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...

In the face of pandemic, profits are protected, “essential” workers have no recourse 

April 3rd, 20200 DEARBORN — A strange yet familiar scene plays out at grocery stores in Dearborn on most days, one that has been commonplace since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the state reached a critical level.  Customers stand in line outside the double door, waiting for an employee in a face mask and gloves to let them in one at a time. At...