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Protesters gather in Detroit against separation of families

June 18th, 20180 Detroit —Protesters against separation of families gather at the Families Belong Together rally outside the ICE Enforcement center at 333 Mt. Elliott, on June 14 at 5 p.m. A partnership between Women’s March, Equality Michigan, African Bureau of Immigration and Social Affairs (ABISA) and Metro-Detroit Political Action Network...

National Election

Somali American seeks Keith Ellison’s seat in Congress

June 18th, 20180 MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Ilhan Omar is a Somali American politician who escaped from Somalia as a child, grew up in a Kenyan refugee camp and later immigrated to Minnesota. Years after immigrating, she became the nation’s first and only Somali American lawmaker when she won a seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives in...

Crime

Tampa man goes to prison for ruining home sale to Muslim family

June 18th, 20180 TAMPA — Kaderbhai Ali Asgar choked up as he told the courtroom what Islam means to him. It is a religion of love and peace, he said. "Security for all," Asgar said. "That’s what I want." Just a feet away from him sat David H. Howard, the man who had threatened in November 2016 to burn a Davis Islands house down if Asgar and his...

COMMUNITY

Dearborn residents reminded of fireworks use related laws

June 16th, 20180 DEARBORN – Residents are reminded to follow state and local laws regarding the purchase and use of fireworks and to exercise extreme caution, as the Fourth of July approaches. In addition to low-impact fireworks such as sparklers, there are powerful or airborne fireworks, known as “consumer” fireworks, that are legal for sale...

Local

Dearborn graduates receive $11.4 million in scholarships

June 16th, 20180 DEARBORN - Dearborn Public Schools graduated 1,471 students this June. About 446 graduates were offered a combined total of $11.4 million in scholarships. Most will be taking classes at Henry Ford College, Wayne State University and the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Four students from Dearborn were accepted into ivy league...

COMMUNITY

Design competition seeks to create a connected cultural campus in Midtown

June 16th, 20180 By Eman Jassem The Arab American News intern DETROIT — The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) and Midtown Cultural Connections launched an international design competition and invited the public for a series of presentations and interviews on June 13 and 14 in the DIA lecture hall. The three-stage competition launched on...

COMMUNITY

Ali Hammoud’s appointment as 19th District Court magistrate results in Arab American trifecta

June 15th, 20180 DEARBORN – Ali Hammoud, a 38-year-old local attorney, has recently been selected to serve as a magistrate in the 19th district court, creating a trifecta of Arab American magistrates for the first time in the court’s history. Each of the court’s three judges have the opportunity to recommend an applicant to the position. Judge...

Opinions

Why Jefferson’s vision of Islam in America matters today

June 15th, 20180 The author of the Declaration of Independence had sought to protect not just Christians, but Americans of all faiths. After last year’s deliberate break with tradition, President Trump has resumed the iftar dinner—the sundown meal during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. An estimated 3.3 million American Muslims celebrate...

Local Election

Whitmer political group launches ad campaign in governor’s race

June 15th, 20180 LANSING – A political group backing Democrat Gretchen Whitmer for governor launched a $1.8 million, five-week TV ad campaign on Tuesday June 12, marking the first time Whitmer will appeal to viewers before the August primary election. The former legislative leader said she “fought for working families” in the State Senate, where...

Local Election

Abdul El-Sayed unveils Michicare, a healthcare plan for Michigan

June 15th, 20180 DETROIT — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic candidate for governor, unveiled a state-level single payer healthcare plan on Wednesday. The proposal, called Michicare, would make Michigan the first state in the country to guarantee universal healthcare coverage for all residents. El-Sayed is the first candidate for governor in...

World

Israeli killing darken Eid al-Fitr holiday in Gaza

June 14th, 20180 GAZA ― Israel’s killing of at least 125 Palestinians during protests at the Gaza border is casting a shadow in the enclave on its celebration of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Economic hardship arising from years of blockades, conflict and internal political rivalries has also...

Art & Culture

Egypt hopeful on Salah as fans remain in suspense

June 14th, 20180 CAIRO/YEKATERINBURG ― Egypt coach Hector Cuper said Mohamed Salah had a “great chance” of playing against Uruguay but no decision would be taken until Thursday’s training session as the Pharoahs flew into Yekaterinburg for the start of their World Cup campaign. “I am optimistic that he will be with us, I think he has a great...

Art & Culture

Trump calls De Niro ‘very low IQ individual’ for Tony Awards outburst

June 12th, 20180 LOS ANGELES - President Trump on Tuesday hit back at Robert De Niro, calling him a “very low IQ individual,” after the Oscar-winning actor’s expletive-laden attack on the American president on live television. Two days after De Niro’s outburst on the stage of the Tony Awards ceremony in New York, Trump said he had watched the...

Palestine

Palestinian hit in face by tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldier in Gaza protests

June 12th, 20180 GAZA - A Palestinian hit in the face by a tear-gas canister fired by an Israeli soldier, was on life support in a Gaza hospital on Friday. Israel says it uses tear gas as a non-lethal measure against Gaza border protests. But the projectile, launched by a soldier on the Israeli side of the frontier, hit Haitham Abu Sabla in...

World

U.N. refugee agency hopes Lebanon will reverse residency freeze

June 12th, 20180 GENEVA/BEIRUT ― The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR hopes the Lebanese foreign ministry will quickly reverse a decision to freeze residency applications the agency has submitted for its staff, its spokesman said on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil ordered the freeze last week after accusing UNHCR of hindering the return of...

COMMUNITY

Governor Snyder declares June as Immigrant Heritage Month

June 11th, 20181 LANSING — Gov. Snyder has proclaimed June as Immigrant Heritage Month. Michigan celebrates its past, present and future by welcoming those from across the globe who contribute to the state's cultural diversity and economic growth. "Michigan is a national leader in welcoming New Americans and that is something to be proud of," Snyder...

COMMUNITY

Survey: 1 in 5 Americans would deny Muslims the right to vote

June 10th, 20180 WASHINGTON - A minority of Americans believe that many Muslim Americans are not “American” enough, according to a new study by the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group. They also see little difference between Muslims from other countries and Muslim Americans, “suggesting that ‘Americanness’ alone does not lead to more positive...

COMMUNITY

Amazon lets Muslim workers put Ramadan before Prime Day

June 10th, 20180 MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The run-up to Amazon Prime Day, the e-commerce giant’s big July sales promotion, overlaps with Ramadan, 30 sacred days during which many observant Muslims fast and seek time off. That’s creating tension in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region, where activists say Amazon.com Inc. employs more than...

COMMUNITY

American Muslim investors to donate $5.6 million to charity during Ramadan

June 10th, 20180 FALLS CHURCH, Virginia — Azzad Asset Management, a socially responsible, faith-based registered investment advisor, announced on Thursday that its Muslim clients are expected to donate approximately $5.6 million to charity during the holy month of Ramadan. The figure is the highest since Azzad began providing this calculation in...

Local Election

Appeals Court sides with Santana in ballot illegibility challenge

June 9th, 20180 DEARBORN — The Michigan Court of Appeals has sided with State Rep. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) in a lawsuit challenging her eligibility to be on the ballot in her run for the third State Senate district this primary election. Judges Michael Riordan, Christopher Murray and Cynthia Stephens decided unanimously on June 6 that Wayne...

Local

Voters to decide marijuana legalization after legislature fails to act

June 9th, 20181 LANSING — The state legislature decided on Tuesday the issue of legalizing marijuana for recreational use will be up to voters to decide in the November election. Senate Republicans had wanted to take up and pass the measure so they could amend it and keep it off the Nov. 6 general election ballot. They instead deferred to the House...

Health

Low-income workers protest Bill Schuette’s opposition to Medicaid

June 9th, 20180 DETROIT— On Thursday afternoon, a group of more than 100 low-income voters met outside Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s office in Detroit to protest his pledge to cut Michigan’s Medicaid expansion. A community member with the group said 700,000 Michigan residents who have Medicaid could be affected by the...

COMMUNITY

Local officials host iftars for area Muslims

June 9th, 20180 DEARBORN – Local officials in Wayne County hosted several iftars for area Muslims. Wayne County Executive Warren Evans hosted his annual iftar for county Muslim leaders at the Grapevine Restaurant in Canton. Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly held two iftar dinners at Habib’s Cuisine, one for heads of local Arab and Muslim...

COMMUNITY

Congressman Dan Kildee and staff fast in solidarity with Muslim Americans

June 9th, 20180 FLINT, Michigan — U.S Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint), along with his congressional staff in Washington, D.C., fasted Wednesday June 6 in solidarity with Muslims in Michigan and around the world in observance of Ramadan. Ramadan is a holy month of fasting during which Muslims may not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset. This will be the...

COMMUNITY

American Muslim groups protest exclusion from Trump’s first White House iftar

June 8th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — After declining to mark Ramadan last year with a traditional iftar dinner, which breaks the daily fast during the Islamic holy month, the White House held one Wednesday night with a few dozen guests, many of them ambassadors from Muslim nations. Meanwhile, some Islamic groups that were not invited, led by the...

Art & Culture

Mona Mansour brings fallible Arab American characters to stage

June 8th, 20180 By Hanan Daqqa Fairfax County Times "You never know where something takes you as a writer… you think you want to write about one thing and it leads you to another path." These are the words of Mona Mansour, a Lebanese American playwright who set out to write a play about her father's choice not to go back to...

COMMUNITY

Mother of terminally ill son begs community for help, gets little response

June 8th, 20180 By Sarah Kominek The Arab American News ANN ARBOR — Azeza Kafham spends her days at home with her four children. She keeps up with her 2-year old son, Thayer, helps her 13-year-old, home-schooled daughter, Sophie, with homework and provides sole care for her immobile 15-year-old son, Hiatham, who just months before being...

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