October 9th, 20261DEARBORN — The local community in the Dearborn area was devastated by the death of Hezam Hussein, a 19-year-old Arab American who died late last Saturday night while attempting to rescue the occupants of a disabled vehicle on the Lodge Freeway, M-10, in Southfield.
Hussein was fatally struck near Nine Mile Road after pulling his...
October 9th, 20260DEARBORN — Last week, the city of Dearborn announced the appointment of Mohamad Ihssan Bazzi as a magistrate at the 19th District Court, succeeding Rula Aoun, whom Gov. Whitmer recently appointed to the Wayne County Circuit Court. She had served as a magistrate at the 19th District Court since 2019.
Bazzi’s appointment will...
October 9th, 20260DEARBORN — A large mural titled “Bridges of Culture” was unveiled last Tuesday during a ceremony attended by Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, as part of Dearborn’s efforts to beautify the Warren Avenue commercial corridor on the city’s east side.
The city of Dearborn and the Warren Business District Improvement Authority celebrated...
October 9th, 20260DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn began implementing a pilot program on Monday that limits free parking to a maximum of three hours at several parking locations in West Downtown, replacing unrestricted free parking.
The measure covers four parking locations in the commercial district, which is busy with restaurants, cafés and other...
October 2nd, 20260As temperatures drop and trees begin changing color, Dearborn and neighboring cities are welcoming fall with a busy calendar of activities and events featuring coffee, arts, local markets and apple orchards, as well as haunted trails and Halloween celebrations.
Throughout October, numerous activities will take place in Dearborn,...
October 2nd, 20260DEARBORN — For the fourth consecutive year, the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) has awarded the city of Dearborn its Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, recognizing its Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
In a press release, the city described...
September 25th, 20260DEARBORN — The city and Mayor Abdullah Hammoud face a federal lawsuit filed by a resident who alleges that public money was used to promote Islamic observances while Christian and Jewish holidays were ignored. Hammoud has categorically denied the allegations, affirming his administration’s commitment to treating all residents fairly...
September 25th, 20260DEARBORN — The Bint Jebail Cultural Center in Dearborn hosted a large fundraiser on Sunday, September 20, for Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. The event drew a sizable gathering of elected officials, political figures and community leaders from across Metro Detroit.
The fundraiser brought in approximately...
September 24th, 20261DEARBORN — Prosecutors have filed several criminal charges against an Arab American woman from Roseville after she called Dearborn police and threatened violence against Arabs coming from Dearborn to Macomb County.
The defendant, Alicia Choucair, 33, appeared in Dearborn’s 19th District Court, where her bond was set at $20,000...
September 18th, 20260DEARBORN — The removal of rapper Macklemore from British singer Ed Sheeran’s tour after he chanted “Free Palestine” onstage during one of its New Jersey concerts has sparked widespread outrage in artistic and public circles across the United States, reaching Dearborn, where Mayor Abdullah Hammoud invited Macklemore to perform in...
September 16th, 20260DETROIT — The death of 27-year-old Dearborn resident Ali Wissam Aoun has been determined to be a suicide, according to the Detroit Police Department.
Detroit Police Department spokesman Jackson Vidaurri informed The Arab American News of the department’s findings by phone and email and said the investigation has been closed.
“Mr....
September 11th, 20260DEARBORN — Two separate races for four seats on the Dearborn Board of Education will be held in the November 3 election, alongside a vote on a $1.51 billion bond proposal to rebuild or modernize every school facility in the Dearborn Public Schools District.
Voting in the school board races and bond election will be limited to...
September 11th, 20260DEARBORN — From traditional Arabic coffee to the latest trends in contemporary cafés, coffee has become an integral part of Dearborn’s social and cultural landscape, a tradition the city will celebrate again with the third annual Dearborn Coffee Week, running from September 25 through October 2.
Over eight days, cafés and public...
September 10th, 20260DETROIT — A young Arab American man from Dearborn was killed in a shooting inside a store owned by his father Wednesday evening, as police continued investigating the circumstances surrounding the crime and searching for the gunman.
Police found 27-year-old Ali Wissam Aoun, unresponsive inside Goodfellas Wear clothing store near the...
September 4th, 20260DEARBORN — While Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed risks losing support from a significant share of Jewish voters because of his opposition to Israel and the crimes it has committed against the Palestinians and the Lebanese, his Republican opponent in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, Mike Rogers, faces a more complicated challenge:...
September 4th, 20260The Dearborn Police Department has named Corporal Mohamad Farhat its 2025 Officer of the Year, recognizing his “exceptional professionalism, proactive performance, leadership and commitment to public safety.”
The honor marks the culmination of a nearly decade-long law enforcement career for an immigrant who came to the United States...
September 4th, 20260Wayne County has only one roundabout on its county road system, compared with 15 in Macomb County and 45 in Oakland County. But that is about to change in Michigan’s most populous county, as Canton Township and the cities of Romulus and Northville plan to build new roundabouts at several busy intersections, while Westland and Dearborn...
August 28th, 20260DEARBORN – Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities, the nonprofit formerly known as the Lebanese American Heritage Club, has opened a new behavioral health, education and workforce development center in Dearborn following a construction investment exceeding $3 million.
The new 6,500-square-foot facility is an extension of LAHC’s...
August 28th, 20261DEARBORN — Dozens of leaders and representatives from Arab American associations, clubs and organizations across Metro Detroit, along with community figures, business leaders and elected officials, accepted an invitation Monday from Dr. Nassib Fawaz, president of the Lebanese International Business Council, to form an umbrella...
August 21st, 20260LANSING — Gov. Whitmer announced the appointment of Dearborn Magistrate Rula Aoun to the Wayne County Circuit Court on Wednesday, further expanding Arab American representation on the bench of Michigan’s largest trial court.
Aoun was appointed alongside attorneys Robbie Gaines, Jr. and Robyn Liddell to fill three vacancies on the...
August 21st, 20260DEARBORN — Ahead of an anti-Muslim demonstration organized by a far-right activist, the city of Dearborn took a series of security and preventive measures designed to protect public safety and deny outside agitators an opportunity to inflame religious and ethnic divisions.
Jake Lang announced plans to return to Dearborn for a fifth...
August 21st, 20261A heavy police presence descended on Dearborn Tuesday as an anti-Muslim demonstration led by a far-right agitator drew hundreds of supporters and counter protesters, transforming the grounds of the Henry Ford Centennial Library into a chaotic gathering of groups spanning the American political spectrum.
Amid heated verbal confrontations...
August 21st, 20260OAK PARK — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit in Oakland County Circuit Court on behalf of a Muslim former municipal employee who alleges that the city of Oak Park and three of its employees subjected her to religious and national-origin discrimination, sexual harassment, privacy...
August 14th, 20260Once again, Arab American voters in the Dearborn area demonstrated their growing electoral importance across Michigan.
After helping Donald Trump carry the state in the 2024 presidential election, the August Democratic primary for U.S. Senate provided further evidence that Arab American voters in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights can serve...
August 7th, 20260DEARBORN — Dearborn police initially announced the arrest of one person in connection with the assault on far-right provocateur Jake Lang during Sunday’s annual Arbaeen procession, while asking the public for help identifying others involved in the attack.
Police subsequently announced that three men had been charged in connection...
July 24th, 20260In the upcoming Aug. 4 Democratic primary, three Arab American candidates are competing for their party's nomination for Michigan's Third House District seat: former Dearborn Board of Education member Hussein Berry, community activist Othman Ali Alaansi and State Rep. Alabas Farhat, who is seeking a third two-year term.
The winner of...
July 24th, 20260In the Democratic primary election on August 4, only two candidates are competing for the party's nomination in Michigan's Second State Senate District: State Rep. Erin Byrnes and Arab American activist Abbas Alawieh.
The winner of the Democratic primary in the district, which encompasses all of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, along with...
July 17th, 20260DEARBORN — ACCESS President and CEO Maha Freij will retire this fall after more than 35 years of service to the nation's largest Arab American nonprofit organization, marking the end of an era that helped transform ACCESS into a nationally recognized institution.
The ACCESS Board of Directors announced that it has unanimously...
