October 28th, 20220DEARBORN — Hundreds of community members joined state and local officials at a packed Byblos Banquet Center in Dearborn for the 25th annual banquet for Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) on Thursday.
Those in attendance and on the speakers' list were Democratic leaders and November election hopefuls Governor Whitmer,...
June 17th, 20222DEARBORN — Voters in Dearborn can now expect translated materials in time for the August primary.
An effort to translate voting materials, including ballots, into Arabic in the city of Dearborn is now well underway, thanks to the work of a committee appointed by Mayor Abdullah Hammoud and the City Council.
The committee to...
April 29th, 20220DEARBORN — An effort to increase language access in Dearborn by its City Council may have taken a positive step forward last week.
In a special meeting, the Council passed a supplemental to its earlier resolution to translate election materials, including ballots, for its minority residents. On the insistence of Wayne County Clerk...
April 16th, 20220DEARBORN - Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett appeared at the Dearborn City Council meeting this week to give her input, in public, to the city’s present language access efforts.
The Council passed a resolution in March, brought forth by Councilman Mustapha Hammoud, that sought to ensure ballots and other election materials would be...
April 1st, 20220DEARBORN — An effort to bring federally guaranteed language access to Dearborn’s multilingual population continues to see resistance.
Last week, the Dearborn City Council passed a resolution, brought forth by Councilman Mustapha Hammoud, that sought to ensure ballots and other election materials would be translated into multiple...
March 25th, 20220DEARBORN — After some debate, the Dearborn City Council unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday that sought to ensure that ballots and other election materials would be translated into multiple languages, thereby bringing much needed basic U.S. Voting Rights Act (VRA) provisions around language to Dearborn voters.
The VRA...
October 30th, 20210DEARBORN — With a historic election on the horizon, The Arab American News has announced its endorsements for mayor, City Council and Charter Revision Commission.
The Arab American News made the decision of endorsing State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud for mayor and incumbent Mike Sareini, Mustapha Hammoud, Khodr Farhat, Samra’a Luqman,...
October 15th, 20210DEARBORN — With the general election less than one month away, the 14 City Council candidates are answering difficult questions at the forefront of residents' minds.
All 14 candidates were asked the same questions and given a 75 word limit per question and two weeks to answer. Silvio Davis, Gary Enos, and Khalil Othman did not...
June 4th, 20210DEARBORN — The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) met in Dearborn Thursday to address redistricting in the state.
More than 150 residents from all over downriver attended the event to provide their input on the redistricting.
In 2018, Michigan voters approved the creation of the MICRC under Proposal...
May 8th, 20211DEARBORN — Lifelong resident Mustapha Hammoud has entered the race for one of seven City Council seats that are up for election.
Having been born and raised in Dearborn, Hammoud attended Dearborn Public Schools, Henry Ford College and the University of Michigan-Dearborn, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in...
