Dearborn-based Arab American-owned businesses expand their services into Canton

July 3rd, 20230 CANTON — Dearborn-based Arab American-owned business are continuing to spread into surrounding Metro Detroit cities. The Papaya Supermarket and Qahwah House coffee shop have made their way into Canton in recent months. Canton Township's supervisor, Anne Marie Graham-Hudak, told The Arab American News that these new businesses add an...

Newest and largest Papaya Fruit Market location opens in Canton

March 24th, 20230 CANTON — Khalil Saad, owner of the Papaya supermarkets, has opened a fifth location in Canton. Saad immigrated to the United States from Lebanon in 1998. He told The Arab American News the first Papaya store he opened on Warren Ave. on the Dearborn/Detroit border was originally a small shop. He shared the story of how he was...