November 22nd, 20251In an extensive political appearance on Lebanon’s Al Jadeed TV channel, as part of the program Al-Hadath, journalist and anchor Samar Abu Khalil hosted Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab American News and president of the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC), in an episode that aired Sunday, November 16. The discussion...
August 23rd, 20250It had barely been a few days since Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education Vice President Irene Watts resigned, citing her family’s move out of the Dearborn Public School District, when board member Hussein Berry stunned the educational community — and all of the voters in the Dearborn School District — by abruptly submitting...
August 8th, 20250Arab American candidate Adam Alharbi finished the Hamtramck mayoral primary on Tuesday, August 5, with a decisive victory, far ahead of his closest challenger, City Councilman Muhith Mahmood, with both advancing to the November 4 general election.
According to unofficial results from both absentee and in-person ballots, Alharbi, who is...
August 8th, 20250DEARBORN – In an unusually early move, Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education member Hussein Berry recently announced his candidacy for Michigan’s Second Senate District, which includes all of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, as well as parts of Allen Park and Detroit. The district is currently represented by Democratic State...
July 5th, 20250Arab and Muslim Americans move from the margins to the heart of political power
DEARBORN — The sweeping victory of Muslim American candidate Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary reverberated with excitement and optimism at a fundraising event held Monday evening in Dearborn to support Abdul El-Sayed’s...
