Michigan Peace Team banquet celebrates ‘Women of Conscience & Courage’
May 4th, 20120 DEARBORN – A year after a speech from Cindy Corrie, the mother of young American activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed while demonstrating against a house demolition in Gaza, the Michigan Peace Team hosted three similarly inspiring women at its 2012 annual banquet 'Women of Conscience & Courage, Women Who Challenge' at Greenfield...
Hundreds march with Occupy Detroit on ‘May Day’ for international workers
May 4th, 20120 DETROIT – The Occupy Detroit movement returned to Grand Circus Park on Tuesday, May 1 just over five months since their permit to camp out expired in late November 2011. About 400 people participated in marches across the city that eventually reached the McNamara Federal Building and then proceeded to Grand Circus Park near...
Consistent quality, the driving force behind Al-Ajami’s success
May 4th, 20120 Keeping an Arabic restaurant thriving in Dearborn is especially hard, considering the number that neighbor each other in parts of the city. From left: Al-Ajami co-owner Ali Ajami, head waiter Naji Alassri, and restaurant employee Asam Alnakula. While Dearborn is nationally known for its large concentration of Arab Americans, its Arabic...American Muslim coalition from Detroit builds bridges with teachers union
WASHINGTON — A delegation of American Muslim leaders from areas including Metro Detroit visited with the American Federation of Teachers this past week in an effort to build a coalition with the national group.The trip was paid for by the AFT according to Victor Ghalib Begg, the senior adviser and chairman emeritus for the Council of...Nakba 64 commemoration featuring former CIA analyst set for May 20
DEARBORN — The Palestinian Cultural Office of Michigan and friends will present the Nakba 64 commemoration on Sunday, May 20 at the Dearborn Hyatt Regency, featuring keynote speaker Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst, as well as singer and songwriter David Rovics. Nakba is an Arabic word meaning “Catastrophe” and refers to the...Report: Former State Rep. Polidori has advanced prostate cancer
DEARBORN – Gino Polidori, a state representative and former Dearborn Fire Chief and City Councilman, has advanced prostate cancer according to a report from the Dearborn Press & Guide. The information came from a TV news report in Indiana. Polidori is reportedly taking part in a University of Michigan health study and using...FBI: No Hizbullah camps in Metro Detroit
DETROIT — Speaking this week at a law enforcement conference in West Bloomfield, Michigan, FBI Special Agent Todd Mayberry, the head of "counter-terrorism" operations inside Michigan, insisted that there are no known active Hizbullah training camps in metro Detroit.Though there doesn't seem to have been any good reason to imagine this...
U.S. diplomats honored at ACCESS dinner as Arab Americans of the Year
May 3rd, 20120 Selwa “Lucky” RooseveltDETROIT — Ambassadors Selwa “Lucky” Roosevelt and Edward M. Gabriel accepted awards as 2012 Americans of the Year last Saturday. ACCESS, the largest Arab American human services nonprofit in the United States, bestowed the awards on the former diplomats in front of nearly 2,000 supporters at the...
Bint Jebail Cultural Center holds annual scholarship reception
May 3rd, 20120 A total of 60 scholarships were given out this year by the center, which has given over $500,000 total to deserving winners over the years. PHOTOS: Nafeh AbuNab/TAAN DEARBORN — The Bint Jebail Cultural Center held its 18th Annual Scholarship Ceremony on Friday April 27 where 60 high school students were given scholarship awards of...
Preliminary hearing rescheduled for Dearborn Heights hit-and-run case
May 2nd, 20120 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - The preliminary hearing for Natalie Hassan, the 23-year-old Dearborn Heights woman who allegedly ran over another local woman with her 2001 Chevy Malibu after a dispute, has been rescheduled by Dearborn Heights Judge David Turfe in a mutual agreement involving all parties. The incident which occurred on April...Community holds farewell reception for Lebanese Consul General to Detroit
Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly gives a city coin as an award to Diab (L) as LIBC President Nassib Fawaz looks on. PHOTO: Nafeh AbuNabDEARBORN – The Lebanese International Business Council (LIBC) held a farewell event for Lebanese Consul General Houssam Diab, whose term as Lebanese Consul General in Detroit will end on May 19....Holocaust survivor, Palestinian activist recalls thousands of heartfelt letters barred from Gaza
Hedy Epstein, an American political activist and Holocaust survivor known for her support of the Palestinian cause knows firsthand just how moving children's drawings can be. After all it was children's drawings that stood out to her the most among thousands of American written letters that never reached Gaza. EpsteinEpstein was on...Community urged to email CBS on 60 Minutes segment about Palestinian Christians
This past week, something rare happened: A major U.S. media outlet actually showed the effects of the Israeli occupation on Palestinians. But the candid reporting by '60 Minutes,' America's most respected news program, has unleashed a furious response from major pro-Zionist groups. According to the Jewish Voice for Peace Detroit chapter...Emergency managers ballot denial sparks heated emotions, appeal
LANSING — A petition drive that received 40,000 more signatures than necessary in order to allow citizens to vote on whether to keep Michigan's controversial emergency managers in November was shot down on Thursday as the state's Board of State Canvassers reached a 2-2 deadlock.Despite more than 203,000 signatures in support of Public...
Hit-and-run leaves local woman in a coma
April 27th, 20120 Community searching for answers Achkar (left) is still fighting for her life at Oakwood Hospital’s intensive care unit; her friend Nancy Faraj (right) suffered bruises. DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A hit-and-run altercation that left one Dearborn Heights woman critically injured on Wednesday April 18 at an apartment complex on Garling Dr off......
Qana victims mourned at commemoration of twin massacres against Dearborn’s sister city
April 27th, 20120 Consul General of Lebanon to Detroit Houssam Diab speaks: “The only thing that will deter Israel is our perseverance in pointing out the truth about the war crimes committed and that are still being committed against our people,” Diab said. PHOTOS: Nafeh AbuNab/TAAN DEARBORN — Remembering even a single innocent murder...
Dearborn Police arrest two in donation box theft case
April 27th, 20120 DEARBORN — Dearborn Police caught the man spotted stealing an Al-Mabarrat charity donation box on camera from Al-Basha Subs of Dearborn Heights earlier this month. He was arrested at his home here last Saturday, where he confessed to stealing a total of five of the charity's donation boxes. Then Monday night the thievery......
Global Educational Excellence celebrates re-opening of two Detroit charter schools
April 27th, 20120 DETROIT — Global Educational Excellence (GEE) celebrated two grand re-openings on Tuesday for Detroit Charter schools White Academy and Edmonson Academy, bringing optimism to two schools whose futures were in limbo last year when they were about to be closed by the city as a result of students performing below the state level. GEE...H.Y.P.E. Athletics hosting grand opening events, unveilingstate-of-the-art center
The Center will have five indoor basketball/volleyball courts. Doors will open on April 29 with a ribbon cutting dinner on May 4. DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On Sunday, April 29, 2012 from noon-5 p.m. H.Y.P.E. (Helping Youth Progress & Excel) Athletics Community, a non-profit organization, will open their doors for the first time ever to...
UMass Boston Student Senate passes divestment resolution against Boeing, other companies
April 27th, 20120 Company's role in Israel's Operation Cast Lead against Gaza cited by officials BOSTON — The University of Massachusetts Boston Undergraduate Student Government unanimously passed a bill demanding that the UMass Foundation, the university’s investment fund, divest from Boeing and other companies profiting from war crimes...
Lebanese citizens urged to register for upcoming parliamentary elections
April 27th, 20120 The Embassy of Lebanon in the United States and the affiliated Consulates General in Detroit, Los Angeles and New York are calling again on the Lebanese citizens (holders of Lebanese citizenship) living in the U.S. to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections to be held in the spring 2013 by registering at the closest......
Islamic House of Wisdom hosts successful fundraising dinner
Imams, interfaith leaders and U.S. Rep. John Conyers (third from left, bottom row). DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Semi-Annual Fundraising dinner at IHW was held Sunday, April 22 with the presence of Ayatollah Sheikh Abdul-Latif Berry, Imams, board members of local Islamic Organizations, interfaith clergy, Congressman John Conyers, Dr....New Detroit budget would slash 2,500 jobs, $250M in payroll
DETROIT — The city council will begin deliberating over a new budget proposal by Mayor Dave Bing next week that includes massive cuts to public employees, services and more.About 2,500 positions are expected to be cut in all city departments to the tune of about $250 million if it passes according to a report in the Detroit Free......
Donnell White embraces leadership role as Detroit NAACP prepares to celebrate 100 years
April 27th, 20120 DETROIT — The civil rights movement for Arab Americans is still a work in progress considering the tremendous new wave of challenges it has faced in the last ten-plus years, but activists and leaders have a blueprint to follow for getting things done in Detroit and across the nation in the NAACP. NAACP Executive Director Donnell...Hundreds attend first student dinner event at Byblos
Former Fordson principal Imad Fadlallah (C) poses with college and high school students after being awarded at the STAT dinner on April 13. PHOTO: Nafeh AbuNab/TAAN DEARBORN – The Fordson High School group Students Taking Action Today (STAT) held its first annual dinner at Byblos Banquet Hall on Friday, April 13 bringing......