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October 16th, 2018

Other Voices

How Khashoggi’s disappearance could affect Middle East politics

The disappearance and possible murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has cast a long shadow over Saudi Arabia’s global image. If the Saudi government did in fact kill or kidnap him, the crime would have significant implications for Middle...

October 16th, 2018

Art & Culture

‘FBI’ star Zeeko Zaki on the importance of playing an Arab American protagonist

Reflecting that his résumé leans "toward the terrorist side of things", Egyptian American actor Zeeko Zaki couldn’t be happier with his role as FBI special agent Omar Adom "OA" Zidan on Dick Wolf’s latest crime drama FBI. Seeing someone like...

October 16th, 2018

Other Voices

That single line of blood: Nassir al-Mosabeh and Mohammed al-Durrah

As the frail body of 12-year-old Nassir Al-Mosabeh fell to the ground on Friday, September 28, history was repeating itself in a most tragic way. Little Nassir was not just another number, a “martyr” to be exalted by equally poor refugees in...

October 16th, 2018

Other Voices

What does it mean to be an American?

What does it actually mean to be an American? Tell me. In the press of day-to-day events and amid the ongoing tumult of politics, we don’t think about this much. Yet it’s a crucial question, one that each generation in this country is called...

October 16th, 2018

U.S.A

California school district has contract with firm linked to ICE

A small school district in affluent Marin County in California, serving about 2,000 youngsters in the bucolic West Marin towns of Fairfax and San Anselmo, has contracted with Thomson Reuters — a firm linked to Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

October 16th, 2018

World

Looking for Oum Kulthum: An Iranian take on the Arab experience

Shirin Neshat’s “Looking for Oum Kulthum” tells of an Iranian artist’s effort at making a film on the life and career of the late Egyptian legendary singer. Though the project was made with pure intentions, it has been met with distaste and...

October 16th, 2018

World

Trump won’t halt Saudi arms sales over journalist disappearance

President Trump said on Thursday that he saw no reason to cut off arms sales to Saudi Arabia because of the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, possibly setting up a clash with the U.S. Congress. Trump also said the U.S. may be...

October 16th, 2018

Local

Henry Ford College hosts public career expo

DEARBORN — The Henry Ford College (HFC) Office of Career Services (OCS) will host its seventh annual career expo on Thursday, Oct. 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Athletic Memorial Building (Building H) on the main campus. The...

October 16th, 2018

COMMUNITY

Michigan Truth Tour stop in Dearborn to show “Michigan Divided” documentary

DEARBORN — The League of Women Voters Dearborn-Dearborn Heights and the American Association of University Women will present a Michigan Truth Tour stop in Dearborn on Saturday, Oct. 20 at Christ Episcopal Church. The Center for Michigan and...