February 1st, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On January 27, the Islamic Institute of America (IIA) hosted an interfaith dialogue about “the voice of human justice” as part of a tribute to the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his dream of unity and equality.
The event, which drew a capacity crowd, had the theme of “One Nation Under God.”...
January 25th, 20190DETROIT — Mayor Mike Duggan announced Tuesday that in 2018 residential property values increased in more than 90 percent of Detroit’s 194 neighborhoods. He said it's a sign that revitalization efforts are impacting more areas of the city.
"I always thought that we would see double-digit increases,” Duggan said Tuesday during...
December 14th, 20180Fox 2 Detroit announced Thursday morning that meteorologist Jessica Starr took her own life Wednesday night.
"All of us here at FOX 2 are in deep shock and cannot believe that such a wonderful, bright and intelligent individual will no longer be with us,” the station announced on air. Her family and friends will be in our thoughts...
December 14th, 20180DETROIT — On Friday, Dec. 7, Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan performed a concert at the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Rivera Court, during her first visit to the city.
On the previous day, she visited the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn for a viewing of Jim Jarmusch’s film, “Only Lovers Left Alive”, in which she...
December 7th, 20180DETROIT— Recreational marijuana became legal at midnight Thursday in Michigan, making it the first state in the Midwest to end the substance's prohibition.
Ten years after voters approved medical marijuana, Michigan is the 10th state to legalize recreational cannabis use, ending its criminalization and creating the potential for...
November 24th, 20180DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, the first African American woman in Michigan to serve as a county prosecutor, internationally recognized for her work and a contributor to the award-winning HBO documentary “I Am Evidence”, was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame on Oct. 18.
Worthy told The AANews that...
November 10th, 20180DEARBORN— A partnership of business owners are set to begin designing a new Detroit city park on the corner of Warren and Grand River Avenues.
Prince Concepts, a real estate development company and sponsor of the project, has selected Julie Bargmann, the founder of D.I.R.T. Studio, a landscape design practice, to design the quarter...
November 5th, 20180CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Macomb County – There's an unassuming place where the Lebanese identity is alive and well, but it's not in the land of cedars nor in Dearborn, the capital of Arab America.
Macomb County, Michigan’s third most populated, located just northwest of Detroit, is home to the largest Lebanese Maronite Christian...
October 19th, 20181HAMTRAMCK ― An organization promoting cultural visibility in Hamtramck is sponsoring another mural highlighting the vast diversity of the city's neighborhoods.
A mural dedicated to the Bangladeshi community of Hamtramck appeared this week, painted by the Boston-based Mexican American artist Victor Quinonez, also known as...
October 2nd, 20180DETROIT — During a pro-labor rally in Detroit Tuesday afternoon, Rashida Tlaib, the expected replacement for former U.S. Rep. John Conyers and Abdul El-Sayed, former Democratic candidate for governor, were arrested on Tuesday, October 2, with 16 other protesters.
The protest, part of a national walkout of fast-food workers organized...
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...
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 20th, 20180DETROIT — A Detroit police officer died Wednesday after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on Saturday Aug. 4 on the west side of the city.
At a news conference at the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters, Police Chief James Craig said that officer Fadi Shukur would “always be remembered for his magnetic smile.”
Mayor Mike...
August 18th, 20180DETROIT — The Detroit branch of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) has detained a Brighton-area father and business owner for the last two weeks.
Fanta Doumbia told The AANews that her father, Banny Doumbia, originally from Ivory Coast, West Africa, was detained at his regular check-in at ICE on Friday, Aug....
August 17th, 20180DEARBORN — Ford Motor Company disclosed Tuesday it will spend $740 million on a project to revamp Michigan Central Station, Detroit’s historic but dilapidated former rail station, as well as other neighborhood sites.
Ford aims to turn the building into a campus of offices for up to 5,000 tech workers and software engineers focused...
August 12th, 20180DETROIT — Tuesday’s election brought to light a previously unknown political candidate with a questionable past, who unseated a usually popular state lawmaker.
Betty Jean Alexander, a 53-year-old Detroiter, won the race with 54.5 percent of the vote after signing a waiver saying she wouldn’t spend more than $1,000 on her...
August 11th, 20180DETROIT — Over the weekend, just days before Michigan’s primary election, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), campaigned for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Sanders and El-Sayed attracted more than 1,400 people at a rally held at Cobo Center in downtown Detroit Sunday afternoon.
El-Sayed...
August 4th, 20180DETROIT — While it may seemed too good to be true, the industrial population of Detroit grew very dramatically over the course of a century. However, starting in the 1950s, population in the city that had been a magnet to both European immigrants and Southern migrants experienced a rapid decline— holding it back.
Schools that...
July 28th, 20180DETROIT — On Tuesday, July 24, a Dearborn man was charged in an unsealed indictment with providing material support to ISIS after being captured on an ISIS battlefield.
Ibraheem Musaibli, 28, was taken into custody by coalition-backed forces this month while attempting to escape the Middle Euphrates River Valley in northern Syria,...
July 28th, 20180DETROIT — The FBI celebrated 110 years of public service on Thursday, July 26, and reflected on its history and the changes it’s experienced in the digital age.
Even before the FBI’s official founding, a special agent was assigned to conduct investigations in Detroit for the Department of Justice. By 1911 there was an official...
July 27th, 20180This election is a defining event for America
This election, for many reasons, is perhaps the most important one in America’s modern history.
First, our democracy is in grave danger. During the last presidential election and since Donald Trump took office, there have been a systematic attack on our democracy at all levels. The...
July 22nd, 20180DETROIT— Among the seven Democratic candidates seeking to fill a Detroit-area State Senate seat left open by a term-limited incumbent who pleaded guilty to federal theft and conspiracy charges, two have histories involving crime and controversy.
Former State Sen. Bert Johnson (D-Highland Park) resigned after pleading guilty to...
July 20th, 20181DETROIT — Detroit City Councilman Roy McCalister Jr. and the Mental Health Task Force held a public meeting in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Tuesday, July 17, where approximately 30 people expressed ideas on raising awareness about mental health issues. Attendees included Council members, administration officials, community...
July 13th, 20180DEARBORN — Residents concerned that large factories in the city's industrial Southend are worsening air quality are turning to the City Council, in hopes it would enact ordinances to more immediately force the corporations to commit to environmentally friendly practices.
At a town hall co-costed by the Michigan Department of...
July 6th, 20180Human rights organization advocates for building longer tables, not walls
DEARBORN – About 80 percent of people surveyed worldwide say they would welcome refugees in their country, community or home, according to a 2017 Amnesty International survey of 27,000 people across 27 countries. Yet, most leaders of those nations...
July 6th, 20180DETROIT — The 26th annual Concert of Colors, Detroit’s diversity festival, begins events on Wednesday, July 11 and runs through Sunday, July 15.
The five day festival is free to the public and held at various venues in Detroit and Dearborn, including the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Arab American National Museum.
The...
July 1st, 20180DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The high school graduating classes of Hamadeh Educational Services (HES) achieved high grade point averages and have been awarded more than $32 million in scholarships.
In a safe and respectful environment, HES educators lay the foundation of a lifetime of learning, inspiring students to academic excellence while...
June 30th, 20181DEARBORN - Two state senate candidates for the third district, State Rep. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) and Wayne County Commissioner Gary Woronchak, are competing in the August Democratic primary to replace term-limited State Sen. Morris Hood III (D-Detroit), who represents a district of about 215,000 residents in Dearborn, Detroit and...
