November 1st, 20240Dear Mr. Siblani,
I've been thinking about your statement in the recent Politico article and decided to write.
Your community is being presented a rare opportunity due to the outsize power of its voting bloc this election. This might not come again.
Yet rather than leveraging it, you’d prefer to just keep protesting? Politics are...
November 1st, 20240Dear editor,
I am a Jew, born and raised in Detroit. I urge and feel it essential that fellow Detroiters and the Arab community to vote to elect Kamala Harris for president. Michigan can deliver the presidency to either Harris or Trump. If the Arab community, once a stalwart of Democratic support, refrains from voting for president or...
November 1st, 20240In a few days, we Americans will become accustomed to the “F” word for the next four (or more) years. There exists a possibility that for the first time in the 250 years of its existence as a republic, a fascist will be installed as president of the United States!
It sounds ominously hysterical, hyperbolic and overblown, but wait...
November 1st, 20241Irrespective of the colors of past, present and future U.S. administrations, the U.S. policy in the Middle East was and will remain biased against Arabs and their causes for at least the foreseeable future.
The U.S. administration’s unlimited diplomatic and military support for Israel wasn’t only dictated by the organized...
August 30th, 20220— Mike Shesterkin is executive director of the Southeast Michigan Sustainable Business Forum.
On Jan. 6, 2021 the world witnessed the chaos that gripped our nation’s capital. What took place that day was clearly an attempt to overthrow a duly elected president.
What enabled the chaos of January 6, and the brazen attempt to ignore...
June 20th, 20211A letter to The Arab American News:
Do you think our leaders in Dearborn have done enough to promote mental health within our community? Every single one of us know at least one person struggling with depression, anxiety or other types of mental health problems. Why is it that we as a community turn away from the one issue that is...
April 3rd, 20210- From Nada Almawiri
My name is Nada and I am a Yemeni American student at the University of Detroit Mercy. My current instructor is Abbas Al Haj Ahmad, who is also a writer at The Arab American News. Mr. Abbas Al Haj Ahmad has been a great mentor, instructor and an active member of our community.
I am very saddened to see what...
February 25th, 20210From Younes Bazzi:
Schools are set to reopen for in person learning as early as March for Dearborn Public schools, but this is quite concerning. As of right now teachers are getting the new COVID-19 vaccine, However there is no vaccine officially authorized for people under the age of 16. The soonest we can expect a possible vaccine...
