Detroit leaders condemn Warrendale incident coverage, warn against Arab–Black division

October 9th, 20261 Excessive media coverage of a traffic collision between an Arab American woman and an African American woman in the Warrendale neighborhood on Detroit’s west side has sparked widespread discontent in the local community, amid accusations of attempts to inflame relations between Arab American and Black residents in the area for...

Improving Arab and African American relationships beyond responding to crises

September 25th, 20260 There was an unfortunate series of events which took place last week, which have renewed conversations in Metro Detroit regarding tensions between Arab American and African American communities. An incident in the Warrendale neighborhood in Detroit involving an Arab American woman involved in a hit and run car accident with an African...