April 19th, 20240Attorney General Dana Nessel's office has opened an investigation into a $20 million grant awarded to a Metro Detroit businesswoman used on expenses that included a $4,500 coffee maker, an $11,000 first-class plane ticket and $408,000 in salaries for two people over three months.
Nessel's office confirmed Wednesday it had opened an...
April 6th, 20240A $20 million state grant given to Fay Beydoun, a Metro Detroit businesswoman in 2022 continues to raise concerns as former associates — including the chairman of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce — question the means by which the money was obtained and how it’s being spent.
Fay Beydoun, who received the $20 million grant to...
March 24th, 20230LANSING — Fay Beydoun, a campaign donor and appointee of Gov. Whitmer, is poised to receive a $20 million state grant for her newly formed Oakland County-based nonprofit that seeks to attract international startup businesses to Michigan.
Beydoun filed paperwork to incorporate Global Link International 10 days after the Michigan...
October 27th, 20200MICHIGAN — Michigan could be the most important swing state in the country. And the Arab American vote could make the difference.
Though Metro Detroit has its large concentration, Arab Americans have been an integral part of the historic and cultural fabric of the entire country. More so, Arab Americans enjoy a variety of...
February 19th, 20200DEARBORN — Brothers Mohamad and Ali Bydon were guests of honor at a packed dinner celebration on Saturday, Feb. 15, where members of Michigan’s Arab American community gathered to acknowledge recent remarkable medical achievements by two of their own.
Both brothers have made significant achievements in their fields. Mohamad is...
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...
April 27th, 20180DETROIT – It’s no secret that the 2016 presidential election cultivated an electrified wave of progressive activism and swaths of candidates from minority communities running for office.
In Michigan, where President Trump was victorious, increasingly polarized Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for contentious races to...
