September 30th, 20220DEARBORN — U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Michigan) brought Robert Santos, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, to Dearborn this week to meet with members of the local Arab American community and local officials.
The two visited Dearborn and Detroit on Monday for two roundtable meetings to discuss how to improve the process of...
February 21st, 20220DEARBORN — In a new collaboration, the Arab American National Museum (AANM) and the Center for Arab American Studies have launched a new podcast.
The podcast, "Seen Jeem", means question and answer in Arabic and episodes contain part conversation and part author reading exploring the work of contemporary Arab American...
January 25th, 20220DEARBORN — The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is set to reopen to the public, with COVID-19 protocols in place, for the first time in two years.
This will be the first time visitors will be allowed inside since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
The museum is the nation’s only cultural institution that...
September 23rd, 20210This article also appears in Metro Times Detroit through a partnership with the Race and Justice Reporting Initiative and the Detroit Equity Action Lab at the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights. It has been edited for style.
DEARBORN — Dave Serio, a third-generation Sicilian Lebanese American, came to better understand his Arab...
September 9th, 20210DEARBORN — The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is drawing closer to the much anticipated lineup for JAM3A , a four-day virtual music festival on September 23-26, celebrating Arab talent, community and identity. The eclectic lineup includes audience favorites as well as names new to the AANM (virtual) stage, including...
August 19th, 20210DEARBORN — Danya Zituni, a Dearborn-based Arab American artist, is one of six artists awarded a stipend in WDET's "Artist Next Door" project.
WDET's website says the project highlights artists whose work "gives us a greater understanding of their cultural heritage and bring us closer as a region of neighbors."
Zituni, a...
July 1st, 20210DEARBORN — INDKNA, a refreshingly new music band of Yemeni and Yemeni American immigrant women and gender-nonconforming artists, kicked off a virtual debut at the Arab American National Museum’s virtual Pride Concert + Talk Back event.
Closing out Pride Month, the museum and YallaPunk collaborated this year for the first time to...
April 6th, 20211There’s no doubt, comic book fans are well aware of Geoff Johns' illustrious career.
Whether writing for some of the DC Comics' most iconic series, being the creative force behind some of the company’s biggest movie hits or serving in various executive capacities, Johns’ time in the industry is nothing short of...
March 3rd, 20200DEARBORN — Columbia professor Rashid Khalidi visited the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn on Wednesday, Feb. 26, on the occasion of his seventh book, “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine.” The talk was timed serendipitously with the Trump administration’s new Mid-East peace plan, unveiled last month, as well as the...
April 2nd, 20190DEARBORN – The city of Dearborn, Dearborn Public Schools and other communities across the country have declared April as Arab American Heritage month.
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) acknowledged the month in Congress in April 2017. Speaking on the House floor, she recognized the thriving Arab American community in her...
July 6th, 20180Human rights organization advocates for building longer tables, not walls
DEARBORN – About 80 percent of people surveyed worldwide say they would welcome refugees in their country, community or home, according to a 2017 Amnesty International survey of 27,000 people across 27 countries. Yet, most leaders of those nations...
July 6th, 20180DETROIT — The 26th annual Concert of Colors, Detroit’s diversity festival, begins events on Wednesday, July 11 and runs through Sunday, July 15.
The five day festival is free to the public and held at various venues in Detroit and Dearborn, including the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Arab American National Museum.
The...
June 30th, 20180DEARBORN – The Arab American National Museum will hold a book signing and story time event to celebrate the release of Michigan author Shayma Mustafa’s book, “Excuse me Ma'am, Excuse Me Sir: I'm Amina, an All-American Girl”, on July 1.
Mustafa is a teacher, mother of five children and a self-declared bibliophile. She said the...
March 16th, 20180DEARBORN — Galleries, artists and cultural events across the city will be celebrated throughout April, according to a press release from the Dearborn Community Fund.
The month will begin with a “Gallery Rally” week April 2-7.
Galleries in that event include the Padzieski Gallery (Ford Community & Performing Arts Center);...
January 26th, 20180DEARBORN — Ping Chong + Company, an internationally acclaimed theater company known for bringing unheard voices to the stage, is partnering with the Arab American National Museum to present Undesirable Elements/Dearborn, an interview-based theater production for the AANM's Global Fridays series.
The production is now accepting...
September 22nd, 20170DEARBORN — For the last few months, all eyes have been on the city's government and how it will respond to calls for proper representation of Arab Americans, who make up about half of its population. Many also have deep roots in the community.
As the city's residents and officials argue over the fate of the statue of famous...
September 8th, 20171DEARBORN — On September 6, the Arab American National Museum sponsored and hosted an Arabic poetry open mic event. Seven speakers recited poetry or short stories.
All the poems and stories were original works, except for a famous poem from history, read by the first speaker, Aseel Srour, a local college student. She recited "Sajil...
