October 24th, 20221This article was contributed by Sumaiyah Ahmed, MHA, public health coordinator for ACCESS, and has been edited for style
TikTok is a popular short-video app best known for its trendy dances and outlandish humor. However, it has also become a venue for healthcare providers to share health and wellness information with younger...
May 27th, 20220An Iraqi asylum seeker living in Ohio was arrested and charged by federal authorities for aiding and abetting a failed plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush.
According to authorities, Shihab Ahmed Shihab, 52, told an FBI informant in November that he wanted to target Bush because he was “responsible for killing many...
April 23rd, 20220
By Zeinab Cheaib
April is Arab American Heritage Month, which is particularly special in Toledo, where a vital Arab-American community has contributed to the city's rich history for more than a century.
Samir Abu Absi, a professor emeritus at the University of Toledo, said some of the first Arab immigrants came to north...
March 11th, 20220DETROIT – A dozen doctors are among 16 people in Michigan and Ohio who have been sentenced to prison in an opioid scheme that included the distribution of 6.6 million pills and $250 million in false billings, authorities said.
The health care fraud exploited patients suffering from opioid addiction, the Justice Department said in a...
June 18th, 20210YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A 75-year-old Palestinian American from Ohio has been imprisoned by Israeli authorities for activism.
Jamal Nisser, a retired Palestinian American businessman from Youngstown, Ohio, has been sentenced to four months in prison by an Israeli court on charges of political activism, The Palestine Chronicle...
April 18th, 20200DEARBORN — East Dearborn resident Jamie Wise and her family knew about the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients in their area and found a way to help.
Wise and her family are part of a church group called 2/42. While Wise had been sewing cloth face masks, she found...
July 6th, 20180
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal district court here issued an entry of default against an American neo-Nazi in a lawsuit filed by an Arab American comedian, Dean Obeidallah, who said Andrew Anglin and his website, The Daily Stormer, published fabricated information claiming Obeidallah was a "terrorist mastermind."
Tuesday's default entry...
June 30th, 20180YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The Youngstown Police Department made history Thursday with the first promotion of an Arab American and Muslim police officer.
Mohammad Awad, who is entering his seventh year with the department, is going from police officer to detective sergeant.
The department swore him in to his new duties Thursday morning...
