Huge drug bust includes one Dearborn man
Three Michigan men, including one from Dearborn, have been charged in the largest illegal pill distribution scheme in the history of southeast Michigan. United States Attorney Terrence S. Berg announced the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging a medical business owner, a doctor and a pharmacist with conspiring to unlawfully...Haddad begins job as Dearborn police chief
DEARBORN — Mayor Jack O'Reilly's appointment of Ron Haddad as the city's new police chief became official on Monday when Haddad was sworn-in by City Clerk Kathy Buda. O'Reilly selected Haddad to head the department in October, citing Haddad's extensive career on the front lines and in police administration, and his far-reaching...
How sweet it is at Candy Bouquet
December 20th, 20080 DEARBORN — With so many places offering holiday centerpieces and gift baskets, distinguishing between them all can be a tough task. Houda (left) and Zeinab Chami opened Candy Bouquet in September 2008. PHOTOS: Rached Elmasri and Nick Meyer/TAAN But one thing's for sure in the Dearborn area: there's no place...Iranian leaders debate Obama’s likely policies
TEHRAN (IPS) — Iranian national security officials and political leaders have been carrying out an internal debate over how much freedom President-elect Barack Obama will have to change U.S. policy toward Iran, and those who have argued that he will not be able to do so have gained the upper hand since Obama's announcement of his...Khadir wins seat in Quebec
Who said Canadian politics are dull? Canada’s current political crisis began when the Conservative minority government presented an economic update to Parliament. The update had little to say about the economy but included some socially regressive measures. Amir Khadir The one that precipitated the crisis was a measure...Canada must reclaim its human rights reputation
Ottawa — The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN), on International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, urged the Canadian government to take concrete steps to reclaim its reputation as an international human rights leader. Since 2001, several incidents have shaken the belief of citizens and the international community...Economy, ecology go hand-in-hand
Imagine a world that employs logic, knowledge, science and common sense to face the challenges of global warming, which is threatening to bring famine and disaster in biblical proportions. Imagine a world without the Federal Reserve. The world is so focused on dealing with the financial collapse caused by the flawed design of the...Abbatt withdraws recount request
DEARBORN — November’s race for 19th District Judge in Dearborn was expected to be hotly contested, and it lived up to that billing as incumbent Mark W. Somers won by just 228 votes. Challenger Candyce Abbatt talked about a possible recount following the election after she lost by a vote count of 17,077-16,849, and on Monday, the...
FBI responds to concerns about new guidelines
December 13th, 20080 New U.S. Justice Department guidelines handed down to the FBI and put into effect on Dec.1 have concerned many in Arab American, American Muslim and other communities. Some believe the new rules put them at greater risk of being treated unfairly or unreasonably subjected to investigation. Special Agent in charge of the FBI...Advocacy groups announce border profiling hotline
Citing growing concerns over border patrol’s persistent targeting and ongoing detention of people at the border based on their race, ethnicity or religion, a coalition of concerned advocacy agencies in Michigan have announced the creation of a border complaint hotline in honor of International Human Rights Day. People with complaints...
Around town
December 13th, 20080 "Dearborn Aglow" holiday home decoration judging takes place December 13-15 A holiday tradition returns to Dearborn when judging takes place for the 44th annual "Dearborn Aglow" holiday home decoration awards. Judging will take place nightly from 6-10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, Sunday, Dec. 14, and Monday, Dec. 15. Members of the...
Crescent halal chicken lands on Wal-Mart shelves
December 13th, 20080 Wal-Mart recently completed a deal with Crescent Foods, a Chicago-based Halal chicken producer, to supply products to the world's largest retail chain. Five Wal-Mart stores in the Michigan-area now stock a range of eight different Crescent chicken products, as the first deliveries were completed in November to stores in Dearborn,...
Local boutique offers unique gifts
December 13th, 20080 DEARBORN — Holiday gift giving has changed dramatically over the years. What used to be a time to pick out something special and unique for loved ones has devolved into a mad dash to grab the latest frivolous technology item from store shelves before it’s long gone. LuLu by Design owner Majed Younes poses in front of the...Al Haq lawyers tour in Canada
The National Council on Canada-Arab Relations is sponsoring a Canadian tour by two lawyers with Al Haq, a Ramallah-based human rights organization that monitors and defends human rights in the Occupied Territories. On Oct. 22, they spoke at Ottawa's Carleton University. Their appearance, publicized by a co-sponsoring campus group...JFK episode suggests Obama’s Iraq plan at risk
WASHINGTON (IPS) — The decision by President-elect Barack Obama to keep Robert M. Gates on as defense secretary has touched off a debate over whether Obama can pursue his commitment to rapid withdrawal from Iraq even though Gates has defended George W. Bush's surge policy and opposed Obama's 16-month timetable for......
Novella serves as historical record of ‘Naqba’
Khirbet Khizeh, by S. Yizhar, Ibis Editions, 1949,translated from Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange and Yaacob Dweck. While Israel, as a collective entity, continues to wander the corridors of the retirement home of history as an old man with Alzheimer's, there are those who forever remain young and alert. One of those was S. Yizhar,...
In dire financial straits, ADC prepares for annual fundraising gala
December 5th, 20080 The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)-Michigan is finalizing plans for its Annual Fundraising Gala on Dec. 12, amid increasingly difficult financial challenges. "LA-8" Attorney David Cole is to keynote ADC-Michigan's annual fundraising gala. The gala, to be held at the Hyatt Regency, 600 Town Center Drive in......
Three Arab Americans named Rhodes Scholars
December 5th, 20080 Abdulrahman El-Sayed has been busy. Rhodes Scholarship recipient Abdulrahman El-Sayed delivering a commencement address at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor as a top graduate in Spring 2007. PHOTO: University of Michigan News Service At 24 years old, the Ann Arbor student has already acquired a joint bachelor’s degree in...
CAAO rejects latest Wygonik statement, insists on apology for “maligning Arabs”
December 5th, 20080 DEARBORN — After having his first three official statements rejected by the Congress of Arab American Organizations (CAAO), 19th District Court Judge Richard Wygonik released what he called his final statement on alleged insensitive comments he made about Arabs in July. Representatives of the Congress of Arab American...
No election violations found by committee
December 5th, 20080 DEARBORN — After a complaint that there were stacks of campaign literature inside polling places on Election Day at two different sites, a meeting was called by the city's Election Commission to discuss the matter with local leaders and witnesses. Abed Hammoud, of the Arab American Political Action Commitee (L) and Dearborn...Dems owe Carter an apology
Carter's controversial views on Israel cost him a place on the podium at the Democratic Party convention Jimmy CarterNow that the season of electoral expediency is over, Barack Obama owes Jimmy Carter an apology. At the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the Party denied Jimmy Carter the traditional invitation to......
Mosque and synagogue together
When Sheykh Zahir Bacchus of Lote Tree Foundation in Brampton (a city near Toronto) and Rabbi Yossi Sapirman of Beth Torah in Toronto met at a seminar on serving the sick and dying, they became friends. And last year, the two were among a group of 13 rabbis and imams invited to a meeting in New York sponsored by the Foundation for Ethnic...It’s time to end the Fed
The wild fires raging in California no doubt have the finger prints of arson, as did the wildfires that preceded them. A person who is facing foreclosure figures instead of burning his own house and risk being convicted of insurance fraud, he lights up a nearby dry brush, and nature does the rest. The same scenario is taking place in......
Fakhouri accompanies Gov. Granholm, business delegation to Jordan
November 29th, 20080 Arab American and Chaldean Council board member Eliya Boji (L), ACC President Haifa Fakhouri, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, Jordanian King Abdullah II and Chief of the Jordanian Royal Court Nasser al Louzi at the King's Palace in Amman on Nov. 19. During a four-day trip to the Middle East last week, Michigan Governor...The Struggle For Palestine: Hamas vs. Fatah
I'm not sure where to start with this volume — other than to say it is a history so out of context and so biased in its language that it is essentially meaningless. If a scientist were to isolate human blood cells and study them under a microscope — and only blood cells under a microscope — they could learn and report about all......
