October 26th, 20240With the early in-person voting beginning across the state, the countdown to the November 5 elections has started, where millions of voters will head to the polls to cast their votes in dozens of local and national races, including the congressional and presidential ones.
In this report, we review the statewide races in Michigan in...
October 26th, 20240On November 5, voters in the Dearborn and Dearborn Heights Crestwood Public Schools districts will head to the polls to fill several school board seats in both districts, which serve around 25,000 students, most of whom are of Arab descent.
The elections include two open seats on the Dearborn Public Schools Board for a full term of...
October 26th, 20240As the countdown to the presidential election on November 5 approaches, the race intensifies between the Democratic candidate, Vice President Harris and the Republican candidate, former President Trump, to attract Arab American voters in the Greater Detroit area, where they are expected to play a decisive role in tipping the scales in...
October 18th, 20240Dearborn Code Enforcement Manager Renault Arseneau said the city has received more applications than expected for its Front Porch and Step Rehabilitation Program for homeowners, which is funded by federal Community Development Block Grants and the City Council.
There have been about 1,300 applications since the program’s launch at...
October 18th, 20240Don't vote for either Harris, Trump, Slotkin or Rogers; choose down ballot candidates who've earned our support
On Sunday, October 13, members of the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) met to decide which of the candidates and proposals on the November 5 ballot to endorse, including the hotly contested presidential...
October 4th, 20242DEARBORN – Amid the intensifying Israeli aggression on Lebanon, hundreds of Arab Americans gathered in front of the Dearborn Police headquarters Wednesday to protest the daily massacres committed by the Israeli military in the region. They also denounced the unlimited support provided by Washington to Israel’s war efforts. The...
October 4th, 20240
On Wednesday, the city of Dearborn announced a new program to help homeowners rehabilitate, repair or replace damaged or deteriorating porches and outdoor steps, funded in part by federal grant dollars.
As of Monday, Sept. 30, eligible homeowners can apply to the Front Porch & Step Rehabilitation Program through the...
September 20th, 20241DEARBORN – Departing from its usual practice of holding its annual conference in Washington, D.C., the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) chose to hold its national conference this year in Dearborn. The event featured presidential candidates, academic scholars, human rights activists, journalists and religious leaders,...
September 6th, 20240On September 7, 1984, when the Arab American community in Dearborn was almost exclusively centered in the "Dix" area in the southern part of the city, and when the number of Arab-owned businesses in Dearborn could be counted on one hand — not to mention the marginalization, racism and lack of political participation and involvement in...
August 30th, 20240Overtime Athletics Detroit celebrated its grand opening on Sunday, August 25. The franchise owners, Ali Kassab and Dina Elzein, celebrated with friends, family and community members. Local representatives were also in attendance, including Dearborn Heights Councilman Mo Baydoun and individuals from the Dearborn Chamber of...
August 17th, 20241DEARBORN – The Police Department is seeking assistance identifying individuals involved in an armed robbery of a jewelry store on the city’s east side on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at approximately 5:30 p.m.
Police responded to the 7000 block of Schaefer on reports of an armed robbery that had just occurred. An investigation revealed two...
August 10th, 20240DEARBORN – After Democratic primary on Tuesday, Arab American State Rep. Alabas Farhat is now poised to continue representing Dearborn in Lansing for an additional two-year term. This comes after a heated election campaign against Ziad Abdulmalik.
Farhat, who represents District 3, a historically Democratic district, will face...
August 10th, 20240DEARBORN – On the eve of the Michigan primary elections, dozens of pro-Palestinian supporters protested Monday in front of the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn to condemn Israel's ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip. The protesters also denounced the assassination of Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr in southern Lebanon and Hamas...
August 2nd, 20240DEARBORN — Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud and the city of Dearborn announced plans for extensive renovations to the city’s Ford Community and Performing Arts Center fitness facilities, located at 15801 Michigan Avenue. Renovations got underway this month.
Renovations involve both equipment and design improvements, as well as facility...
August 2nd, 20240The political and social tensions stemming from the fierce competition in the presidential race, as well as the support of most American officials and elected representatives for the brutal war that Israel has been waging on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for almost 10 months — which was blatantly highlighted last Wednesday during...
July 26th, 20240
Officials and civil activists are urging Dearborn voters to turn out in large numbers for the Aug. 6 primary election to pass a referendum revising the city charter. The charter defines the powers, responsibilities and duties of the local government and the City Council, as well as the authorities granted to...
July 19th, 20240DEARBORN – Democratic Michigan State Representative Alabas Farhat, an Arab American, is seeking to retain his seat for State House District 3, which was redrawn last year to include most of Dearborn and limited neighborhoods in the Warrendale area of Detroit.
Currently serving his first term in Lansing, Farhat seeks to win a second...
June 28th, 20240DEARBORN — The Dearborn animal shelter, Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit, has a contract with the city ending on July 1 and currently no contract agreement.
The June 26 City Council meeting ended in a stalemate over a more than 50 percent budget increase requested by the nonprofit that runs the shelter.
Friends for Animals of...
June 14th, 20240
LANSING – As the school year ends and high school graduation parties take place during a period that annually sees a significant increase in reckless and annoying driving behaviors, the Michigan legislature is moving towards passing a new bill aimed at tightening the pursuit of noisy drivers.
Under...
May 26th, 20240DETROIT — Wayne County Judge Paul Cusick sentenced Hassan Alwaily to 10 to 40 years May 24 for second-degree murder in the April 6, 2020 death of 29-year-old Balkees Sadek in Dearborn.
If it were up to Cusick, Alwaily would spend the maximum 40 years of his sentence in prison for fatally strangling Sadek, who was his girlfriend, and...
May 24th, 20240DEARBORN – Two seats on the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education are up for election in November.
Interested candidates have until July 23 at 4 p.m. to file their paperwork with the Dearborn City Clerk’s Office. Packets with the required paperwork can be picked up at the City Clerk’s Office, 16901 Michigan Ave., or at...
May 24th, 20240Huntington Bank and The Arab American News awarded 31 college-bound Dearborn and Dearborn Heights graduating seniors $115,000 in scholarships at the Future Leaders In Progress (FLIP) Scholarship Dinner on Wednesday, May 22.
FLIP also recognized five outstanding educators from Dearborn Public Schools and Crestwood Public Schools in...
May 24th, 20240
The city of Dearborn will kick off a two-week Spring Sweep Week campaign to educate on, survey and enforce property maintenance requirements among residents and businesses beginning Monday, May 20. The enforcement campaign will run through May 31.
Spring Sweep Week is an annual effort led by the city’s Economic Development...
May 10th, 20240Huntington Bank in partnership with The Arab American News will hold the FLIP scholarships 2024 Award Dinner on May 22
DEARBORN – For the third year in a row The Arab American News in partnership with Huntington Bank will distribute $111,500 in FLIP scholarships to 29 high school college-bound graduates from Dearborn and Dearborn...
May 6th, 20240By Anne Marie Ameri, Ph.D.
Dearborn has been called the “Sleeping Tiger” because of the potential political power of particularly the Dearborn Arabic residents when it is “awakened.”
For five years, I was compelled to write this powerful book, Awakening the Sleeping Tiger Within: Breaking the Power of Mainstream Media’s...
April 19th, 20240DEARBORN – During the last week of the Holy month of Ramadan, LaPita Restaurant in Dearborn held a Ramadan Iftar on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its founding, attended by local officials and community leaders.
While Dearborn has plenty of Middle Eastern restaurants that make it a destination for connoisseurs of...
April 12th, 20240DEARBORN – Three city-owned neighborhood pools will undergo major renovations for the first time since their construction in the 1950s. On Tuesday, April 9, the City Council unanimously approved a $5,371,430 contract to overhaul public pools and bathhouses at Ten Eyck, Lapeer and Summer Stephens Parks beginning in May.
“With...
April 12th, 20240DEARBORN – Anti-American chants from some participants in the International Day of Al-Quds or “International Jerusalem Day” march held in Dearborn last Friday sparked wide condemnation by local Arab and Muslim Americans. Several local officials and leaders in the Dearborn area were quick to condemn the chants, while the right-wing...
