September 24th, 20180Like vultures, Israeli soldiers descended on Khan Al-Ahmar, on Sept. 14, recreating a menacing scene with which the residents of this small Palestinian village, located East of Jerusalem, are all-too familiar.
The strategic location of Khan Al-Ahmar makes the story behind the imminent Israeli demolition of the peaceful village unique...
July 27th, 20181The head of the Arab Joint List Alliance at the Israeli Knesset (Parliament), Aymen Odeh, described the passing of the racist Jewish nation-state law as "the death of our democracy."
Did Odeh truly believe that, prior to this law, he had lived in a true democracy? Seventy years of Israeli Jewish supremacy, genocide, ethnic cleansing,...
July 22nd, 20180“In my four years as high commissioner, I have heard many preposterous claims. That claim is almost in its own category of absurdity. Have you no shame, sir, have you no shame? We are not fools.”
These were some of the remarks made by the outgoing United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, in his...
May 22nd, 20180THE HAGUE ― Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki asked prosecutors at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday to launch a full investigation into accusations of Israeli human rights abuses on Palestinian territory, saying the evidence was “insurmountable”.
Maliki submitted a so-called “referral”, giving the...
May 9th, 20180KALKASKA, Mich. — The village president of Kalkaska, about 230 miles northwest of Detroit, who shared Facebook posts condemning Islam and called for the murder of “every last Muslim" in June 2017 has been replaced in a recall election.
On May 8, the town's 2,000 residents ousted Jeff Sieting and elected Harley J. Wales in his...
May 4th, 20180Three more Palestinians were killed and 611 wounded last Friday, when tens of thousands of Gazans continued their largely non-violent protests at the Gaza-Israel border.
Yet as the casualty count keeps climbing — nearly 45 dead and more than 5,500 wounded — the deafening silence also continues. Tellingly, many of those who long...
March 30th, 20180By Mary Turfah
On March 24, hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets of Washington D.C., New York, Detroit and elsewhere to protest gun violence—or at least part of it.
The Parkland school shooting victims — around whose misfortune these protests arose— have demonstrated their readiness to use their...
February 2nd, 20180By Ramzy Baroud
Although the genocide of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar has gathered greater media attention in recent months, there is no indication that the international community is prepared to act in any meaningful way, thus leaving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees stranded in border camps between Myanmar and...
January 19th, 20181By Ramzy Baroud
Not a day passes without a prominent Israeli politician or intellectual making an outrageous statement against Palestinians. Many of these statements tend to garner little attention or evoke rightly deserved outrage.
Just recently, Israel's minister of agriculture, Uri Ariel, called for more death and injuries on...
January 12th, 20180By James Zogby
Between Christmas and New Year's Day, I became embroiled in what The Jerusalem Post termed a "Twitter war", which it claimed "raised eyebrows on both sides of the Atlantic."
What started the heated exchange was my response to a tweet by celebrity chef Rachael Ray in which she called "Israeli"—"meze, stuffed grape...
January 5th, 20180Here's our 2017 year-in-review of the most important news and developments as reported by The Arab American News locally, nationally and internationally.
Community and local
1. Former Dearborn City Clerk Kathy Buda was convicted on embezzlement charges, after clerk office employees reported suspicions she was stealing cash from fees...
September 22nd, 20173By Zarefah Baroud
Most women will agree that female representation in the media is incredibly important for a plethora of reasons— not only in media but also politics and other platforms lacking opportunity for female participants.
Providing women of all ages a strong and positive role model could break a toxic habit and pattern...
September 22nd, 20170KALKASKA — In the wake of several anti-Muslim sentiments posted by Kalkaska Village President Jeff Sieting, a group of Kalkaska County residents have formed a nonprofit organization to promote education and understanding.
Established in July, Kalkaska for Peace (KFP) came about because of the negative image the village received,...
September 8th, 20170The genocide of the Rohingya Muslims became a major global focus this week and yet no official outcry against their massacre or for immediate aid was made.
Making headlines should raise awareness about the crisis— immediately outraging humanity as a call for action— not silencing and immobilizing it.
According to an op-ed...
June 23rd, 20170DETROIT — Loud voices chanted outside the U.S. District Court in Detroit Wednesday, June 21, in protest against the detention last week of 114 Americans of Iraqi origin by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.
"Love not hate, makes America great!", "The people united will never be divided" and "no deportation" were...
June 16th, 20171SOUTHFIELD — On Monday, June 12, dozens gathered outside the Mother of God Chaldean Catholic Church in Southfield to protest a recent wave of ICE raids that targeted, captured and detained dozens of Iraqi immigrants at multiple locations across Metro Detroit, including local churches, homes and even a hospital.
Shocked and outraged...
March 6th, 20170I had recently been asked to give a talk about "being an American Muslim in the United States." Although wary of the uses and abuses of the term, I obliged.
Islam is a religion propelled by values, not race. Nor, theoretically, by blind tribal allegiances, I explained.
The "American Muslim" identity which has been under constant...
March 6th, 20170
At the nation's heart is a civil rights struggle that refuses to die. It manifests among varying communities at different times, yet conjures the distinct tones of ignorance and fear that has set the American story apart.
While that story regrettably holds true in defining Arab and Muslim American experiences, we can be proud of...
February 27th, 20172STERLING HEIGHTS — Tempers flared to such a degree at the City Council meeting Feb. 21 that the mayor ordered the chamber cleared and an impassioned mob burst through the doors, shouting "This is just a show" and "they will be so sorry."
Residents and others were forced to watch the remainder of the meeting, in which council members...
October 21st, 20160
Women holding signs depicting slain children from Saudi Arabian air strikes.DEARBORN — The strife in Yemen has been brought to the forefront after a handful of prominent organizations and activists condemned the massacre, by Saudi Arabian forces, of at least 150 mourners and the injury of about 700 more from an airstrike during a...
September 16th, 20160
Protesters stand on heavy machinery near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation - Photo by ReutersThousands of Native Americans resurrected the fighting spirit of their forefathers as they stood in unprecedented unity to contest an oil company's desecration of their sacred land in North Dakota. Considering its burdened historical context,...
June 16th, 20160
Yazidi refugees fleeing ISIS, Aug. 2015. Photo: ReutersGENEVA — ISIS is committing genocide against the Yazidis in Syria and Iraq to destroy the religious community of 400,000 people through killings, sexual slavery and other crimes, United Nations investigators said on Thursday.Such a designation, rare under international law, would...
May 13th, 20160
ANN ARBOR — Michigan Radio decided not to air a sponsor's message wishing Israel a happy birthday on the Zionist state's independence day.
For a donation of at least $365, listeners can broadcast a message six times on the public radio station based at the University of Michigan. However, the pro-Israeli message of Lisa Lis, an...
The Nelson Mandela statue in RamallahI had mixed feelings when I learned that Palestine has erected a statue of Nelson Mandela, the iconic South African anti-Apartheid leader. I was pleased that the unmistakable connection between the struggles of Palestinians and South Africans is cemented more than ever before. On the other hand,...Other Voices
"How Syria goes the region will"The atrocities perpetrated by all sides of the civil war in Syria have reached the level of genocide. Half the population of 23 million people has been displaced. 300,000 have died. Over two million injured? The country is in ruins. National unity is severely eroded. The threat of Syria’s collapse...
January 15th, 20160
Bishop Francis Kalabat.
DETROIT — Last month, Bishop Francis Kalabat, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church for Michigan, testified in front of a U.S. House subcommittee, where he panned the Obama administration for ignoring the suffering of Christian refugees displaced by war in Syria and Iraq, proclaiming that the U.S. should...
DALLAS -The Texas boy arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock
that was mistaken for a bomb is moving to Qatar, his family said on Tuesday, a
few hours after he was at the White House for an astronomy night hosted by
President Barack Obama.
Ahmed Mohamed, 14, a bespectacled ninth-grader who became an
Internet sensation...
October 12th, 20150
Photo: RedditDETROIT – In recognition of Columbus Day, a statue of Christopher Columbus in downtown Detroit got a blow to the head from a hatchet.The statue at Jefferson and Randolph was vandalized with fake blood and a hatchet taped to his forehead. The ax was later removed, and the paint will be...
