Avoid tickets by keeping cars off street on Public Service Days
DEARBORN—In order for Dearborn to keep streets clean and maintain high neighborhood standards, the city has begun a new season of Public Service Days.Parking rules will be enforced. Residents are required to keep parked vehicles off neighborhood streets from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on their trash days, which are also Public Service...
Detroit Jewish community shocked by child porn case
August 20th, 20150 WEST BLOOMFIELD—On Monday, a federal magistrate denied bond for Matthew Kuppe, the 21-year-old man who worked as a camp counselor at the Detroit Jewish Community Center (JCC). Kuppe is accused of taking photos of naked young boys in a locker room while working as a counselor. He was...
Escaped tiger recaptured in old Detroit factory
August 20th, 20150 DETROIT — Police in Detroit confirmed a tiger was on the loose in a disused plant on the east side of the city and it has now been recaptured. Detroit police said the tiger escaped from a British film crew Monday while they were shooting footage inside the old Packard Plant and the crew was unable to recapture the big...
No charges for ICE agent who fatally shot 20-year-old
August 19th, 20150 DETROIT—On Wednesday, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced that Mitchell Quinn, the ICE agent who fatally shot 20-year-old Terrence Kellom will not face charges in the Detroit resident’s death.Worthy said that forensic evidence and the testimony of some people at the scene showed the killing of...
Former aide discusses details of Lansing sex scandal
August 19th, 20150 LANSING—Joshua Cline, a former staffer for state Reps. Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat opened up about the legislators’ affair this week at a press conference. The scandal has rocked Lansing and the state legislature. Courser and Gamrat are both married with children. The two Tea Party...
Zimmerman to sell Confederate flag painting to help ‘Muslim-free’ gunshop
August 18th, 20150 George ZimmermanGeorge Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, is raffling off a painting he made of a Confederate flag to raise money for a Florida gunshop owner who declared his store a Muslim-free zone.Zimmerman, who gained notoriety during his trial for killing...
Community leaders discuss Iran deal with Rep. Dingell
August 13th, 20150 — On Saturday, Aug. 8, community leaders and activists met at La Pita in Dearborn to discuss the Iranian nuclear deal with Rep. Debbie Dingell (D- Dearborn). Congress is expected vote on the measure in the coming weeks. Community members encouraged Dingell to vote in favor of the deal. In the historic deal, the...
Detroit area Iraqis protest poor services in homeland
August 13th, 20150 DETROIT — Local Iraqis are expressing solidarity with demonstrators in their homeland. The wave of protests rocking Iraq over poor services and government corruption have prompted them to call for reforms. Last weekend, a group of Iraqi Americans protested for reforms in Iraq outside the old Dearborn City Hall on Michigan...
Arab Americans struggle to pass Arabic to future generations
August 13th, 20150 DEARBORN — Fewer young Arab Americans read and write Arabic as they seek to assimilate. Hala Hazimeh, principal at the Muslim American Youth Academy (MAYA), a pre-school to eighth grade Arabic and Islamic school, said Dearborn is unlike any other Arab American community, because its members tend to stick closer together . While...
Arab American activists demand “home field” advantage from the Detroit News
August 13th, 20150 DETROIT — Arab American activists met with Detroit News Publisher Jon Wolman and the paper's managing editor, Gary Miles, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, demanding more positive coverage of the community. The community leaders also raised issues about a recent story in the paper headlined "FBI spy plane zeroes in on Dearborn." Civil rights...
Muslim woman denied entry into Westland Advance America
August 13th, 20150 WESTLAND – A local Muslim woman was denied entry into Advance America on Thursday, August 6, after refusing an employee’s demand that she remove her hijab. Westland resident Zeinab Zreik had intended to purchase a money order. Instead, she discovered that the payday lending company had long been implementing a discriminatory...
Second lawsuit filed against United Memorial Gardens
August 13th, 20150 PLYMOUTH — On Friday, August 7, a press conference was held at United Memorial Gardens to announce a lawsuit against the cemetery for burying a stranger’s body in a plot previously purchased by a Muslim family. United Memorial Gardens is a prominent cemetery used by many local Muslims. The cemetery includes an Islamic garden meant...
Arab American activists: Trump divisive but popular
August 13th, 20150 TrumpDEARBORN — The Iowa caucus are not until February of next year, but the presidential elections are on. Republicans had their first debate on Aug. 6, with TV personality and real estate mogul Donald Trump emerging as the unlikely leading candidate, according to public opinion polls. Trump, a businessman who never held an...
Dearborn receives grant to fund smoke detectors for residents
August 13th, 20150 DEARBORN – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell announced Thursday that the Dearborn Fire Department will receive a $69,753 Fire Prevention & Safety grant through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. The funding will be used to help provide and install smoke detectors for all...
Arabs and Latinos rally for relief from deportation
August 13th, 20150 DETROIT—Families of immigrants facing deportation gathered Wednesday along with immigration advocates and faith leaders to express their frustration and to call out Detroit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field director, Rebecca Adducci.The supporters of the rally argue that Adducci is......
Dearborn Democratic Club announces support for Iran Deal
August 12th, 20150 DEARBORN—The Dearborn Democratic Club is encouraging Michigan members of congress and the senate to support the Iran Nuclear Deal. A resolution passed unanimously in the general body of the Dearborn Democratic Club stating, “The Dearborn Democratic Club thanks the members of the Michigan Democratic...
Detroit gas station owners consider suing City of Detroit
August 12th, 20150 DEARBORN—Gas station owners are considering taking legal action against the City of Detroit over licensing and ticketing issues.During a meeting Monday, Aug. 10 at Byblos Banquet Hall Detroit gas station owners discussed the possibility of filing a class action lawsuit over the issues.The meeting was held for small business owners......
Gas prices to go up by more than 50 cents
August 11th, 20150 DETROIT — Gas will prices will increase by up to 80 cents per gallon in the next few days, gas wholesalers told The Arab American News, citing reports of technical issues in a BP refinery in the Midwest.Average gas prices in Michigan are already higher than the east coast. Crude oil prices have been...
Michigan jury says hugs in prison allowed, awards inmate $1,251
August 11th, 20150 DETROIT — A Michigan inmate was awarded $1,251 after a jury ruled his rights were violated when a guard barred him from hugging his wife during a prison visit.Kevin King, 52, who is serving a life sentence for a 1982 murder, was awarded $1 in Detroit federal court last week for a violation of his First Amendment rights and $1,250 as...
Nightlife turns into a nightmare for residents in east Dearborn
August 7th, 20150 Sky Lounge on Warren Ave.DEARBORN — On the evening of Monday, Aug. 3, a Dearborn Police officer pulled over a biker on Ford Road, after he had led a pack of motorcyclists through traffic, with several of them swerving across lanes, cutting off other vehicles and disregarding all traffic signals— breaking several motor vehicle laws...
State’s annual cancer report stresses importance of overall health and screening
August 7th, 20150 LANSING — Michigan residents can help protect themselves and their families against cancer by taking preventative measures and getting screened early. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Michigan Cancer Consortium (MCC) have announced the release of a 2014 annual report that provides a statewide......
Few Arab Americans still reside in Toledo’s once thriving “Little Syria”
August 7th, 20150 Locally known as Little Syria, the area has changed from a majority Arab American neighborhood to a more diverse community as many of the Middle Eastern immigrants have moved to the suburbs. Cheaib is one of the few Arabs who still lives in the Old North End Neighborhood. PHOTO: Courtesy of the Toledo Blade.TOLEDO — From the late...
Palestinian activists: Justice for baby Ali is the end of the occupation
August 7th, 20150 The body of Ali Dawabsha who was killed after his family's house was set to fire by Jewish extremists in Duma village.DETROIT — The arson that claimed the life of 18-month-old Palestinian baby Ali Dawabsha in the village of Duma in the West Bank on July 31 has ignited flames of rage in the Palestinian American community.The attack,......
The term “Hijabi” on the rise in pop culture
August 7th, 20150 A photo on the fashion blog Hipster Hijabis.DEARBORN — The term "hijabi" is gaining popularity and being used more commonly in everyday speech, social media and even mainstream media. In the context of fashion, women’s empowerment and social normalization, the word— which refers to Muslim women who wear the scarf— is cementing...
Detroit to issue city IDs to residents
August 7th, 20150 DETROIT — To obtain a state ID card, a resident needs a social security number and three documents to prove state residency, legal presence and identity verification. That is too much for some Michiganders, who might have a complicated immigration status or lack permanent residence. That is why the Detroit City Council is working on......
