With #Enough posters, students in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and across the nation protested against gun violence

March 16th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News DEARBORN – On the one month anniversary of the deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., students in various high schools across the country walked out for 17 minutes to protest gun violence with placards and T-shirts that read #Enough. The cold...

Dearborn’s longtime associate broker Sam Baydoun announces run for Wayne County Commission seat

January 26th, 20180 DEARBORN — 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...

Lessons learned from the Fordson Incident

October 27th, 20170 The Fordson High School football team caused an uproar after making headlines two weeks ago when a few of its junior varsity players were busted in an alleged hazing scandal that some students argue was a sexual assault. The administration called it a “rogue hazing” incident and Superintendent Dr. Glenn Maleyko confirmed that it...

The Fordson incident: Hazing or sexual assault?

October 20th, 20170 While the school district, community and police look for answers, here are some professional perspectives. DEARBORN — Last week, Dearborn Public Schools officials informed the community about an alleged afterschool hazing incident involving several of Fordson High School's junior varsity football players in the locker...

Air Force Captain Rawan Latif follows a family tradition of service

May 19th, 20170 DETROIT — On May 10, Detroit native Rawan Latif, 24, became a captain in the United States Air Force. That is only one of many ways in which Latif has served both her local community and the United States at large. Latif, who is stationed at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, comes from a family involved in service, with an uncle who...

Dearborn educator’s sudden death shocks community

March 17th, 20170 DEARBORN— Imad Fadlallah, a passionate educator and former Principal of Forsdon High School, died suddenly on Monday, March 13 at his home. Fadlallah, who'd just been released from Henry Ford Hospital following major open heart surgery, died early in the morning, among family members. Survived by his wife, Sawsan Berry, and four...