October 5th, 20180DEARBORN – Mayor Jack O’Reilly, Jr. is creating an economic development roundtable in an effort to ensure the community’s long-term sustainability.
O’Reilly has chosen longtime Dearborn resident, entrepreneur and money manager Jim Parrelly to chair this group in order to “ensure long-term sustainability and maximize the...
October 4th, 20180DEARBORN – Jocelyn Benson sees the secretary of state as the chief guardian of our democratic process.
Benson, a former dean of the Wayne State University Law School, is the Democratic candidate for Michigan's secretary of state.
On September 28, Benson made a campaign stop at The AANews offices in Dearborn, where she met with...
October 1st, 20180DEARBORN — An Iraqi family is still mourning the loss their only son, 24-year-old Badri Hashim, to a car accident in Toledo at the end of July.
He was a passenger in a pickup truck that crashed into a traffic light pole at 3 a.m. on July 29. He died at the scene.
Police contacted 76-year-old Sahib Hashim on Monday, July 30 to...
September 30th, 20180DEARBORN – In the Nov. 6 general election, Dearborn voters will make their choice for governor, state senator, state representative, county commissioner and other important offices.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday Nov. 6.
The deadline to register to vote in the November general election is Oct. 9.
The City...
September 30th, 20180DEARBORN — The League of Women Voters in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, urges voters to use resources from VOTE411.org in preparation for the general mid-term elections on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
VOTE411.org’s online interactive voter...
September 22nd, 20180DEARBORN — Arab? Arabic? Immigrant? Native born? Is American Arabia a counterculture of America?
The Statue of Liberty stands tall and high in New York, symbolizing freedom and enlightenment and is aimed towards sealing friendship. One defining metaphor known in the United States is a "melting pot" of immigrants around the globe,...
September 22nd, 20180DEARBORN – Inconsistencies in ordinances have been causing confusion among city officials, as residents who have gazebos on their properties complain of excessive ticketing and press administrators struggling to iron out the enforcement language, to find a fix.
Although City Council members attempted to tackle this issue last...
September 16th, 20180DEARBORN — The Dearborn Public Schools have been expanding the number of students learning a different language and Arabic has become one of the district’s fastest growing foreign languages since the late 90s.
All high schools and the vast majority of middle schools within the district offer Arabic; and community members and...
September 15th, 20180DEARBORN – More than half of the candidates running for two seats on the Dearborn Board of Education are of Arab origin, with one of them – Aman (Amy) Fidama – being the first Yemeni American woman to run for office in Michigan.
Two six-year seats are up for grabs and voters will determine who’ll fill them on November...
September 15th, 20180DEARBORN – U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) announced that the Dearborn and Pittsfield Township Fire Departments will receive a combined $600,000 in federal support to acquire new vehicles. The Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) will go directly to the local fire departments to help them acquire new vehicles, including...
September 14th, 20180DEARBORN — On Wednesday, Sept. 12, the Dearborn Public Schools announced an expansion of its free lunch program.
Celia Nasser, a Dearborn Public Schools board member, told the AANews she was informed by Thomas Wall, executive director of business and operations at the district, that the state changed its percentage of “qualified,...
September 12th, 20180DEARBORN — Famed Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, held at an Israeli jail at 16 for slapping an Israeli officer, will be the keynote speaker at the Arab American Civil Rights League's (ACRL) seventh annual Fight for Justice Gala on October 11 at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center.
If Tamimi, who had previously been...
September 10th, 20180DEARBORN – The city clerk is seeking poll workers for the November 6 general election.
Candidates should be at least 18 years of age, registered voters in Michigan and have basic computer skills. Students who are 16 or 17 years old may also apply.
The position pays $130 for the day and an additional $20 for attending the...
September 9th, 20180DEARBORN — Dearborn's economic development experts are happy to welcome business professionals hoping to establish, expand or relocate a business in Dearborn.
Tom Paison, assistant director of the Economic and Community Development Department, said the city has expanded its website in order to ensure prospective owners have...
September 8th, 20183DEARBORN – Between 1995 and 2012, thousands flocked to the capital of Arab America for a taste of their homeland’s culture, where nostalgia for music and food alike would meet their match at the Arab International Festival.
It was a kind of celebration one could only experience in a city in which nearly half its residents are of...
September 7th, 20180DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department responded to an armed carjacking on Warren Avenue on the morning on Sept. 2. One of the victims reported that while he and his brother were seated in their vehicle an unknown male approached and ordered them out of their car at gunpoint. The victims exited the vehicle and the suspect took...
September 3rd, 20180DEARBORN — The number of Dearborn students becoming involved in more activism and learning development committees is increasing each year and the Environmental Health Research-to-Action (EHRA) Academy under Healthy Dearborn has empowered Dearborn high school and college preparatory students to take action in the health concerns facing...
September 3rd, 20180DEARBORN — The Environmental Health Research-to-Action (EHRA) project under Healthy Dearborn is the first step in a long-term community-academic partnership to address environmental health disparities experienced by residents in Dearborn's Southend, a predominantly Arab American community. This program, which ran from July 23 to August...
September 1st, 20180DEARBORN — At a town hall meeting on Monday Aug. 27 at the Arab American National Museum (AANM) in Dearborn, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Gretchen Whitmer and her running mate, Garlin Gilchrist, joined forces with Abdul El-Sayed, the runner-up for the nomination, to speak with Arab Americans and Metro Detroit community...
August 26th, 20180DEARBORN – For as long as they've existed, libraries have provided information and services to their patrons. In the past, those services have centered primarily around providing books and other written materials, but today's libraries help visitors navigate a wide variety of information, both physical and digital.
Julie Schaefer,...
August 25th, 20180DEARBORN — A Lebanese American and Dearborn native hopes to travel to a long list of international destinations and has already checked many off her list.
31-year-old Malak Ouza said when she isn’t working as a case manager for a health insurance company, she travels internationally two to four times a year and has now been to 18...
August 25th, 20180DEARBORN — It’s not easy supporting five children and a spouse while being employed part-time. It’s especially difficult after being diagnosed with stage 3 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Houssam “Sam” Berry immigrated to Dearborn from Lebanon in 2015. Shortly after, he became a part-time employee with the city of Dearborn as a...
August 18th, 20180DEARBORN – Not even a life-threatening disease could stop Mohamad Osman in his tracks.
It did for only a brief period, shortly after he noticed he was running slower than his usual pace while running cross country and track during his senior year at Dearborn High School in September 2017.
A blood test at Henry Ford Hospital’s...
August 12th, 20180DEARBORN — During the primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 7, many residents expressed the importance of voting, with some saying that casting their vote would make a difference.
“My role is to speak out and choose who is going to be helpful to the people,” a woman who voted at William Ford Elementary School told The AANews. “I...
August 11th, 20180DEARBORN — The Dearborn Homecoming Festival, which began on Friday, August 3 and ran through Sunday, August 5, celebrated its 39th anniversary at Ford Field Park in west Dearborn with fireworks, children’s carnival activities, live music, food booths and trucks, crafts for kids, community fundraising, art and more.
The music acts...
August 10th, 20180Michigan voters set a new record of involvement this historic primary election thanks in large part to the candidacy of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Progressive Movement led by Senator Bernie Sanders, and in a twisted way thanks to President Trump and his racist rants.
Energy could be felt everywhere in this election. Rashida Tlaib’s...
August 10th, 20180DEARBORN/DETROIT – Abdul El-Sayed might have fallen short of the votes needed to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, Aug. 7, and the possibility of going on to become the nation's first Muslim governor, but his platform’s momentum continues in full thrust among many progressives across the state. The 33-year-old...
August 10th, 20180DEARBORN— About 2.1 million people out of 7.4 million registered cast their votes in Michigan in the Aug. 7 primaries, with a nearly 28.6 percent voter turnout breaking records going as far back as 1978, according to state election officials.
The results of Michigan's gubernatorial race mirrored most polls that had former State...
