November 5th, 20180CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Macomb County – There's an unassuming place where the Lebanese identity is alive and well, but it's not in the land of cedars nor in Dearborn, the capital of Arab America.
Macomb County, Michigan’s third most populated, located just northwest of Detroit, is home to the largest Lebanese Maronite Christian...
September 24th, 20180ANN ARBOR — An Arab American mother of four continues her search for support for her family and terminally-ill son while spreading awareness of his rare condition.
In May, The AANews met with Azeza Kasham and her 15-year-old son Haitham Breadiy, whom doctors had diagnosed with a genetic form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy...
March 16th, 20180DETROIT – An Albanian American family currently in sanctuary in a Detroit church gathered supporters who will hold a press conference on Friday March 16 at the Rosa Parks federal building. The supporters will deliver more than 600 letters to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on Jefferson.
Ded Rranxburgaj, an...
November 17th, 20173DEARBORN — Amid a recent spike in threats against places of worship, officials and mosques in Metro Detroit are tightening security and bashing a new gun legislation that passed in the Michigan Senate last week.
It was tense at the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday, Nov. 8, when the Senate passed in a 25-12 vote a bill allowing the...
November 5th, 20170SUTHERLAND SPRINGS- A gunman entered a church in a small town in southeast Texas on Sunday and began firing, resulting in many fatalities and injuries, a county commissioner told Reuters.
The gunman was killed several miles from the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, about 40 miles (65 km) east of San Antonio, said Guadalupe...
September 14th, 20171New York City— After a groundbreaking grassroots campaign, Yemeni activist Rabyaah Althaibani choked back tears as she mourned the defeat of the first Arab-American candidate for New York City Council on Tuesday night.
“Yes we lost, but we won,” Althaibani said at a neighborhood bar, surrounded by dozens of supporters for Khader...
August 25th, 20170Dearborn — While prayer was taking place at Divine Child Church on Wednesday morning, an identified man threw into the chapel what an investigation revealed to be a commercial grade firework.
A Bible was burnt, but no one was harmed.
Witnesses told officers the man was about a 30 to 40 year old White man with short dark hair. The...
