August 30th, 20240The Arab American Civil Rights League filed a federal complaint against Customs and Border Protection after an officer questioned Taiba Elgattani, who wears a hijab and uses a wheelchair, for three hours in the Metro Detroit Airport before sending her back to where she lives in the U.K. without alerting her family.
Elgattani flew from...
June 28th, 20240DALLAS — A Texas woman allegedly tried to drown a 3-year-old Palestinian American at an apartment complex pool in suburban Dallas after making racist remarks toward the child’s mother in a case investigators are asking to be treated as a hate crime, a police spokeswoman said Monday.
Elizabeth Wolf, 42, has been charged with...
June 14th, 20240DEARBORN – On June 11, the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) board elected Nabih H. Ayad, Esq. as the new chairman of the civil rights group.
Ayad, the founder of the ACRL, served as the chairman for the organization's first five years and now resumes this pivotal role. With more than 25 years of private practice at Ayad Law,...
May 24th, 20240DEARBORN – The Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) held its twelfth annual “Fight for Justice” Gala on Thursday, May 16 at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center.
The organization recognized five awardees whose efforts have significantly impacted Arab and Muslim communities.
“This is not your average...
February 16th, 20240Several American Jewish organizations led by the Anti Defamation League launched a campaign of distortion and intimidation against the longtime publisher and editor-in-chief of The Arab American News, Osama Siblani. This campaign of maligning Siblani came after his meeting with senior White House officials in Dearborn last week.
The...
February 9th, 20240An offensive opinion article on the city of Dearborn published by the Wall Street Journal last week sparked feelings of anxiety and resentment among the local community, summoning a widespread wave of condemnation that included President Biden, Governor Whitmer and other prominent officials, while local Arab American leaders called in a...
November 10th, 20230DEARBORN — Zakaria and Laila Alarayshi, the couple from Livonia who were stuck in war-torn Gaza for a month, have made it back home. They shared their experience of being in Gaza as the conflict ensued.
The couple spoke at a press conference at the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) offices in Dearborn on Wednesday, where...
March 3rd, 20230
James Abourezk, a South Dakota Democrat who grew up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, became the first Arab American U.S. senator and was known for his quick wit as he advocated for populist causes, died Friday. He was 92.
Abourezk died at his home in Sioux Falls on his birthday after entering hospice care earlier this...
September 2nd, 20220DEARBORN — An Arab American, Muslim woman from Northville has filed a discrimination complaint with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights Thursday against her former employer, Costco.
Wafa Aziz, 44, says she appealed with management at the Costco locations in Livonia were she worked, to address an environment of discriminatory...
April 9th, 20220A new agreement between Amtrak and the TSA to screen passengers against the controversial "terrorist watchlist" — deemed by many as unconstitutional — is raising concerns among civil rights advocates.
This week, a report by Hearst Television revealed that the TSA agreed to Amtrak’s request that it screen passengers against...
March 24th, 20220DEARBORN — The Arab-American Civil Rights League (ACRL) has announced its 10th annual “Fight for Justice” gala will be held at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn on Thursday, March 31.
A reception is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. and the program begins at 6:30 p.m. The Ford Community and Performing Arts...
June 5th, 20200
DEARBORN — Arab Americans participated in several actions in solidarity with African Americans and in demonstrations against police brutality across the country. In Metro Detroit alone, prominent Arab Americans joined other communities in condemning the senseless killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police...
July 13th, 20190BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP — An alleged discriminatory remark made to an Arab American family by a Huron Clinton Metropolitan Authority police officer is growing in concern as advocacy groups demand action be taken against the officer.
The officer, who allegedly told an Arab American family to “Go back where you came from” at Lake...
October 26th, 20180DEARBORN— Ibrahim Souedan, a 59-year-old husband and father to five, is currently facing deportation back to his homeland of Lebanon. According to his lawyer, he has no criminal record, but Souedan was an FBI informant who helped to convict a man associated with Hezbollah, a predominately Shi’a political party based in...
October 19th, 20180DEARBORN – As varied as the issues facing Arab Americans are, it’s rare to hear them all addressed with clarity and poignancy in one place.
On October 11, several hundred community members and elected officials from every level in government convened at the Arab American Civil Rights League’s (ACRL) Fight for Justice Gala. Its...
December 8th, 20170On Wednesday, Arabs and Muslims across the Middle East condemned the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital as an incendiary move in a volatile region and Palestinians said Washington was abandoning its leading role as a peace mediator.
The European Union and United Nations also voiced alarm at President Trump's decision to...
October 27th, 20170DEARBORN— On Thursday, October 26, the Arab-American Civil Rights League (ACRL) as well as the governmental and law enforcement community, held a press conference in opposition to the passage of bill HB 5053, which bans all local funding that supports or assists undocumented immigrants.
The bill was introduced in the Michigan...
October 6th, 20170By Farah Harb
The Arab American News – intern
DEARBORN — At its sixth annual Fight for Justice Gala, the Arab-American Civil Rights League (ACRL) honored Asha Deliverance, mother of Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, one of the Portland heroes who died defending two young women after he came to their rescue in a racist incident in...
January 18th, 20170
DEARBORN - Following a complaint against the Western Union by the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) that alleged it was discriminating against Arab and Muslim customers, the money-transfer giant has issued an apology on at least one case.
Complainant Haidar Abdallah, a Dearborn resident, and a U.S. citizen, claimed that he had...
