Arab American Women’s Business Council host networking get-together
August 24th, 20180 DEARBORN — The Arab American Women’s Business Council (AAWBC), a nonprofit organization that addresses the needs of Arab American women professionals and business owners, held a Women of Wisdom event at Mint 29 in west Dearborn on August 22. The AAWBC, which was founded in 2007 in Dearborn, also helps cater to the needs of young...
Kresge Foundation names Arab American woman as lead attorney
August 24th, 20180 TROY — The Kresge Foundation has announced that Metro Detroit native Zenna Elhasan will join the organization on October 1 to serve as its first lead attorney. In her newly created role, Elhasan will advise the foundation’s Board of Trustees and staff on legal matters, support the development and enforcement of foundation policies...
Greater Detroit Area Health Council awards local Arab American activist
August 24th, 20180 DEARBORN ― The Greater Detroit Area Health Council has awarded Hassan Abdallah, co-founder and executive director of SAFE Substance Abuse Coalition, with the Breakthrough Award. He is the first Arab American to receive that distinction from the organization. The GDAHC is a multifaceted leading non-profit that aims to create...
Dearborn Heights to proceed with Warren Valley Golf Course purchase
August 24th, 20180 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – The city is moving forward with the purchase of the Warren Valley Golf Course from Wayne County, despite objections from a newly elected City Council member who claimed the city’s financial condition doesn’t allow for its upkeep. While many residents want to keep the course, they and Councilman Bill Bazzi...
Arab American police officer killed in hit-and-run in Detroit
August 20th, 20180 DETROIT — A Detroit police officer died Wednesday after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on Saturday Aug. 4 on the west side of the city. At a news conference at the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters, Police Chief James Craig said that officer Fadi Shukur would “always be remembered for his magnetic smile.” Mayor Mike...
Families to spend more than $80 billion on school supplies
August 20th, 20180 DETROIT – A survey found families with students will spend $82.8 billion on school shopping this year, which includes both K-12 and college spending. The National Retail Federation’s annual survey, published Thursday, July 12, found most families will spend an average of $684.79 each for their elementary through high school...
Women with breast cancer needed for study
August 20th, 20180 ROYAL OAK — Beaumont researchers are looking for women with and without breast cancer for a national research study at its hospitals in Dearborn, Farmington Hills, Royal Oak and Troy. Its investigators' goal are to learn more about the effects chemotherapy has on breast cancer patients. The research is known as the UPBEAT study or...
More sales tax coming to Michigan from online retailers
August 19th, 20180 LANSING — State Treasurer Nick Khouri said the state’s sales tax administration will now require many mail order and online retailers located outside of Michigan to pay the 6 percent sales tax on taxable sales into the state. This change comes on the heels of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. “This is an important step...
Study ranks Michigan schools at 31st place in the U.S.
August 19th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to a new study by WalletHub, which ranks state with the best and worst school systems, Michigan ranked at number 31 in the United States. This puts more than half of the states in the county at higher rankings. WalletHub, a Washington, D.C.-based personal finance website, compared public school systems...
How fighting cancer advanced high school twins to academic heights
August 18th, 20180 DEARBORN – Not even a life-threatening disease could stop Mohamad Osman in his tracks. It did for only a brief period, shortly after he noticed he was running slower than his usual pace while running cross country and track during his senior year at Dearborn High School in September 2017. A blood test at Henry Ford Hospital’s...
ICE detains Brighton father and business owner
August 18th, 20180 DETROIT — The Detroit branch of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) has detained a Brighton-area father and business owner for the last two weeks. Fanta Doumbia told The AANews that her father, Banny Doumbia, originally from Ivory Coast, West Africa, was detained at his regular check-in at ICE on Friday, Aug....
SAFE holds forum to discuss substance abuse
August 17th, 20180 WAYNE — SAFE (Substance Abuse Coalition) held an open invitation panel discussion with members of law enforcement at HYPE Western Wayne on July 10, to discuss substance abuse. DEA agents, FBI agents and more gathered from 6-8 p.m. to answer questions prepared by SAFE and audience members. Ali Sayed, the founder of HYPE Athletics,...
Ford to invest $740 million in Detroit train station, city development project
August 17th, 20180 DEARBORN — Ford Motor Company disclosed Tuesday it will spend $740 million on a project to revamp Michigan Central Station, Detroit’s historic but dilapidated former rail station, as well as other neighborhood sites. Ford aims to turn the building into a campus of offices for up to 5,000 tech workers and software engineers focused...
Dearborn’s aging public schools need over $160 million in infrastructure upgrades, rebuilds
August 17th, 20180 DEARBORN – More than a dozen of the city’s 29 public schools will turn a century old between 2020 and 2030, according to Dearborn Public Schools Communication Director Dave Mustonen. The district’s operations department has determined that more than $160 million in maintenance and repair is needed to update the schools,...
Dearborn Homecoming Festival 2018 celebrates culture and diversity
August 11th, 20180 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Homecoming Festival, which began on Friday, August 3 and ran through Sunday, August 5, celebrated its 39th anniversary at Ford Field Park in west Dearborn with fireworks, children’s carnival activities, live music, food booths and trucks, crafts for kids, community fundraising, art and more. The music acts......
Ali Ramlawi wins Fifth Ward Ann Arbor City Council race
August 11th, 20180 ANN ARBOR – Challenger Ali Ramlawi defeated Chuck Warpehoski in the Fifth Ward Ann Arbor City Council race on Tuesday, with about 51 percent of the vote. Ramlawi, owner of the Jerusalem Garden restaurant in downtown Ann Arbor, made his second run for City Council within the past year. After almost defeating Chip Smith, the other...
Car dealer deceived consumers and falsified information
August 6th, 20180 Shopping for a car can be exciting. But wading through ads and promotions from car dealers, and deciding how to pay, can make it stressful. If you decide to finance the car, you have two options: Get a loan from a bank, credit union or finance company, or get dealership financing. Either way, the financing application requires an......
Detroit Motor City Match program celebrates three years
August 5th, 20180 DETROIT — The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation’s Motor City Match Program recently celebrated three years of interacting with businesses in 29 Detroit neighborhoods. The program leveraged a $33 million investment in Detroit’s small business community and commercial corridors. “Motor City Match is having a tangible impact on...
Dearborn swears in two new firefighters, no Arab Americans
August 5th, 20180 DEARBORN – The Dearborn Fire Department recently held swearing-in ceremonies for two firefighters at the Dearborn Administrative Center. Mayor Jack O’Reilly, Jr. was accompanied by Fire Chief Joseph Murray and the Deputy Fire Chief Joey Thorington in welcoming Firefighter William Querfeld to the department on May 24. On July...
Dearborn Historical Museum holds second annual Trunk Sale
August 4th, 20180 DEARBORN—Vendors from all over the area will be selling anything from antiques to modern trinkets right out of the trunks of their cars at the Dearborn Historical Museum’s second Trunk Sale on Saturday, Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the McFadden Ross House on Brady Street. The museum is holding 60 spaces for interested vendors...
Groups work to improve education, quality of life in Detroit
August 4th, 20180 DETROIT — While it may seemed too good to be true, the industrial population of Detroit grew very dramatically over the course of a century. However, starting in the 1950s, population in the city that had been a magnet to both European immigrants and Southern migrants experienced a rapid decline— holding it back. Schools that......
Arab and Chaldean Festival celebrates unity
August 4th, 20180 By Tamara Ajjour The Arab American News DETROIT — The 47th annual Arab and Chaldean Festival, which highlighted Middle Eastern culture through live dabke performances, a hookah stand, Arabic food, an art gallery and more, saw a significant increase in attendance from previous years, according to event organizer Jacob...
City Council blocks proposal to sell Camp Dearborn land
August 2nd, 20181 DEARBORN – To many residents' satisfaction, the city won’t ask voters whether they want to sell a 40-acre parcel of land in Camp Dearborn that houses trailers to fund necessary infrastructure renovations. Property and home owners are already paying hefty taxes, having to support a school district that includes a college, public......
Facebook says it identifies campaign to meddle in 2018 U.S. elections
August 2nd, 20180 Facebook said on Tuesday it had identified a new coordinated political influence campaign to mislead its users and sow dissension among voters ahead of November’s U.S. congressional elections. It said it had removed 32 pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram, part of an effort to combat foreign meddling in U.S....
Dearborn City Council rejects millage proposal for historical museum upgrades
August 2nd, 20180 DEARBORN — The City Council rejected putting a millage proposal on the November ballot for the repair, renovation and operations of the Dearborn Historical Museum for up to five years. According to a draft of the proposed millage as read by Councilman Mike Sareini, if adopted, it would raise an estimated $1.2 million the first year......
