lanes will be open in both directions during morning and afternoon rush hours. While during off-peak times, nights and weekends, only one lane will be open......
Ghada Abdallah appointed to Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority board
April 6th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News Abdallah took the fight against substance abuse as a personal mission one month after she lost her 38-year-old cousin to addiction. DETROIT – After being the first Arab American and Muslim woman appointed to the Michigan Pharmacists Association in 2016 and a member of the Detroit Wayne...
Poll: Support for Trump’s immigration stance slips among supporters
April 6th, 20180 While people who voted for President Trump are still largely supportive of his immigration policies, their approval has eroded somewhat since he took office, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling. As Trump plans to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, some key findings from an ongoing Reuters/Ipsos immigration poll are that while about......
