DEARBORN – Many local customers have created lasting friendships with the owners of the city's many locally owned shops, which stands as another example of the close-knit feel of the community. 

Despite the year-long crackdown on protesters, including opposition journalists and artists, the Arab League has designated Manama as the capital of Arab culture for 2012.

A quick listing of the United States' record of veto use at the United Nation Security Council (UNSC): 1972–2011* 

A new report estimates that $124 billion is the cost of child maltreatment, including physical abuse, psychological abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse. That's according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as published in the Child Abuse and Neglect, The International Journal.

The leading Republican presidential candidates have a one-sided view of the Arab-Israeli conflict. During the Florida presidential debate, a Palestinian American asked the contenders how they would help bring peace to Palestine and Israel when most GOP candidates barely recognize the existence of Palestine or its people.

The issue is not about hummus, chocolate bars or Dead Sea vacations. It is about civil society taking full responsibility for its own action (or lack of). The issue is not exactly about Israeli products either, but rather about how even a seemingly innocent decision like buying Israeli dates may enable the continued subjugation of the Palestinian people.

INDIANAPOLIS — The 2012 Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 5 was highlighted by Roman and ancient Egyptian themes, but what viewers may not have known while watching is the Arab American connection behind some of the designs.

DETROIT - In a detention hearing on Wednesday Magistrate Judge Mona K. Majzoub ruled Ahmed Alabadi, a former Dearborn resident convicted of investor fraud poses flight risk, and ordered him to stay in jail.  

The prevalence of obesity in America seems to have plateaued, according to data released Tuesday.  The numbers show 35.7% of U.S. adults and almost 17% of U.S. children and teens are obese.