Need for U.S.-sponsored Arab-Israeli deal
Palestinians and Israelis are locked in a relationship of deep mistrust. A credible outside force must intervene to break an enduring cycle of despair. A Palestinian boy sits outside a tent near his house, which was destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza...No emergency summits for Arab human development crisis
When the first Arab Human Development Report (AHDR) was published in 2002, a star glistened in a vast, gloomy sky. The fact that a UN-sponsored report, authored by independent Arab scholars, would receive so much attention in Arab media, was in itself a promising start. The fact that such terminology as human security, personal...WSU student group to host screening of documentary on film portrayals of Arabs
Shaheen's research concluded that when Arab characters are included in Hollywood films, they play the role of villain about 97 percent of the time.The Middle Eastern Law Student Association is scheduled to host a screening of the Jack Sheehan film "Reel Bad Arabs" on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 3-5 p.m. at Wayne State University. The 2006...
Hussein Berry elected to Dearborn School Board, O’Donnell unseats Thomas
November 7th, 20090 Campaign volunteers are seen from inside a passing car outside McDonald Elementary School polling stations on Election Day. PHOTO: Nafeh AbuNab/American Elite Studios DEARBORN — Tuesday's elections will result in some moderate shakeups in city councils and school boards of several municipalities. Sekna Yehya, 39,...
Outrage erupts after killing of imam
November 7th, 20090 Groups call for independent investigation of FBI actions Several rights groups continue to speak out against the FBI's fatal shooting of the leader of a Detroit Muslim community on October 28. Omar Regan, the son of slain Detroit Muslim leader Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, embraces a family member. PHOTO: Pan-African News...IRS effort to provide bilingual tax help Nov. 7
DETROIT — The Internal Revenue Service has announced a special event called Solution Saturday. The program offers personalized tax help to over four million taxpayers in the Metro Detroit area, one of only five cities around the country sponsoring the event. Assistance in Arabic will be available or you can bring your own...Homicides down, more cases closed under new Detroit Police Chief, internal numbers show
DETROIT — Detroit Police seem to have turned a corner in preventing and closing homicide cases, according to data released by Mayor Dave Bing and Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans at a news conference Oct. 26. In the third quarter of 2009, Detroit Police recorded 96 criminal homicides, compared to 111 in the third quarter of...
Election results bring moderate change
November 4th, 20090 Tuesday's elections will result in some moderate shakeups in upcoming city council and school board terms of several municipalities. Voter Hassane Oseili enters his ballot at McDonald Elementary School in Dearborn on Tuesday. PHOTOS: Khalil AlHajal/TAAN "We're hoing for...Arab American could take Hamtramck mayoral race
Longtime Hamtramck resident and Yemeni American chiropractor Abdul Algazali stands poised to become the first Arab American mayor in the city's history. Mayoral candidate Dr. Abdul Algazali in his office in Hamtramck PHOTOS: Bill Meyer Algazali came in 179 votes behind incumbent Karen Majewski in the August primary, but is...Detroit mayor rounds up support for 2010 Census
Finding, let alone counting, all of Detroit's residents amid all the city's widespread clusters of vacant structures and foreclosed homes is a huge task. The Census Bureau, with its work cut out for it, is reaching out into the crevices of minority and ethnic communities all over and is looking for all the help it can get. Detroit...Tractors, Thunderbirds in playoffs
DEARBORN — It was business as usual for Dearborn Public School teams in 2009 as Edsel Ford, Dearborn, and Fordson all finished with winning records. The Pioneers fell just short of the playoffs after a tough 25-7 loss to Highland Park last weekend and a 5-4 season, but both the Thunderbirds and Tractors have playoff games at home...Cigar bar adds to nightlife in the D
From restaurants to casinos, downtown Detroit offers plenty of entertainment options. But for a long time, the city lacked an upscale cigar bar where some of the its 160,000 or so workers could relax at the end of the day. Hand-rolled cigars are made on-site at La Casa De La Habana, 1502 Randolph Street in downtown Detroit...Another war in the works
Does anyone remember all the lies they were told by President Bush and the "mainstream media" about the grave threat to America from weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? These lies were repeated endlessly in the print and TV media despite the reports from the weapons inspectors, who had been sent to Iraq, that no such weapons existed....U.S., NATO rely on warlords for security
WASHINGTON (IPS) — The revelation by The New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is only the tip of a much bigger iceberg of heavy dependence by U.S. and NATO counterinsurgency forces on Afghan warlords for...
AAPAC rallies voters: High turnout will bring surprises
October 30th, 20090 Arab American Political Action Committee activists stand with public officials during AAPAC’s annual dinner on Thursday at the Bint Jebail Cultural Center in Dearborn. PHOTOS: Nafeh AbuNab/American Elite Studios The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) rallied activists and voters on Thursday in preparation for......
FBI shootout leads to death of radical leader
October 30th, 20090 The FBI raided a Dearborn warehouse and two Detroit homes on Wednesday, killing one man and arresting several members of what officials call a radical Muslim group after the unsealing of a criminal complaint in which 11 suspects were charged with various felonies. Luqman Ameen Abdullah The suspects were members of a local...Celebrating 30 years of success
DETROIT — The Renaissance Center in Detroit was the site of the Arab and Chaldean Council's (ACC) Annual Civic and Humanitarian Awards Gala on Saturday, October 17, as the organization celebrated 30 years of service and accomplishments. ACC President and CEO Dr. Haifa Fakhouri extended her gratitude and appreciation to ACC......
Part 7: Reflecting on 25 years of The Arab American News
Local and national community leaders and elected officials comment on The Arab American News' silver anniversary: "I extend my heartfelt congratulations to The Arab American News as you celebrate your 25th anniversary. I am honored to recognize a publication that has shared the voice, vision, and views of Arab Americans in the 13th...
Imams settle with U.S. Airways in civil rights case
October 24th, 20090 The Council on American-Islamic Relation (CAIR) today hailed what it called a "victory for justice and civil rights" in the case of six imams who said their rights were violated in 2006 when they were removed from a US Airways flight in Minnesota and arrested. Omar Shahin, one of six imams removed from a US Airways Phoenix-bound...CIA to interview local applicants Nov. 17
CIA recruiters plan to conduct interviews in the Detroit area in mid-November for top applicants seeking analyst positions who turn in resumes by Nov. 2. CIA Program Manager for Middle East Outreach, Zahra Roberts, said part of the goal in the Detroit-area recruitment effort is to gain recruits with Middle Eastern cultural and...Berry seeking second term in Dearborn Heights
It's been almost four years since Tom Berry began serving on Dearborn Heights' city council, but the way he sees it, he's just getting started. Dearborn Heights City Council member Tom Berry (center) believes his experience will help if re-elected to a second term. PHOTO: Nick Meyer/TAAN Berry, who is Lebanese and the only......
ASU hosts candidates forum at Michigan-Dearborn
DEARBORN — The Arab Student Union at the University of Michigan-Dearborn hosted a forum for the Dearborn City Council race last Thursday, giving the candidates one more chance to let the public know where they stand on key issues. The event was attended by seven of the 14 candidates on the ballot for the November 3 election, during...Dearborn Heights mayor denies discrimination allegations
A former Dearborn Heights department head is suing the city and its mayor for alleged discrimination and retaliation for whistle-blowing. Hassane Jamal Hassane Jamal, former Community & Economic Development Department head, alleges in a complaint filed Oct. 2 in U.S. District Court that city officials including Mayor......
Custom accessories, spa services in one place
DEARBORN — When Souheir Mokadam first came to America from Lebanon six years ago, she had no plans to open a shop of her own despite her experience in fashion design and the fact that her father Mustapha owned the popular El-Mokadam clothing company. Souheir Mokadam But then people started noticing her one-of-a-kind...ACC to celebrate three decades of service
Bahrain's ambassador to the U.S. Houda Nonoo, is expected in Detroit on Saturday, Oct. 17 to help the Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) celebrate 30 years of service at its annual Civic and Humanitarian Awards Gala, 6 p.m. at the Detroit Marriott in the Renaissance Center. Bahrain's ambassador to the U.S. Houda......
