Mourning the passing of former judge Anthony Mansour
December 17th, 20190 FLINT — The Arab American community lost one of its beloved and honored leaders last week. Former Genesee County Circuit Court Judge Anthony Mansour passed away on December 10 at the age of 93. The Arab American Heritage Council (AAHC) of Flint was deeply saddened to announce the passing away of one of their founders, long-time...
Extensive fraud scheme allegedly carried out by Detroit man halted by Nessel, DHHS inspector general
December 17th, 20190 LANSING — Mark Anthony Dodd, aka Mack Dodd or Marco Jones, 53 of Detroit, has been charged with 29 felony theft-related crimes stemming from an alleged fraudulent scheme to rip off the state. Dodd is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the state through fraudulent applications with Medicaid and food assistance programs. He...
Attorney General Nessel investigating earphone businesses accused of deceiving customers
December 13th, 20190 LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced her office is investigating two related Grand Rapids businesses — Blvck Pods, LLC and BlcvkedPods, LLC, which sell wireless earphones and earbuds online. The two Michigan companies have been the subject of numerous complaints from consumers around the world who believed...
Hassan Mohamad Ahmad elected president of the Dearborn Area Board of Realtors
December 13th, 20190 DEARBORN — Hassan Mohamad Ahmad has received the 2019 Realtor of the Year award and is now president-elect 2020 of the Dearborn Area Board of Realtors (DABOR). The honor was bestowed upon him during a sold out gala. Ahmad was also presented with a special tribute from Gov. Whitmer, presented by State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud...
Report: Minorities, including Arab Americans, make up increasingly high number of drug overdose deaths in Wayne County
December 13th, 20190 DETROIT — A new preliminary report on drug overdoses in Wayne County has predicted that the number of deaths will stay the same this year, but stats on deaths affecting communities of color could increase according to the most recent trends. The majority of the deceased in 2018 were White residents in their 40s. However, there was...
Dearborn rebranded: A promotional logo stirs up controversy
December 13th, 20193 DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn unveiled a new look this week. Reactions from Dearbornites to their city’s new image ranged from utter disappointment, confusion and complete ambivalence to positive reactions to the fledgling and diverse new rebranding project. Much was made of the city’s introduction of its new, more modern...
Wayne County Prosecutors Office appeals dismissal of charges in Ibrahim Aljahim sexual assault case
December 13th, 20190 DETROIT — The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office is appealing the dismissal of charges of criminal sexual conduct against Yemeni community leader Ibrahim Aljahim. A claim of appeal was filed in the Wayne County Third Circuit Court on Thursday. Wayne County prosecutors will have to submit a brief 28 days after it receives notice from...
Brown University advisory committee recommends divestment from companies supporting the Israeli occupation
December 10th, 20190 PROVIDENCE, RI — Brown University's Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies (ACCRIP) voted to recommend that the university withdraw support for companies that are “facilitating human rights violations in Palestine” on December 2, a press release from the Brown Divest! student organization said, making it the...
Violence in Baghdad as protests continue amid political uncertainty in Iraq
December 8th, 20190 BAGHDAD —Fears of infiltration by unknown groups grew in Iraq on Thursday after 13 people were stabbed in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. The stabbings caused no fatalities in the area of Iraq’s capital that has been the home of recent protests against the country’s government. Protesters gathered in Tahrir shouting slogans in...
Former Alex Jones staffer admits to fabricating information on “Sharia law” for popular conspiracy website InfoWars
December 8th, 20190 A former staff member for Alex Jones' conspiracy site Infowars has admitted to fabricating information to create stories written out-of-context to fit a false narrative about the threat of Sharia law in the United States. The man, former video editor Josh Owens, said that he soon left after one particular assignment that utilized the...
Arab American supporters of Bernie Sanders organize volunteers at Dearborn campaign event
December 8th, 20191 DEARBORN — Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gathered at the Arab American National Museum on Tuesday, November 26 as part of an official campaign event for the Vermont senator, who won the Michigan Democratic primary for president in 2016. The event, titled “Arab Americans for Bernie”, was sponsored...
Arab American named president of the medical staff at Beaumont Grosse Pointe Hospital
December 7th, 20190 GROSSE POINTE — Amer M. Alame, an Arab American physician who went to high school in Lebanon before attending college at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, was named president of the medical staff at Beaumont Hospital in Grosse Pointe. The hospital offers medical, surgical, emergency, obstetric and critical care services, and...
Michigan Heartbeat Coalition meets with Metro Detroit Muslims to promote Heartbeat Bill
December 6th, 20190 DEARBORN — Representatives from the Michigan Heartbeat Coalition, which is seeking to make abortion illegal in Michigan if a heartbeat is detected in an unborn baby, met with a committee of Muslim leaders from around Metro Detroit last week. The groups met in Dearborn last Wednesday, November 27, during a regularly scheduled...
Oakland County’s Democratic commissioners overwhelmingly back David Coulter
December 5th, 20190 Oakland County – On Thursday, Oakland County Executive David Coulter announced the support of nine of Oakland County’s Democratic commissioners for his 2020 campaign. Coulter said the wide support for his campaign underscores the confidence his colleagues have in his leadership. “In just three short months, working together, we...
Community rallies to spare the life of Dearborn Heights immigrant Median El-Moustrah
December 4th, 20190 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On a cold Monday morning, community leaders stood with the family and friends of Dearborn Heights resident Median El-Moustrah, who is slated for deportation to Lebanon despite the country’s inability to treat his many serious health conditions. Hours before Thanksgiving Immigration and Customs Enforcement......
The Star International Academy expands to Canton/Wayne-Westland Area
December 4th, 20191 CANTON — Hamadeh Educational Services (HES) and Star International Academy (SIA) announced the official groundbreaking of Star International Academy Canton (SIAC), an expansion of SIA, on December 3 at 10 a.m. at 45081 Geddes Road. The new 12-acre campus will house a technologically equipped facility with a modernistic...
Dearborn Schools parents can now check grades, report absences via app
December 4th, 20190 DEARBORN —Parents from Dearborn Public Schools can now report their children's absences and check student grades, attendance and more from a phone or tablet. The features are available through the Q Parent Connection app on Google Play or iTunes and the app may be set up using the same ID number and password they use for Parent......
FBI warns: Cyber criminals may be spying on you through smart TVs
December 3rd, 20190 PORTLAND, OR — In a pre-holiday message to consumers, an FBI field office has warned that smart TVs, or televisions equipped with Internet streaming and facial recognition capabilities, may be vulnerable to intrusion by cyber criminals intent on causing harm. The office, based out of Portland, Oregon, cautioned consumers that...
Loose leaves collection, as well as bagged collection, continues until Dec. 9-13
November 29th, 20190 DEARBORN – The city of Dearborn is reminding its residents that loose leaf collections will continue through the week of December 9-13. The last pickup for every neighborhood is scheduled on the trash day for that neighborhood that week. The city is advising that weather conditions may change the schedule. Note that it is...
Community leaders, activists react to Governor Whitmer’s controversial visit to Israel
November 29th, 20190 DEARBORN - Prior to Gov. Whitmer's departure for Israel on Sunday, November 17, the seven-day trip drew sharp criticism from a coalition of Arab American and American Muslim leaders, who questioned her timing given the Trump administration's recent announcement reversing a longstanding U.S. State Department legal opinion that Israeli...
Psychiatrist opens new practice in Dearborn to tackle mental health problems
November 29th, 20190 DEARBORN — Mental health has become a bigger issue than at any time in recent memory for millions of Americans, a challenge that the country's mental health professionals are mobilizing to take on in full force. Among them is Shady Shebak, a 33-year-old psychiatrist who recently opened Core Psych, PLLC on Dearborn's west side, with......
Levin, more than 100 Democrats send letter to Pompeo expressing “strong disagreement” with Israeli settlement policy reversal
November 29th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Led by U.S. Rep. Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township), more than 100 Democratic members of Congress have signed a letter expressing “strong disagreement” with the Trump administration's decision to no longer classify Israeli settlements in the West Bank of Palestine as illegal under international law. The...
ICE arrests 90 more students in its fake Farmington Hills university sting
November 29th, 20190 FARMINGTON HILLS — News came out this week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has now arrested about 250 students of a fake university set up by the Department of Homeland Security in Farmington Hills. The number has increased from 161 students in March. The fake university was set up to lure students primarily from......
Paralyzed man walks again thanks to Arab American doctor’s innovative procedure
November 29th, 20190 Rochester, Minnesota — A historic medical trial lead by Dr. Mohamad Bydon, a neurosurgeon and spine specialist at the Mayo Clinic, has yielded miraculous results for a patient who was paralyzed from the neck down due to a spinal cord injury. Chris Barr told ABC’s Good Morning America that he had given up hope after the prognosis...
Dearborn Heights family pleads for father’s life after ICE issues deportation order
November 27th, 20192 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to deport a very ill Dearborn Heights resident to Lebanon, an act which can potentially mean a death sentence for the beloved 49-year-old husband and father of three. Median El Moustrah has been diagnosed with multiple serious medical conditions, including diabetes,......
