Documentary director discusses MLK, Palestine and nonviolence

January 30th, 20200 DEARBORN — To commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day last week, The Arab American News reached out to director and producer Connie Field, to talk about her 2013 documentary Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine. The film was recently shown at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, for the second time since its...

Noor Fakih overcomes learning disability, gets accepted at Stanford

June 15th, 20180 DEARBORN — Noor Fakih, a recent Fordson High School graduate, worked through a learning disability diagnoses during her last two years of high school and finished with offers from many top schools. Fakih recently found out she’d been accepted to Stanford University, where she plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in computer...