June 15th, 20180DEARBORN – Ali Hammoud, a 38-year-old local attorney, has recently been selected to serve as a magistrate in the 19th district court, creating a trifecta of Arab American magistrates for the first time in the court’s history.
Each of the court’s three judges have the opportunity to recommend an applicant to the position. Judge...
June 15th, 20180DEARBORN — Noor Fakih, a recent Fordson High School graduate, worked through a learning disability diagnoses during her last two years of high school and finished with offers from many top schools.
Fakih recently found out she’d been accepted to Stanford University, where she plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in computer...
June 8th, 20180By Eman Jassem
The Arab American News intern
DEARBORN — On June 5, Lowrey School and Oakman Elementary School were each awarded the grand prize of $1,250 for being the winners of the Blue Hands United Clothing Collection Challenge sponsored by Midwest Recycling.
Those attending people the Oakman Elementary School award...
June 5th, 20180DEARBORN — The city’s newest outdoor aquatic amenities, two water slides at Dunworth Pool at Levagood Park, will officially open to the public Thursday, June 7. Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly will preside over a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4:30 p.m.
Everyone is invited to the grand opening. Dunworth Pool will open at 4 p.m. and...
June 1st, 20180DEARBORN — Farah, a 9-year-old girl flaunting a colorful dress, proudly hands a drawing she made to a woman who’d just gifted her a toy doll.
Farah, whose name translates to “joy” in Arabic, said she loves drawing and would someday day like to teach art. Mohammed, her 6-year-old brother, sports a black bandana. He’s...
May 25th, 20180By Sarah Kominek
DEARBORN— During the holy month of Ramadan, merchants and community organizations in Dearborn are motivated to be charitable, but they also help the less fortunate throughout the year.
Local merchants deal with the infrequent occurrence of begging, which happens year round, not just during Ramadan.
Danya Saed,...
May 25th, 20180By Sarah Kominek
DEARBORN - Maya Audi, a 15-year-old sophomore at Dearborn High School, has her eyes set on becoming an author.
In April 2016, Audi and her mother entered her story “The Raven Gem” in the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) Big Read Dearborn, hosted by the Dearborn Public Library.
In partnership with...
May 18th, 20180The Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art selected 15 grantees from a pool of 200 applicants, double from the previous year, when 98 organizations applied. Among the recipients is the University of Michigan-Dearborn's Center for Arab American Studies, which was awarded $216,677.
NEW YORK — Fifteen U.S. organizations will receive a...
May 18th, 20180LIVONIA — A 57-year-old Dearborn man is facing seven additional charges for allegedly inappropriately touching other men. Majed (Mark) Mohamad Wazni was charged on May 15 with seven counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
He’d already been charged earlier this year with two other...
May 18th, 20180DEARBORN — Dearborn police are asking the public to help find suspects who stole several items, including a handgun, from unlocked vehicles in the city.
Officials said the thefts happened in the early morning hours of May 9 and the suspects made off with a gun, wallets, credit cards and other personal items.
A suspect tried to...
DEARBORN — Drivers should be aware that Cherry Hill is closed to through traffic from Telegraph to Outer Drive due to a large-scale construction project.
Drivers are advised to use Michigan Avenue, the official detour, when traveling east and west. The city is conducting pavement replacement, sewer construction and water main...
May 11th, 20180"The poor turnout was due to the limited time many voters had to register and prepare necessary documents, as they had not initially expected that elections would be held outside Lebanon." -Salim Sassin, a Free Patriotic Movement leader
DEARBORN – Lebanese Americans in Metro Detroit are proud to have participated in their...
May 4th, 20180“The first thing to do is establish what we actually want to do with the money, how much is needed, what issues we want to address and come up with solid plans. Those plans have to be very detailed and exact." - Dave Mustonen, Dearborn Schools communication director
DEARBORN — As communities scramble in search of the...
May 4th, 20180By Farah Harb and Hassan Khalifeh
The Arab American News
DEARBORN — On April 29, the Lebanese community in the U.S. voted for the first time in the Lebanese Parliamentary elections, which will be held in that country on May 6.
In Michigan, Lebanese expatriates came out in droves to the three voting centers located at...
May 2nd, 20180DEARBORN —Dearborn Residents will be permitted to take part in a free document shredding day on May 5 from 8 a.m.-noon.
The shredding will take place at the DPW Yard, 2951 Greenfield, south of Rotunda.
The event is only open to Dearborn residents and proof of residency is required. There is a limit per person of five office sized...
April 27th, 20180DEARBORN — Two-time Grammy Award-winner LeAnn Rimes will perform at Dearborn’s Ford Community & Performing Arts Center on May 11, beginning at 8 p.m.
Rimes will perform in the Michael A. Guido Theater
In 1996, at age 14, she won Grammy Awards for “Best New Artist” and “Best Female Country Vocal Performance”, making...
April 27th, 20180DEARBORN – Governor Snyder presented the Governor’s Fitness Award for Active Communities to Dearborn on April 19. The award stems largely from the advocacy and activities of the Healthy Dearborn initiative, according to a press release.
“We are proud to be recognized by the state of Michigan for our commitment to broadening...
April 25th, 20180DEARBORN – When John Salvatore Deliz, 57, did not show up in 19th District Court on April 24 for assaulting an Arab American woman in an emergency room on Feb. 10, Judge Mark Somers issued a bench warrant for failing to appear.
Police found Deliz the next day and he appeared before Judge Somers. According to Somers, Deliz hadn’t...
April 23rd, 20180DETROIT — The cities of Dearborn, Flint and Grand Rapids were among the finalists for the 2018 Active Community Award, one of the categories in the Governor's Fitness Awards.
The three cities were honored at the State Capitol the morning of April 19. A gala event subsequently followed that evening at Cobo Center.
The Governor's...
April 13th, 20180DEARBORN — A number of alleys throughout the city are scheduled to be improved this year.
Scheduled repairs include pavement at 650 locations and sidewalk repairs at approximately 200 locations. Construction will begin in the spring.
Some alley locations are scheduled to be inspected.
These alleys are east of Schaefer between...
April 13th, 20180DEARBORN – Even as the city looks to a new dawn of economic prosperity with a wide range of major investments, it could be dealt a blow two in two years.
Residents, city officials and community advocates are anxious about the implications of a proposed question on the 2020 Census that would ask people if they’re citizens.
They...
April 6th, 20180DEARBORN — The 30th annual Mayor’s Arts Awards Ceremony will take place inside studio A at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, April 10. The awards, which are open to the public at no charge, are presented by the Dearborn Community Arts Council and the mayor’s office.
“The DCAC looks forward to...
April 6th, 20180DEARBORN – Students of Joshua Akers’ Introduction to Urban and Regional Studies class put together a forum on March 29 to discuss the statue of former Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard and to have a broader discussion of racism in and beyond Southeast Michigan.
The standing-room-only forum, which Akers moderated, was held in a...
March 30th, 20180DEARBORN — A crowd of about 75 Dearborn residents, activists and elected officials met at Edsel Ford High School on March 27 to voice their concerns to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality about a proposed permit submitted by DTE Dearborn CEP LLC.
DTE is requesting a new combined heat and power plant to be constructed...
March 30th, 20180DEARBORN – After much deliberation and suspense, the City Council unanimously voted March 27 to deny the rezoning of a parcel of land that would have allowed for the development of a Holiday Inn Express within a few hundred feet from schools, a handful of churches and Dearborn’s largest mosque.
The hospitality chain sought to...
March 23rd, 20180By Farah Harb
The Arab American News
DEARBORN — As part of its high school voter registration project, the League of Women Voters of Dearborn/ Dearborn Heights visited Dearborn and Fordson High Schools the week of March 19-22.
The nonpartisan political organization aims to bring awareness of the importance of informed and...
March 16th, 20180DEARBORN — Galleries, artists and cultural events across the city will be celebrated throughout April, according to a press release from the Dearborn Community Fund.
The month will begin with a “Gallery Rally” week April 2-7.
Galleries in that event include the Padzieski Gallery (Ford Community & Performing Arts Center);...
March 9th, 20180DEARBORN — Ali Habhab, a former east Dearborn resident who goes by the name HaBZ, released his first album, PaTHOGENS, in November. Habhab wrote all of the music on the album and got help producing it with his friend and fellow artist, Rajiv Dhall.
Habhab, 26, graduated from Crestwood High School in 2009. After graduation, he began...
