Wayne State will pay for med school for 10 students
October 23rd, 20150 DETROIT — Ten students will be able to earn their medical degrees for free at Wayne State University each year. The university announced Thursday it will pay for the education of 10 students from undergraduate studies to medical school through a program called Wayne Med-Direct. The program is intended to assist talented...
How does the U.S. resettle refugees?
October 23rd, 20150 Conflicts in the Middle East and other parts of the world are causing an extreme exodus. People are fleeing war-torn countries and struggling to find safety within other nation's borders. The war in Syria alone has displaced more than 12 million people since it began in 2011. The United States has committed to accepting more...State raises awareness about carbon monoxide poisoning
LANSING – Gov. Snyder proclaimed Oct. 19-24 Carbon Monoxide Safety and Awareness Week to warn residents about the gas that kills more than 500 Americans each year. Michigan's carbon monoxide poisoning tracking system found 34 unintentional deaths and 789 non-fatal unintentional carbon monoxide poisonings in 2013, the most recent year...
AAPAC to celebrate political achievements at annual dinner
October 23rd, 20150 Whitmer.DEARBORN — The Arab American Political Action Committee will celebrate the political achievements of Arab Americans at its 18th annual Dinner at the Bint Jebail Culture Center, on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The organization, which aims to empower Arab Americans politically, will honor about 13 officials whom it endorsed and helped...
Domestic violence survivor takes her abuser to court
October 23rd, 20150 Suzanne Lakkis.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — She stood on the courthouse steps, nervous and scared. She was dressed in fashionable clothing, just like she used to wear. She was holding on to a pink rose. It gave her strength and hope. Suzanne Lakkis, 51, was about to enter the courtroom to testify against her ex-boyfriend who was being charged...
Civil rights groups and Advance America Announce settlement in lawsuit over hijab
October 23rd, 20150 DEARBORN — Advance America will be implementing a new policy nationwide after a string of Muslim women had filed discriminatory complaints against the company. The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) and Advance America Cash Advance Centers, Inc. announced on Thursday, October 22 that a...
Yemeni city council candidate encourages Arab Americans to vote
October 23rd, 20150 AlmasmariHAMTRAMCK — According to City Council candidate residents should encourage each other to vote in the Nov. 3 election in order to be better represented and to change the city's current high taxes. "Your vote is your voice," said 28-year-old Almasmari, who was born in Yemen. He says he is the only Arab council candidate...
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......
