May 5th, 20171DEARBORN — Decades of efforts by Arab American organizations are paying off, as the U.S. Census Bureau officially approved a category that counts residents of Middle Eastern and North African origins (MENA) on the 2020 census.
After the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) welcomed public comments last October regarding the MENA...
May 5th, 20170LANSING — Gov. Snyder has appointed Mariam Bazzi to the Third Circuit Court in Wayne County.
"Mariam Bazzi's commitment to her community and the law makes her a natural pick for the Wayne County Circuit Court," Snyder said in a statement. "Mariam brings with her to the bench years of experience in complex areas of the law and a...
May 2nd, 20172LANSING – Governor Rick Snyder today announced the appointment of Mariam Bazzi to the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County.
“Mariam Bazzi’s commitment to her community and the law makes her a natural pick for the Wayne County Circuit Court,” Snyder said. “Mariam brings with her to the bench years of experience in complex areas...
April 21st, 20173DEARBORN — It's open enrollment season at Great Revelations Academy, a non-profit Islamic academic institution that offers Arabic and Islamic classes on top of the core subjects to students of different grade levels.
The two-story, 75,000 square foot school, which is located at 6400 Miller Road, next to the Bint Jebail Cultural...
April 21st, 20170DEARBORN — Another west Dearborn bar is facing efforts to shut it down following scrutiny from the City Council, which stemmed from a rash of violent episodes outside the business.
City Council President Pro Tem Thomas Tafelski charged last Sunday that the Post Bar is a "public nuisance", heralding that it could become the fourth...
April 19th, 20170 DUBAI ― Emirates, the largest international airline by passenger traffic, said on Wednesday it was cutting flights on five U.S. routes after restrictions imposed by President Trump's administration weakened demand from the Middle East.
Since taking office, Trump has signed two executive orders banning refugees and citizens from...
April 2nd, 20170NEW YORK CITY — On a cold, snowy Sunday morning, more than 100 Arab Americans gathered outside the United Nations headquarters to protest the United States' support for Saudi Arabia, which they say is the culprit responsible for extreme devastation and famine in Yemen.
Dozens of Yemeni, Lebanese and Iraqi American demonstrators met...
March 31st, 20170In a meeting Wednesday at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials arranged to meet with Arab and Muslim community activists and leaders under the pretext that those communities would be represented and heard.
The subtext that unfolded throughout the course of the contentious...
March 24th, 20171DEARBORN — As the national spotlight on the city intensifies, so have the races for local public office.
Last year's election campaigns to replace a Dearborn district court judge and state representative developed into an invigorated engagement among residents, especially as Arab Americans threw their hats in the ring.
This year,...
March 24th, 20170DEARBORN — Amid proposed tax hikes in Lebanon that have citizens in a fury and the parliament paralyzed over clashes about finding an antidote to commonplace inadequate public services, local Lebanese Americans are increasingly becoming disenchanted with reconnecting to their homeland.
This reluctance prevails despite an ongoing...
March 24th, 20170DEARBORN—On Saturday, March 18, The Arab American National Museum held a storytelling event called "Hikayat: Personal Narratives from a Cultural Perspective" from 7 to 9 p.m. Some of the most successful and talented Arab Americans in the country shared their stories.
The Palestinians Podcast, a platform that aims to bring the...
March 20th, 20170DEARBORN — On course to cross another milestone, Rahaf Khatib, the first Muslim woman to wear a hijab on the cover of an American health and fitness
magazine last year, is set to run along side tens of thousands at the 121st annual Boston Marathon.
The 33-year-old Dearborn native has participated in several full and half marathons...
March 10th, 20171
I would invite them to spend the day with me and my family and take a tour of my neighborhood, take a tour of downtown Dearborn, go to East Dearborn, visit a mosque with me. Come meet my neighbors… see that they’re no different… Then you’ll never want to leave.
DEARBORN — At first, local resident Jessica Woolley, 31, wanted...
March 10th, 20171
DEARBORN — If there's one policy people can learn from a couple living in Dearborn for more than 30 years, it would be inclusivity.
John and Carol Bodary got married in 1984, the year Carol moved to Dearborn. However, John has been living in the city since he was born in 1930. Carol was born in 1937.
"We both got a lot of...
March 6th, 20170
ANN ARBOR — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) is asking Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly for answers about an increase in immigration enforcement activity.
Dingell said she is following up on concerns she heard from community representatives, state and local elected officials, law enforcement officers and...
March 6th, 20170
PLYMOUTH ― Linda Langmesser, Plymouth's longtime city clerk has suddenly resigned amid an investigation into her alleged anti-Muslim Facebook comment this week.
City officials were looking into the comments Langmesser reportedly posted on the Conservative Daily’s Facebook page, referring to a Atlantic article about a Muslim...
March 6th, 20170
DEARBORN — Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) called President Trump's executive order to ban immigrants and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries "outrageous" and un-American during a visit to Dearborn on Saturday, Feb. 25.
Peters, a Democrat, met with a roomful of community activists and rights group leaders at...
March 6th, 20170
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a U.S. travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries, after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts, senior administration officials said.
The new order, which the White House said Trump had signed, will keep a...
March 4th, 20170
DEARBORN— By providing an ample space and an inviting atmosphere, Common Grace Coffee Company owner Dale Tremblay-Dulong wanted to see a space where common grounds are just as special and important as its specialty coffee.
The name of the enterprise, Common Grace, “comes from a doctrine that states that God gives undeserved...
March 4th, 20170
DETROIT— On Saturday, February 25, Former Detroit Public Health Director Abdul El-Sayed officially announced his candidacy for governor. He made his announcement under Eastern Market Shed No. 2 before supporters, a broad and diverse congregation that included family and friends.
El-Sayed, a Democrat, thanked family members and...
February 10th, 20170DEARBORN — Arab women have reached the summit of their education and careers, yet one perception prevails in many Westerners' minds— "They are oppressed."
According to Arab American women, no one answers the question, "Who said so?" rationally or allows them to speak for themselves. Instead, Westerners use the news as their...
January 29th, 20170
DEARBORN— It did not take long for President Trump to deliver on campaign promises to bar Muslims and refugees from entering the United States. On the fifth day of his presidency, Trump signed a slew of anti-immigrant executive actions and intends at press time to order a suspension on refugees and visas for citizens of Syria and six...
