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Our endorsements for Dearborn, Hamtramck and Detroit municipal elections

August 4th, 20170 One might think that Dearborn prospers businesswise— mainly as home to Ford Motor Company's world headquarters—yet it doesn't, due to the lack of change in the...

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The Dearborn Heights 2017 primary elections: Our endorsements

July 28th, 20172 As Dearborn Heights' community and economic landscape transforms to reflect its neighboring city of Dearborn, so must the city's government transform to reflect its...

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Fear and trepidation in Tel Aviv: Is Israel losing the Syria war?

July 28th, 20170 Israel, which has played a precarious role in the Syrian war since 2011, is furious to learn that the future of the conflict is not to its liking. The six-year-old...

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Restoring faith in representative democracy

July 27th, 20170 There's no shortage of threats to our democracy. Russian meddling in elections, the vulnerability of state voting systems to hacking, politicians' assaults on the media...

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How Trump and Netanyahu pushed Palestinians into a corner

July 27th, 20170 Early October 2016, Misbah Abu Sbeih left his wife and five children at home and then drove to an Israeli police station in occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The...

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Hamtramck’s Muslim majority Council proves media wrong

July 21st, 20170 HAMTRAMCK — When the voters of Hamtramck elected four Muslims to the City Council in 2015, it made headlines nationally and internationally on media outlets like the...

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The story behind the Jerusalem attack: How Trump and Netanyahu pushed Palestinians into a corner

July 21st, 20170 By Ramzy Baroud Early October 2016, Misbah Abu Sbeih left his wife and five children at home and then drove to an Israeli police station in occupied Palestinian East...

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Intra-cultural conflicts among Dearborn’s Arab Americans are a concern

July 14th, 20170 It is a known fact that Dearborn has the highest concentration of Americans of Arab descent, some thriving more than others, in part due to their long history in this...

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Excessive fireworks put Dearborn residents in a war zone

July 7th, 20170 The Fourth of July has passed, but the community's celebratory faults haven't, as "war zone" sounds persistently reappear over the years. Dearborn's patriotism...

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The call to shut down Al Jazeera must be condemned

July 7th, 20170 It has been more than a month since four Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia decided to cut off ties with their neighbor, Qatar. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the...

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Hussein Berry is to blame for the tension on the school board and in the community

July 1st, 20171 These past few weeks have been filled with political rants, social media gossips and legal threats. It has become hard to find the truth amid the sea of accusations....

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Israel vs. the United Nations: The Nikki Haley doctrine

June 28th, 20170 The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, seems to be championing a single cause: Israel. When Haley speaks about Israel, her language is not...

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The conspiracy theory and the Dearborn Board of Education appointment process

June 23rd, 20171 Much has been said and written about the Dearborn Board of Education candidates and the process to appoint a successor to now Judge Mariam Bazzi. Most of the rants on...

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Too much at stake for Dearborn Board of Education to remain divided

June 16th, 20170 The inability of the Dearborn Board of Education to reach an agreement and appoint a new trustee to fill the seat vacated by former trustee and now Wayne County Circuit...

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Ahmad Jibril doesn’t belong to Dearborn

June 10th, 20170 Local and national articles are alarming readers with tales of an insidious "Dearborn cleric" who is apparently "popular" and "inspirational" to ISIS members. The...

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Not only Muslims: Last week, allies became casualties, too

June 2nd, 20170 Rick Best, 53, Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, 23, and Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, took a brave stand against bigotry and assault last Friday when they stepped in to...

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Trump’s visit to Israel: How Palestine disappeared from US media coverage

June 2nd, 20170 As if he has, overnight, been transformed into a master politician, Donald Trump's 27-hour trip to Israel has left many analysts mystified. Quoting former Israeli...

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Trump must be more firm against White supremacy

June 2nd, 20170 By Dawud Walid Donald Trump's first visit abroad as president was marked by several statements which explicitly and implicitly stated that he wished to put America...

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Talking to the other side

May 26th, 20170 I've had a number of conversations recently that convince me our country is divided into two political camps separated by a deep and uncomfortably wide gap. No, I'm not...

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Fear as an obstacle to peace: Why are Israelis afraid?

May 26th, 20170 Bat-Hen Epstein Elias's long article on Iranian Jews is interesting. Parts of it, in fact, are heartwarming. Yet, despite the lack of any serious evidence, the story is...

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Trump in Saudi Arabia: King of hypocrisy

May 26th, 20172 Trump's affinity for all things "yuge" and slathered in gold was manifest in his choice of visits. Instead of taking the opportunity to make a diplomatic stride...

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Nakba was 69 years ago, but Arab complacency keeps it going

May 19th, 20170 May 15 marked the 69th year of systematic expulsion and pillaging of Palestinian communities, in addition to the centennial of the Balfour declaration that began the...

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Firing Comey will haunt Trump’s presidency

May 12th, 20172 In another display of power overreach, Trump played Nixon when he fired FBI director James Comey. Or perhaps he thought he was still on the Apprentice, with "You're...

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Trump’s 100 days: A reign of error

May 5th, 20170 President Trump's first 100 days were characterized by attempts to reject every act of President Obama's in his eight years in office. In other words, this is also...

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The real reasons behind the Palestinian hunger strike

May 5th, 20170 Gaza is the world's largest open air prison. The West Bank is a prison, too, segmented into various wards, known as areas A, B and C. In fact, all Palestinians are...

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Palestinian, Jewish voices must jointly challenge Israel’s past

April 29th, 20170 Israel has resorted to three main strategies to suppress Palestinian calls for justice and human rights, including the Right of Return for refugees. One is dedicated...

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Power to the people: Why Palestinian victory in Jerusalem is a pivotal moment