Census 2010 reveals increase in Dearborn despite big loss in Wayne County
April 1st, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Data released from the U.S. Census Bureau for Michigan shows Dearborn's population has grown by 378 people, while...
Local religious leaders oppose Jones visit to Dearborn
April 1st, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }@font-face { font-family: "Monaco"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }Despite strong opposition, extremist pastor Terry Jones still plans to protest in...Heights school board member Golani accused of embezzling $750,000
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A Dearborn Heights school board member has been accused of embezzling $750,000 by...
CAIR-MI spotlights accomplishments, current Muslim challenges at annual banquet
April 1st, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }The Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan held its 11th annual banquet on Sunday, March 27 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in...
Conyers initiates investigation of American Muslim border harassment
April 1st, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }DETROIT — On Friday, March 25, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee,...Snyder pushes budget despite objections
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@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }@font-face { font-family: "Monaco"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Dearborn - The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) -...Hundreds of Yemeni Americans including locals protest Saleh at White House
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } WASHINGTON, D.C. — About 200 Yemeni Americans from metro Detroit boarded a bus and headed to Washington,...Snyder signs bill ending store price tag law
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }LANSING — Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a bill on March 29 that will end a state requirement for store owners to put...New Michigan teen driving laws in effect
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@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }A full-page advertisement titled "Wall of Lies" regarding beliefs on the subject of Palestine placed in last week's (March...Dearborn’s Sanford-Brown College holds first commencement at Fordson
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }DEARBORN – Fordson High School's auditorium was the site of a landmark event on Saturday, March 19 as Sanford-Brown College...Yemenis rally in Hamtramck against Saleh regime
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }HAMTRAMCK — Veterans Memorial Park on Jos Campau in downtown Hamtramck was transformed Sunday, March 20 when dozens of...U.S. foreign policy is disgraceful and embarrassing
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Arabs are once again showing grit, courage and bravery in Bahrain and Yemen against oppression and...
Facts about Michigan’s newly proposed anti-immigrant bill HB 4305 exposed
March 26th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Ryan BatesDETROIT — The Arab American News interviewed Ryan Bates, director of Alliance for Immigrants Rights and Reform......
Community responds to extremist Jones’ protest plans in Dearborn
March 26th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }@font-face { font-family: "Monaco"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }DEARBORN —Florida pastor Terry Jones, who is widely known for threatening to burn a...
Emotional reunion for Amer family at ASU’s annual banquet
March 26th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }DEARBORN — Mother's Day comes early each year in the Arab World (March 21) and this year, it came even earlier for Rehab Amer......
CAIR files complaint over Muslim border profilings
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) announced during a press conference on Thursday that it would be filing a complaint with the Department of Justice (DOJ) due to unwarranted detention and unlawful searching and questioning of American Muslims at various border crossings into the U.S. They also...Hundreds rally at Islamic Center in support of protesters in Bahrain, Arab world
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }DEARBORN – The Islamic Center of America was the site of a rally attended by hundreds of people in support of anti-government...Youth event raises awareness on the plight of Palestinians
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } DEARBORN — Americans are frequently criticized for lacking knowledge about the Palestine-Israeli conflict. Spreading...Al-Hanooti given lesser sentence in Federal Court
DETROIT – Dearborn Heights native Muthanna Al-Hanooti was given a sizable break in his sentencing on Friday, March 18 for violating the economic embargo against Iraq, which began in 1990 and ended in 2003. Al-Hanooti, age 51, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison but will likely stay a total of 10 months with good behavior;......
ACLU wins major victory; plaintiffs allowed to challenge wiretapping law
March 26th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } A federal appeals court on Tuesday, March 22 reinstated the American Civil Liberties Union's landmark lawsuit...The Arabs should not fully outsource Libya’s liberation
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Where is the role of the Arab states in the multinational effort to save Libya? The Arab League......
Upcoming fundraiser to support Make-a-Wish child from Wyandotte
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }University of Michigan-Dearborn psychology student Lina Darwish says she’ll never forget the excitement her close friend Ali...
Local Libyans support international intervention
March 26th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } With the United Nations declaring Libya a no-fly zone last week, members of the local Libyan community......