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...
March 7th, 20180Dearborn — Police are seeking the public's help in identifying suspects involved in the theft of two Corvette cars, one of which was later recovered.
On March 7 at approximately 3 a.m., the Dearborn Police responded to the area of Rotunda and Miller on a report of several stolen vehicles. On scene officers spoke to a witness who...
March 2nd, 20180DEARBORN — The conversation around upgrading an aging infrastructure is taking center stage around the nation and especially in Michigan, where lead-contaminated water pipes have poisoned an entire city, mold grows in middle school classrooms and bad weather makes for deadly potholes.
Weak roads, coupled with drastic thawing of...
February 24th, 20180DEARBORN, MI.— On Saturday, February 24, 2018, at approximately 8:30 am in Adrian, MI., Dearborn Police Officers with the assistance of the Lenawee County Sheriff’s Office and the Michigan State Police-Emergency Support Team arrested a 38 year-old Westland resident who has been identified as a suspect in the shooting of a Dearborn...
February 23rd, 20180I want to give back to all of you. I truly believe that there is no greater calling than public service. I want the opportunity to fight for you.
DEARBORN — More than 500 people attended the first fundraising dinner for long-time real estate broker Sam Baydoun, who recently announced his bid for the Wayne County Commission seat being...
February 9th, 20180DEARBORN — After much contention from residents and even within the Dearborn Historical Commission, the late Mayor Orville Hubbard's statue has a new plaque that acknowledges his hatred for Blacks.
The statue's placement, prominently displayed outside the Dearborn Historical Museum on Brady Street, is already controversial. But just...
January 26th, 20180By Farah Harb
BANGLADESH — In light of the Rohingya refugee crisis where hundreds of thousands of refugees fearing religious prosecution in Myanmar fled to Bangladesh, the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) arrived in Bangladesh at the beginning of the current crisis to aide refugees living in conditions that...
January 26th, 20180DEARBORN — Ping Chong + Company, an internationally acclaimed theater company known for bringing unheard voices to the stage, is partnering with the Arab American National Museum to present Undesirable Elements/Dearborn, an interview-based theater production for the AANM's Global Fridays series.
The production is now accepting...
January 26th, 20180DEARBORN — Dearborn Real Estate associate broker and businessman Sam Baydoun announced that he will seek the Wayne County Commission seat being vacated by Chairman Gary Woronchak, who has opted against seeking another term on the county's governing board and will instead run for an open seat in the State Senate. Woronchak represents...
January 19th, 20180
DEARBORN — While some communities around the United States are fighting for a livable wage, people in the Southend continue to fight for a livable troposphere.
An overflow crowd turned out at Salina Elementary School Jan. 16 to participate in a public hearing regarding Dearborn Industrial Generation's application for a...
January 19th, 20181HAMTRAMCK — Hani Omasan loves cooking. Although he has worked in different realms of the auto industry for more than 20 years, he's found cooking burgers to be a great hobby.
Last November, Omasan made his hobby a business when he opened California Burgerz, which sells 100 percent halal USDA premium angus beef.
The restaurant,...
January 12th, 20180DEARBORN — During the inauguration ceremony for Dearborn city officials on Jan. 9, Mayor Jack O'Reilly told the audience that Dearborn is a unique community.
"I have to tell you there aren't communities like Dearborn all over the place, said O'Reilly, who was sworn in for his third full term. "There aren't people that come together...
January 12th, 20180
DEARBORN — According to Ali Hachem, owner of Cheat Treats, The Protein Dessert Co., his establishment's sweet treats are actually good for you.
"Everything I make is high in protein and low in sugar," Hachem told The AANews. "There's nothing hidden in there, it's all out there."
Cheat Treats, located at 5828 Schaefer Rd., had...
January 5th, 20180Here's our 2017 year-in-review of the most important news and developments as reported by The Arab American News locally, nationally and internationally.
Community and local
1. Former Dearborn City Clerk Kathy Buda was convicted on embezzlement charges, after clerk office employees reported suspicions she was stealing cash from fees...
December 22nd, 20170Barbara Aswad, professor emeritus of anthropology at Wayne State University and advocate for immigrants and low-income Americans, died on November 30, after a brief illness. She was 80 years old.
She was born in Kalamazoo, on January 5, 1937, daughter of Robert and Helen Black. She earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the...
December 22nd, 20171DEARBORN — This week, world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council voted to condemn President Trump for his decision to designate Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
On the grand stage, they reflected their respective countries' shared sentiments of solidarity with the Palestinian people and criticized Trump...
December 22nd, 20172DEARBORN — An Arab American attorney, Majed Moughni, has dropped his lawsuit against Little Caesars after receiving racists threats directed towards him and his family on social media.
Moughni had filed the suits earlier this year, at the beginning of Ramadan, when he alleged that Little Caesar's had been falsely advertising the...
December 15th, 20170DEARBORN — For 940,500 citizens in Michigan, English is not their first language, according to a 2015 report from Data USA. This can lead to problems at Dearborn's 19th District Court, and many others, as they do not employ full-time translators.
The absence of a translator causes problems for residents who don't speak...
December 15th, 20170DEARBORN — Former Dearborn mayoral candidate Tom Tafelski withdrew his petition for a recount a few hours after a recount began at the Dearborn Administrative Center.
The Arab American News was informed that in the first three hours of recounting the votes for the November 7 election, Mayor Jack O'Reilly recovered eight additional...
December 8th, 20170DEARBORN — Every year, the City Beautiful Commission honors home and business owners who maintain "exceptionally well-maintained properties."
Commissioners organized the contest to encourage residents to take pride in their properties and to showcase the beauty of Dearborn's neighborhoods and business districts, according to the...
December 2nd, 20171DETROIT - An Arab American man was shot and killed Friday night in Detroit after a road rage incident that began in Dearborn.
The victim, Faith Almosaki, 18, was shot near Vernor Highway and Lawndale Street, police said.
The victim pulled over to the curb. The alleged shooter exited his vehicle, approached the victim. They...
December 1st, 20170DEARBORN — A Dearborn homeowner's driveway was in danger of collapsing after a contractor excavated a home foundation near his property line is now getting it fixed, according the Detroit Free Press.
Last week, Billy Ashcraft, 38, told the Free Press his concern regarding his home's foundation collapsing because of a muddy hole that...
December 1st, 20170DEARBORN — As residents, about half of them Arab Americans, find themselves under the local and national spotlights, it has been more imperative than ever for the community to present an accurate image of itself.
They will have that opportunity on Tuesday, Dec. 5, during a town hall organized by WXYZ Channel 7, as part of its...
December 1st, 20170DETROIT — Dearborn mayoral candidate and current City Councilman Tom Tafelski has filed a petition for votes recount for the November general elections. Tafelski lost the race against incumbent Mayor Jack O’Reilly Jr. 57 to 42 percent . O’Reilly garnered 10,999 votes while Tafelski received only 8,218.
Tafelski claimed “voter...
