To the editor:
There was an article published in The Arab American News on March 6 about Martin Kramer of Harvard University - (Harvard fellow calls for genocidal measure to curb Palestinian births). Kramer suggested at a conference that the...Letters to the Editor
After the "Sweatshirt Scandal" at Edsel Ford led by 15 juniors at the high school, Debbie Schlussel, a well-known blogger/lawyer, had the audacity to categorize all Muslims as supporters of homicide bombings and plane hijackings.
The sweatshirts featured a Class of 2011-themed design on the back with each digit in the number 11...
Contract negotiations should not be in the press
To the editor:
It is unbelievable that a member of the Board of Education would discuss contract negotiations in the press. ("Weathering the storm at schools," by Aimee Blackburn, The Arab American News, December 12-18, 2009).
The step increases Ms. Blackburn refers to have not been...Letters to the Editor
To the editor:
I would like to respond to the article by Ali Moossavi (Minaret ban indicates evolving fascism, 24 December). Mr. Moossavi has completely failed to understand the reasons for the Swiss vote in favor of a ban on the construction of minarets.
A protestor carries a sign in Switzerland.
The call for a referendum was...
In a guest editorial in last week's issue of The Arab American News, Kareem Shora, executive director of the national American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, called on the Obama administration to "correct the mistakes born out of the Bush-Cheney counterterrorism policies, including the CIA's use of torture." Shora's call came on the...Letters to the Editor
To the editor:
After the events of September 11, 2001 and Hurricane Katrina, it was realized that emergency response plans lacked insight into the needs of some of our most vulnerable citizens, the disabled and senior citizens. The Dearborn Commission on Disability Concerns is partnering with the Dearborn CERT Team in order to...
To the editor:
I am writing in response to your paper picking up the story regarding Edsel Ford High School and their pulling of Deanna Suleiman's OP-ED piece regarding the Israel/Palestine conflict from the school's website. Regardless of whether or not people liked the content of the article — the paper, the school, and the author...
November 29th, 20080Prior to the November 2008 general election, 31 members of the local American Arab community and I created a document in support of our choice for 19th District judge, Candyce Abbatt. In that document, we stated, without naming names, that the political organization, of which the publisher of this newspaper also serves as president, does...
Dear Mr. Siblani:
I am proud that so many truly cared about a simple judicial election that the process provoked such passion in our community. It speaks volumes about Dearborn. But, we need to work together and celebrate our accomplishments, not our differences. And sometimes we have to agree to disagree
Words cannot adequately...Letters to the Editor
To the editor:
As proud members of the Arab American community and as former and current members and leaders of the Arab Student Union at UM-Dearborn, we are compelled to write in response to a piece of election mail sent out to Dearborn's Arab American households which we believe was distasteful and counterproductive.
There were...
