State Police oppose bill to regulate use of drones
Law enforcement agencies in Michigan will speak out against state legislation to regulate the use of drones by police and other public agencies.Rep. Tom McMillin is said to have sponsored the legislation and says that he is concerned about the privacy implications of the growing use of the unmanned aerial devices.According to other...State Rep Rashida Tlaib advocates for minimum wage increase
LANSING — Democratic State Rep. Rashida Tlaib is urging Michigan residents to support a new bill which would increase minimum wage from $7.40 to $10.00 an hour within the next three years. The main sponsors of the legislation along with Tlaib, who represents Detroit, River Rouge and Ecorse, is John Switalksi, representative...CAIR-MI annual banquet focuses on anti-Muslim bullying in school
DEARBORN — The Council on American Islamic Relations of Michigan (CAIR) continues to make progress in the fight to shield American Muslims from hate and discrimination. Members of CAIR Michigan pose for a photo during their recent annual banquet held in Dearborn.During the group’s annual banquet April 14 at the Islamic Center of...Detroit 2020 honors outstanding individuals
DETROIT — The inaugural Detroit 2020 Awards were presented this week during a ceremony at the Broadcast House. Awards were distributed in three categories that match the mission of Detroit 2020.The UNIFY award was presented to Toni McIlwain, President of Ravendale Community Organization. Toni has been instrumental in organizing...Upcoming forum highlights difficulties Muslims face in divorce process
Bloomfield Hills — On Saturday, April 20 the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding will host its annual spring dinner co-sponsored by the Muslim Unity Center. It will focus on the ISPU’s Marriage and Divorce Project 2013. Often Muslim Americans face great challenges getting a divorce, because of Islamic...Daniel Krichbaum to retire as Director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights
KirchbaumLANSING – The Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) announced this week that Daniel Krichbaum, Ph.D., will retire from his position as director of the department in July 2013. Krichbaum has led MDCR since March 2010.“Serving as director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights has been a tremendous honor, and I am...AAPN announces American Arab of the year awards
DEARBORN-The American Arab Professionals Network (AAPN) of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce has announced the 2013 American Arab of the Year Award recipients. Those being honored will be presented with an award at the AAPN’s "Celebrating Success Banquet" May 15 at the Bint Jebail Cultural Center here. The event highlights the...WSU receives $225,000 commitment from Arab American Pharmacists Association to support new fellowship
DETROIT – Wayne State University has received a $225,000 commitment from the Arab American Pharmacists Association to support a new fellowship in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The WSU-AAPA fellowship will provide a pathway to developing research expertise in community health outcomes and prepare the...Dr. Muhammad Yunus, first American Muslim recipient of Congressional Gold Medal
On Wednesday, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus was presented with the Congressional Gold Medal, the most prestigious award distributed by the United States Congress. Dr. Yunus was awarded the honor for his contributions to the fight against global poverty, which have had a particularly strong impact on improving he economic...
Judge approves McDonald’s non-halal settlement
April 17th, 20130 DETROIT-On Wednesday morning, Judge Kathleen Macdonald of the Wayne County Circuit Court approved the $700,000 non-halal meat class action lawsuit settlement against defendants McDonald’s Corporation and Finley’s Management Company, the franchisee of McDonald's store number 11663 located at 13158 Ford Rd. in Dearborn. The...What’s the end game for Iran talks?
While realizing that criticism of someone’s approach to a negotiation needs to be done with some diffidence if the critic does not have direct access to either the negotiating room or either side’s planning sessions, the United States and its P5+1 partners do seem to be persisting in some major errors in how they are approaching the...Residents address Dearborn commission over garage citations, ordinance to be re-examined
DEARBORN — The Dearborn City Planning Commission meeting held last Monday at city hall included attendance from residents who were eager to speak with the nine-member body regarding zoning issues related to their garages. In the previous year, the city began handing out citations to homes with non-traditional garages that have...
Former Palestinian presidential candidate Barghouthi: Obama failed Palestinians in role as peace broker
April 12th, 20130 Barghouthi.Following the event 'Give, So Gaza Can Live' at the Greenfield Manor here, former candidate for the presidency of the Palestinian National Authority and keynote speaker Mustafa Barghouthi sat down for an interview with The Arab American News. Wearing a pin with the Palestinian flag and another with a key symbolizing the...
Metro Detroiters join thousands for immigration rally in D.C.
April 12th, 20130 WASHINGTON D.C. — Thousands of supporters of immigration reform rallied around the Capitol on Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to support a path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million undocumented people. Buses filled will advocates traveled from different parts of Michigan to participate. There was a delegation of nearly 500...McDonald’s non-halal settlement headed for final approval
DEARBORN — The McDonald's non-halal meat lawsuit has gone through twists and turns in the last couple of months. But the controversial case may finally be coming to a close as the public notice period, initially extended for class members in March, has come to a close with little to no objection, according to law firm Jaafar &......
Fundraising dinner helps raise awareness, aid for Gaza
April 12th, 20130 DEARBORN — On April 5, ‘Give, So Gaza Can Live,’ a fundraising dinner, was held at Greenfield Manor with Keynote Speaker Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi. The organizers said the purpose of the event was to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people by helping to rebuild the civic medical institutions through donations. Mohammad...Arab American plays for Wayne State’s lacrosse team
DEARBORN — Wayne State University (WSU) student Youssef Bazzoun, 23, of Dearborn, has had a successful semester as the first Arab American on the University's lacrosse team, a game that combines elements of hockey and football and pits college teams against each other all the way to the championships.Bazzoun, who is eyeing an undergrad......
Plante Moran promotes Rumzei Abdullah to firm associate
Abdallah.SOUTHFIELD — Plante Moran, PLLC, named Rumzei Abdallah, CPA of Dearborn Heights, an associate in the firm’s Southfield office. He previously served as staff member with the firm.Abdallah specializes in providing accounting and assurance services to clients in the governmental, manufacturing and distribution, and...Information on serious traffic accident sought
DEARBORN — On April 8, at 8:38 a.m. a silver Ford Contour was exiting the Sunoco gas station on Michigan when it was struck by a red Jeep Compass traveling west on Michigan Avenue. The driver of the Jeep suffered minor injuries, and the driver of the Contour was transported to Henry Ford Hospital Main where he is listed in...Wayne County Judge faces ethics charges
WAYNE COUNTY — Wayne County Judge Deborah Ross Adams is facing ethics charges after being accused of signing her divorce lawyer’s name to documents without receiving consent. Adams will have her case heard by the Michigan Supreme Court. Adams.The state's Judicial Tenure Commission investigates and prosecutes ethics violations...
Local photographer found guilty of 4th degree criminal sexual conduct, family tells his side of the story
April 11th, 20130 DEARBORN - Photographer Nafeh AbuNab was recently convicted of a misdemeanor charge of 4th degree criminal sexual conduct, essentially amounting to “sexual contact by concealment or the element of surprise” for an inappropriate touching incident. He was convicted on April 4 after a two-day jury trial before Wayne County Circuit......
Publisher Osama Siblani to be inducted into Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame on April 21
April 5th, 20130 Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab American News, will be inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame Sunday, April 21 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in Lansing along with longtime Detroit Metro Times editor W. Kim Heron, who recently stepped down, investigative journalist Nancy McCauley, journalism educator Betsy...Washington Post pushes for Syrian war
Just when it seemed we could move beyond the anniversary-related armchair refighting of the Iraq War, we get from Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post editorial staff another mis-aimed salvo from a proponent of that war. Diehl’s more immediate subject is the current Syrian civil war, into which a U.S.-armed intervention has been a......
Retrial sought for imprisoned man with mental instability
April 5th, 20130 DEARBORN — Local attorneys and community leaders are pushing for a re-trial for Hassan Ibrahim Bazzi, a man who they believe suffers from a mental illness, but was arrested and convicted of assault with intent to murder in 2012 ,and now faces a 9 to 20-year-sentence in prison.Bazzi, now 40, was operating a vehicle on Schaefer Rd. in...Obama opts for Syrian ‘regime change’
Following President Barack Obama’s address to an audience of Israeli students in Jerusalem last month, progressive commentators in the United States hailed the speech as “a passionate appeal for peace” that “placed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict squarely back on his agenda.” But those intoxicated by Obama’s rhetoric will......