LAHC distributes $60,000 in scholarships, honors achievers
May 16th, 20140 (Left) Allie Berry, Judge Sam Salamey, Asssitant U.S. Attorney Abed Hammoud, Ali Jawad and Wassim Mahfouz.DEARBORN — On Friday, May 9, the Lebanese American Heritage Club (LAHC) awarded $60,000 in scholarships to 60 students at its 26th annual Arab American Scholarship Foundation Awards Gala. The LAHC manages one of the largest...
Oakland County Woman authors book on arranged marriage
May 16th, 20140 MICHIGAN — Suzanne Lossia, a Oakland County resident, is the author of a new book about her heritage, ‘The Arrangement,’ which will be released June 15. In the book, Lossia explains what it was like to grow up as a traditional Chaldean-American and enter into an arranged marriage in today’s modern American society. She...Dearborn doctor receives National Immunization Champion Award
LANSING — Dr. Basel Khatib of Dearborn, has been named this year’s Childhood Immunization Champion for Michigan by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for his efforts to promote childhood immunization. Khatib has made promoting immunizations a pivotal mission in his career."I’ve always considered giving...
Michigan Muslims meet with political leaders in Lansing
May 16th, 20140 LANSING — On Tuesday, May 13, Michigan Muslim Capitol Day was held in Lansing. Members of the community had the opportunity to discuss some of the key issues impacting them with political leaders. The annual event looks to promote unity and cooperation among the diverse Muslim communities, cultures, ethnic backgrounds and races...
Civil rights groups, locals debate Dearborn Police altercation with mentally challenged Arab man
May 16th, 20140 DEARBORN — A controversial video capturing a mentally challenged local man in an altercation with Dearborn Police officers has sparked debate from civil rights groups and community members over whether police implemented proper protocol during the incident.The video leaked last week captures a scene that took place on December 7...Ukraine, Syria, Anywhere: “We the People Here Don’t Want a War”
The late great 1960's pop singer Bobby Darin hid away in Big Sur for months following the death of Robert Kennedy and revelations about his own life. In the process of finding himself and changing his music to more of a folk style, in 1969 he penned one of the great anti-Vietnam War anthems of the era, A Simple Song of Freedom:Now no...
Dearborn Police captured on video using excessive force against mentally challenged local man
May 9th, 20140 A frame still from the video that went viral this week.DEARBORN — The Law Office of Cyril Hall is filing a civil rights lawsuit against the Dearborn Police Department for an altercation with a local man that was captured on video by a police dash cam. The video was obtained exclusively by The Arab American News this week...
ACRL sues UM for denying 8-year Dearborn resident in-state tuition
May 9th, 20140 DEARBORN — The Arab-American Civil Rights League (ACRL) filed a class action lawsuit in federal court against the University of Michigan for requiring local students, whose parents travel frequently overseas, to pay non-resident tuition.The named plaintiff in the lawsuit is Hussein Berry, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen who was denied...
Children, city officials participate in community clean up event in the South End
May 9th, 20140 DEARBORN — On Saturday, May 3rd, hundreds of children turned out to Lapeer Park to participate in a community clean up event assisted by local parents, organizations and city officials. Organized by local parent William Ali, the event included students from Salina School, Edsel Ford, Fordson and Dearborn High who walked block to...
Local imams warn against “jihad” in Syria
May 9th, 20140 DETROIT — Amid growing security concerns about violent Western jihadists in Syria, several local imams said American Muslims should not join the war overseas. Imam Mohammad Mardini, of the American Muslim Center in Dearborn, said there are two kinds of “jihad,” which literally translates as “struggle” from Arabic. He...
Eight Arabs from Dearborn accepted to Harvard University since 2012
May 9th, 20140 DEARBORN — The number of Arab American students from Dearborn Public Schools who are getting accepted to Ivy League colleges is increasing every year. Since 2012, eight students from the district have been accepted to Harvard University, one of the most selective universities in the world with a 5.9 percent acceptance rate.Mariam...
U.S. EPA and MDEQ hold community forum to discuss supplemental environment projects, enforcement action against Severstal
May 9th, 20140 DETROIT — On Tuesday, officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) held a meeting at the Delry Community Center here to obtain input on potential supplemental environmental projects (SEP) and provide information about EPA’s and MDEQ’s current enforcement...Michigan cuts to higher education among worst in the country
LANSING — When the recession hit in 2008 and tax revenues dropped, Michigan, like most states, relied heavily on spending cuts.According to a report from the Michigan League for Public Policy, (MLPP) the state is now among just six states asking students and families to shoulder higher education costs (vs. state support) by a ratio of...The Arab American News welcomes new summer intern
DEARBORN—Aisha Mohamed, a 20-year-old University of Michigan-Dearborn (UMD) student, will be interning at The Arab American News this summer. Mohamed is completing her undergraduate studies at UMD, and she will enter her senior year this fall. She is majoring in journalism and is very passionate about pursuing a career in the...
ADC Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship draws large crowd
May 2nd, 20140 ADC-MI’s new director Fatina Abdrabboh.DEARBORN — Despite the controversial sexual harassment scandal that rocked the American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee of Michigan (ADC-MI) last year, the group’s 15th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Dinner held Wednesday at Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn was a......
Arab Americans increase their business presence in Detroit
May 2nd, 20140 Attorney Helal Farhat and a business partner purchased the Frederick K. Sterns House on East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The 10,000 square foot building features medieval architecture and was initially built as a house in 1902 for Frederick K. Sterns. Three nonprofits are...
Arab Festival cancellation draws mixed reactions from past organizers
May 2nd, 20140 DEARBORN — A signature event in the city for almost two decades, last week's announcement of the cancellation of the Arab International Festival for a second consecutive year sparked a mixed community reaction. Within hours after the organizer, the American Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC), confirmed the cancellation, previous......
Iraqi Americans turned away at the polls in Michigan
May 2nd, 20140 Iman Abbas (left) holds her son Ahmed Al Kanani.DEARBORN - Voter identification requirements prevented several members of metro Detroit’s Iraqi American community from voting in their homeland’s parliamentary elections this week. The Iraqi Parliamentary Elections were held on Wednesday, April 30, but thousands of Iraqis in...
Muslim imam convicted of sexually abusing his nieces in Detroit
May 2nd, 20140 Masroor. DETROIT — A Muslim imam was found guilty of 15 counts of criminal sexual conduct by a jury on Friday, May 2. Mohammad Masroor was convicted for sexually abusing his nieces as children, when they lived in Detroit from 2000 to 2003.He will be sentenced on May 21 and could face up to life in prison. A circuit...
Hamdan awaits trial after grand jury indictment for ties to Hizbullah
May 2nd, 20140 Hamdan (left) and his sister. DETROIT — Dearborn Heights resident Mohammad Hassan Hamdan pleaded not guilty on Friday, April 25 at the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan to charges of "attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization" made by the FBI and the U.S. District Attorney's...
Dearborn Police: Crime down 15 percent in first quarter, up 26 percent in South End
May 2nd, 20140 DEARBORN — On Wednesday, April 30, the Dearborn Police Department held a Community Awareness Meeting at the Dearborn Public Schools Administration Building on the city's west side to inform residents of crime trends that typically arise in the spring and summer seasons.Hosted by Sergeant David Marshall and Corporal Dan Bartok, the......
ACC encourages patient compliance with texting software for Behavioral Health Program
LATHRUP VILLAGE —The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) has been awarded a $35,000 Health Innovation Grant by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH). The grant is to be used to develop a texting software program to benefit the ACC’s Behavioral Health Program (BHP), a comprehensive community-based, outpatient...
Dearborn bodybuilder places first in showdown
May 2nd, 20140 Klait (left). DEARBORN — Arab American bodybuilder Ibrahim Klait has taken home first place in the 2014 NPC Simmons-Peckham Ultimate Showdown. The competition took place on April 26 at Rochester’s Adams High School. He competed against bodybuilders from 13 other Midwest states in the heavyweight division. Klait, better......
Disqualified EMU student government candidate alleges discrimination
May 2nd, 20140 Jaber.YPSILANTI — An Arab American candidate who was disqualified from the election of the student government presidency at Eastern Michigan University is accusing the Student Government Elections Commission of discrimination.Fatma Jaber ran a write-in campaign to challenge incumbent Desmond Miller. Students voted online on March...
FBI Director James Comey: Syria war and homegrown extremists a growing threat to national security
May 2nd, 20140 DETROIT — FBI Director James Comey said homegrown violent extremists and the emergence of Syria as a new ground for jihadi fighters make counterterrorism the top priority for the bureau throughout the country.Comey explained that the threat of terrorism has changed over the years and is not solely carried out by al-Qaeda against major......
