The Israeli occupation has corrupted its own society
The state of Israel has become hell, into which not only sinners — but also the innocent — may be cast at any moment. According to statistics from the Prime Minister's office, more Israelis have been murdered in the past month in Israel than those murdered since January 2007 in the territory of the Palestinian...Dearborn football teams gunning for title in 2009
DEARBORN — Summer is drawing to a close, and while it’s a sad time for many, others can’t help but be excited by the return of football season. High school football season in Dearborn has always taken on a special significance, especially in regards to the timeless rivalry between cross-town programs Dearborn and Dearborn...“Captain Abu Raed” opens at Bloomfield Hills Landmark
The first Jordanian film ever exported to theaters around the world opens in the Detroit area this weekend. "Captain Abu Raed," winner of 27 international awards including the 2008 Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Audience Award, is now showing at the Maple Art Theatre, 4135 West Maple Rd. in Bloomfield Hills. Writer-director...Ramadan resolution adopted in state House
LANSING — The state House on Wednesday adopted a resolution wishing Michigan Muslims a happy Ramadan. The Muslim holy month of fasting, prayer and charitable giving starts this week. The resolution does includes a couple of mistakes. According to a version of the document posted on the legislature's website, the resolution includes...
Third Arab American Comedy Show a runaway success
August 22nd, 20090 As a veteran of New York City's Arab American Comedy Festival, comedian Mike Mosallam knew that the idea had a ton of potential if it could just find the right audience. "Love Match," a dating show spoof with fictional host Khaled Woolery, far left, drew big laughs from the Ford Performing Arts Center crowd at the 3rd Annual...
Why are we in Afghanistan?
August 22nd, 20090 As we approach the eight-year anniversary of the war in Afghanistan — the "good" war — we should ask ourselves an embarrassingly simple question: Why are we there? Amidst talk of troop levels, suicide bombings, coalition casualties, and "democratic" elections, more fundamental questions arise. How did we get there? What are we doing?...
Local family’s relatives evicted in Jerusalem heist
August 15th, 20090 A Troy man whose three brothers are literally living on a street in East Jerusalem with their wives and children after being evicted from their homes to make room for Jewish settlers is appealing for support from activists and elected officials in protesting his family's displacement. Protesters hold candles during a rally in...City’s high schools promise exciting football season in new division
DEARBORN - It's a season of new beginnings for the Dearborn, Dearborn Edsel Ford, and Dearborn Fordson programs as the three high school football teams each move into the newly-created Western Wayne County Blue Division. And if it turns out anything like last season, there will be plenty of happy football fans in the area as all...A shake-up among teachers, administrators in Dearborn Schools
DEARBORN - In mid-August, no matter how hard they try to fight it, the thought of going back to school starts creeping into the backs of kids' minds. In Dearborn, many of them will see some new faces when they go back in September. A major shift in principals and administrators throughout the district has taken place this summer in a...City council seat open in Dearborn Heights
DEARBORN HEIGHTS - City officials are looking to appoint a new City Council member to replace Bob Brown, who resigned on July 14. Resumes and letters of interest are being accepted at City Hall through Aug. 26. Candidates will have a chance to introduce themselves at a Sept. 1 meeting and on Sept. 8 the council is expected to...New language education initiatives
Two new federally funded initiatives are offering college students unique opportunities to learn or make use of Arabic language skills through the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Georgetown University in Washington. The National Security Education Program has provided a Language Flagship Initiative grant at U-M to "change the...
Flint teen linked to missing Macomb County man
August 15th, 20090 DETROIT - A 17-year-old Flint teen of Lebanese descent has been linked to the disappearance of a Chesterfield Township man, and a series of other crimes in Macomb County, according to reports Thursday by The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. Ihab Maslamani Ihab Maslamani was arraigned Thursday afternoon in Clinton...Post office may close area facilities
Fifteen Detroit-area U.S. Postal Service locations may have to close. Officials have said the Postal Service has lost $4.7 billion so far this year and expects the number to grow to $7 billion by the end of the fiscal year, because of the recession and increased use of electronic billing and messaging. The agency has proposed...
U.S. stands to lose if peace process stalls
August 15th, 20090 Barack Obama is in a bit of a bind. Unlike any of his predecessors, this American president chose, admirably, to attempt to tackle the Palestinian-Israeli conflict shortly after taking office, realizing that this long-festering issue has seriously damaged the US image in the Middle East. A Palestinian boy climbs up from a...coney captions
Top to bottom: Favorite halal food items like coney dogs will be available 24-7 throughout Ramadan at Leo's Coney Island in Dearborn. Georgena Baydoun (left) and her daughter Owatif of Dearborn Heights enjoy a meal at Leo's Coney Island in Dearborn. Server Ahmad Farhat offers up a Greek salad at the new Leo's Coney Island in......
New halal coney island to open 24 hours for Ramadan
DEARBORN - It's easy to find plenty of quality halal food choices in Dearborn, but up until now, one of Detroit's favorite culinary creations was hard to come by. Leo's Coney Island in Dearborn on the corner of Ford and Greenfield has changed all of that by offering authentic coney island-style food favorites, all with certified halal...The ongoing danger of nuclear war
This August, when hundreds of Hiroshima Day vigils and related antinuclear activities occur around the United States, many Americans will wonder at their relevance. After all, the nuclear danger that characterized the Cold War is now far behind us, isn't it? A girl prays in front of a cenotaph for the victims of the the U.S.......
Will Obama be pressured to slow down peace promotion by Israel’s supporters in the Congress?
President Barack Obama is investing a good measure of his political capital in the Middle East without receiving, so far, much support from the United States Congress. Last week, the president's special Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, was in Israel to work toward reaching a better understanding over limiting Israeli settlements. U.S....
Dearborn City Council race: Five Arab Americans move on to compete in November
August 7th, 20090 DEARBORN – Five candidates with Arab ethnic roots will appear on the City Council election ballot in November after placing among the top 14 vote-getters in Tuesday's primary. Dearborn voter Kefah Saad, 43, inserts his ballot into a vote-counting machine at Woodworth Middle School on Tuesday as his son Hady Saad, 7, watches....
Arab Americans make November ballots in Detroit, Hamtramck
August 7th, 20090 DETROIT — City council candidate Mohamed Okdie, who is Arab American, placed 16th out of 169 in Detroit's primary election Tuesday, garnering 9,374 votes and winning a spot on the November ballot. Detroit city council candidate Mohamed Okdie received 9,374 votes in Tuesday's primary election, placing him 16th and winning him a...Man hit by falling airplane part
DEARBORN — A Dearborn man was hit by a 7x8 inch piece of jagged metal from an aircraft Monday while standing outside of his home. Forty-year-old Wissam Beydoun was walking up the steps when the aluminum object fell from the sky and hit him on the head. At first, he thought it might have been a bird, but he eventually realized......
Soccer reunites friends from Yemen
Soccer is the most popular sport on Earth in large part because of its breathtaking individual displays of skill. But when it comes to winning championships, Unis AlHidary knows that nothing beats teamwork. Unis AlHidary AlHidary and fellow Michigan Yemen Sports Association player Ismail Nasser would know, as they both won...
DEARBORN ELECTION RESULTS: Five Arab Americans move on to November election
August 5th, 20090 DEARBORN – The field of 25 City Council candidates was cut to 14 after Tuesday primary elections. The 14 survivors will move on to the November general election, where they'll fight for seven seats. Five Arab Americans, including three incumbents and two newcomers, made the cut. Incumbents George Darany, Suzanne Sareini and......
The old Bibi is back
JERUSALEM — "Reckless", "cavalier", "unscrupulous", "petty politician, not statesman"…these and such epithets applied to Benjamin Netanyahu by friends and foes alike — not that he ended up with many friends — when he was first Israel's Prime Minister back in the late 1990s. Benjamin Netanyahu Re-elected in...When did making a profit become the only reason to do anything?
It used to be that there were some services and institutions so vital to our nation that they were exempt from market pressures. Not anymore. How about this for a New Rule: Not everything in America has to make a profit. It used to be that there were some services and institutions so vital to our nation that they were exempt from......
