In pictures: Ashura in Dearborn
October 23rd, 20150 Every year, millions of Shi'a Muslims around the world commemorate Ashura, mourning the death of Imam Hussein – Prophet Mohammad's grandson – during a seventh-century battle.Below is a glimpse of Ashura in Dearborn. Muslim woman watches the Ashura service at the Islamic Center of America."Every tear I cry gives me the energy to...
Second annual Southend cleanup event to take place on October 24
October 23rd, 20150 DEARBORN – Community leaders are gearing up for the second annual Southend Clean Up event, taking place this Saturday. Last year, city officials and local organizations led a spring clean up event in the same neighborhood, which saw dozens of children and volunteers turn out to pick up trash along streets and...
Iraqi-born Army Lt. Col. files complaint against Michigan National Guard
October 23rd, 20150 Lieutenant Awadi (second from right) holds a press conference with the ACRL.DEARBORN — The highest-ranking Iraqi-born member of the U.S. military has filed a discriminatory complaint against the Michigan Army National Guard. On Thursday, October 22, the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) held a press conference to announce that...
Activists condemn anti-Muslim Hamtramck campaign flyers
October 23rd, 20150 The anti-Muslim flyer that was distributed in Hamtramck.HAMTRAMCK — Hamtramck is one of the most diverse cities in the nation, but an anonymous bigoted campaign ad has agitated tensions in the city ahead of the Nov. 3 municipal elections. "Let's get the Muslim out," the ad reads. "Let's take our city back." The flyer features...
Snyder appoints Harb to circuit court
October 22nd, 20150 Adel HarbLANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Adel Harb to the 3rd Circuit Court, Wayne County, and Lawrence Paolucci to the Wayne County Probate Court.Harb is a magistrate for Dearborn's 19th District Court. Paolucci is a Court Attorney at Wayne County Probate Court."Adel and Larwrence have demonstrated a commitment to...
Arab American leaders, presidential candidates to hold conference in Dearborn
October 22nd, 20150 Former Governor Martin O'Malley will speak at the conferenceDEARBORN – The conflicts in Syria and Palestine will be among the topics of discussion when Arab American leaders and politicians from across the country meet in Dearborn this weekend for the Arab American Institute’s National Leadership Conference.The...
Dave Abdallah stresses voter turnout on Election Day
October 22nd, 20150 Dave Abdallah campaigning in Dearborn Heights. DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Wassim “Dave” Abdallah has been campaigning extensively in the run-up to Election Day on Tuesday, November 3, when he will vie for one of three available City Council seats. Abdallah will face off against incumbents Ned Apigian and Lisa Hicks Clayton, as well...
City hosts first Healthy Dearborn Family Bike Ride
October 22nd, 20150 DEARBORN — Dozens of cyclists came out on a chilly morning to join the city’s first Healthy Dearborn Family Bike Ride. The riders began their 6.5 mile-route at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center and biked through the heart of Dearborn on Sunday, Oct. 18. The ride was part of the Healthy Dearborn Initiative,...
ACCESS slams mental health stigma at Hope House opening
October 21st, 20150 Community members socializing at the Hope House clubhouse grand openingDEARBORN— At the grand reopening of its Hope House Clubhouse, which helps people suffering from mental illness reintegrate into society, ACCESS officials criticized the mental health stigma in the community and highlighted services of the clubhouse. At the...
Update: Family of Dearborn man who stabbed brother claim mental facility should be blamed
October 21st, 20150 Daher at his arraignment hearing. DEARBORN — The family of 20-year-old Alaa Daher, the Dearborn man who was arrested for stabbing his 9-year-old brother multiple times Monday, is blaiming the mental facility where he had been seeking treatment for discharging him. Daher had been staying at the Stonecrest Behavioral Health and...
New York Times gets a taste of Dearborn
October 20th, 20150 Photo courtesy of Dearborn Meat MarketDEARBORN — When a New York Times travel writer came to Dearborn, he almost got kicked out of a butcher shop. He had his shirt and shoes on, but when he ordered one skewer of kafta, he was denied. He had to order at least five."You’re not hungry. Come back another time," Hussein Saad, the...
Youth, activists rally to support growing Palestinian resistance
October 20th, 20150 Young people joined the rally to support Palestine Sunday, Oct. 18. Photo: Merinda Valley DEARBORN – Youth voices blended with those of other activists in chants of "Free, free Palestine" at a rally Sunday to support the mounting Palestinian campaign against...
Ashura services at sunni mosque promote unity
October 19th, 20150 Imam Mardini speaking at the commemoration Photo: Bintjbeil.org DEARBORN — In defiance to the sectarian bloodshed across the Middle East, a Shi'a imam held Ashura services at the American Muslim Center, a Dearborn Sunni mosque led by Imam Mohammad Mardini.Speakers at the Ashura commemoration, which was held Friday, Oct. 17,...
Fayrouz Saad appointed as Detroit’s director of Immigrant Affairs
October 16th, 20150 Fayrouz SaadDETROIT — Mayor Mike Duggan has appointed Fayrouz Saad, a first generation Lebanese American, and Dearborn native, as director of Immigrant Affairs for the city of Detroit. The department, made a reality by the Immigration Task Force, was created to "advance the task force’s mission of creating a more diverse,...
A Chaldean enclave in Detroit yearns for Syrian refugees
October 16th, 20150 New housing on Carman Street is giving hope to local civic leaders that Syrian refugees and others will move into Detroit’s NorthTown community (Photo by Merinda Valley)Nida Samona and her family were among many Chaldean immigrants from Iraq who settled in the densely-populated and tree-shaded Detroit neighborhood east of Seven Mile......
Dearborn to evict family that wants home back
October 16th, 20150 "The only thing we've ever had is being taken away from us because of a technicality." -Abe MohamedDEARBORN— Abe Mohamed says his home is all he and his family have. But the city has served him an eviction notice after buying the tax-foreclosed house. And if the Dearborn City Council does not allow him to buy it back, he will have...
State rep candidate Brian Stone’s fundraiser draws diverse crowd
October 16th, 20150 "Love is so much powerful than their hate."- Brian Stone Photo: Bill ChapmanDEARBORN — Social divides and stereotypes were focal points when comedian Amer Zahr took center stage to support Brian Stone, a Democratic candidate for state representative. Zahr, who is......
Publisher Siblani lectures on media diversity at University of Nebraska
October 16th, 20150 Osama Siblani (R), with professor Matt Waite and Maria Marron, the dean of journalism.LINCOLN, Nebraska — The Arab American News Publisher Osama Siblani gave several lectures on diversity in the newsroom and the perception of Arabs and Muslims in the media at the University of Nebraska last week. Siblani also made TV and radio...
Local pilgrims tell horrifying stories from hajj stampede
October 16th, 20150 DEARBORN — Panic, dehydration and claustrophobia were what all pilgrims felt as they made their way to the Jamarat, where worshippers symbolically stone the Devil in Mina, on the outskirts of Mecca. Jamil (not his real name), a Dearborn resident who completed his journey to hajj and witnessed the incident that killed at least...
Rep. Dingell and local leaders address Yemeni community’s concerns
October 16th, 20150 Congresswoman Debbie Dingell organized a meeting in Dearborn's south-end. DEARBORN — As conditions continue to worsen in Yemen, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D- Dearborn) has led a front in metro Detroit, along with local leaders and government officials, to address growing concerns from the Yemeni American community. On Wednesday,...
Community mourns loss of Dearborn man
October 15th, 20150 Hammoud.DEARBORN - 28-Year-Old Ali Hussein Hammoud passed away on October 15 after undergoing a seizure attack. Friends tell The Arab American News that Hammoud had battled a disorder for many years. On the morning of his death, he told family that he wasn't feeling too well. A short time after that, he had a seizure......
Increasing number of Detroit metro Arabs relocating to Florida
October 15th, 20150 The Elkarout family moved from Dearborn to the Miami area five years ago.FLORIDA — A wave of Arab American residents in metro Detroit are finding a fresh start in the sunshine state. The community has always had a major connection with Florida, as residents end up retiring there or frequently stay in vacation homes during the summer...
Activists to rally in support of Palestinian resistance
October 15th, 20150 "Give them their homeland back. Give them their right for self-determination" - Abbas BazziDEARBORN – Community organizations and activists are urging Dearborn residents to support the Palestinian uprising that some are calling the third Intifada by attending a rally at the Henry Ford Centennial Library Sunday, Oct. 18 at 5......
EMU students collecting donations for Syrian refugees
October 15th, 20150 Layali Alsadah, MESA's president, speaking to students Photo: Zaeem ZafarYPSILANTI — Eastern Michigan University’s Middle Eastern Student Association is collecting donations for refugees, but the clothing, appliances, money and furniture gathered will not be sent overseas. Donations to the organization will be divided...
Odeh’s attorney to appellate judges: Rasmea did not get a fair trial
October 15th, 20150 Odeh's supporters in front of the court in CincinnatiCINCINNATI — Appealing the November 2014 federal conviction of Palestinian American activist Rasmea Odeh, lead defense attorney Michael Deutsch gave a powerful oral argument in front of a panel of three judges in Cincinnati, at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.Hammering......
