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Researcher seeks Arab American and Chaldean participants for study
May 8th, 20190 Dearborn – A research study is underway that seeks to examine the intergenerational socioeconomic mobility of Arab Americans and Chaldean Americans in Southeast Michigan. Bridget Smith-Botos, a graduate student researcher in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alabama-Birmingham is looking for participants for this...
Colorado school shooting: One dead, eight injured, two students identified as suspects detained
May 8th, 20190 Highlands Ranch, Colorado – Two students at STEM School in Highlands Ranch in Colorado opened fire at their school on Tuesday, killing one student and injuring eight others. According to AP, the two students walked into the school with multiple weapons and began shooting students in two classrooms. Deputies from a nearby police...
Jordanian man admits to smuggling Yemeni men across the border into Texas
May 3rd, 20190 San Antonio — Moayad Heider Mohammad Aldairi, a 31-year-old Jordanian man, has plead guilty to charges of aiding and abetting the smuggling of an undocumented immigrant for financial gain, and a separate count of conspiracy to bring in an undocumented immigrant for financial gain. According to the San Antonio Express-News, Aldairi......
Arab American artists featured in exhibit at Pontiac Creative Arts Center
April 29th, 20190 Pontiac – The Pontiac Creative Arts Center (PCAC) is hosting an Arab American Art Exhibition this month. The exhibit features prominent Arab American artists from the Metro Detroit area and displays multi media works, including painting, print making and glass work. Many of the 12 artists featured have had works displayed in...
After decades of her own struggle, Rehab Amer works to empower other families
April 26th, 20190 Dearborn – The story of Rehab Amer and her husband Ahmad’s struggle to keep their children is known to many. After decades of legal battles, and eventual successes bringing the Amer Law to the state of Michigan in 2010, Amer and her community partners want to inject hope and self-determination into families across the......
Dearborn Police participates in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
April 24th, 20190 Dearborn – The Dearborn Police Department is taking back unused, unwanted and expired prescription drugs on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is the 17th opportunity in eight years that the Dearborn Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration has given residents to safely dispose of their unused prescriptions...
Breakthrough Towing accused of bad practices, customer harassment
April 23rd, 20190 DETROIT — The Detroit-based towing company Breakthrough Towing LLC has gained considerable media attention in the last year following numerous reports of predatory practices and customer harassment. Alongside stories in major local news outlets about these practices, the Michigan State Police has sent a cease and desist letter to......
The Michigan Muslim Community Council hosts 9th annual Michigan Muslim Capitol Day
April 17th, 20190 LANSING — The Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC) hosted the nineth annual Michigan Muslim Capitol Day on Wednesday April 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the State Capitol. Hundreds from the Michigan Muslim community across the state attended the event and met their elected representatives. As a historic number of Muslims are...
Two Homeland Security officials resign within days of each other amid DHS overhaul
April 12th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, outgoing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced the resignation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Ron Vitiello, just days after her own. Nielsen resigned on Sunday after President Trump declared that he would look for “tougher” candidates to head the......
Michigan officials and community leaders promote Census at rally, echo concerns over discrimination and under-representation
April 5th, 20191 DETROIT — Officials and community leaders gathered on Monday, April 1, to kickoff the Detroit 2020 Census effort. In a packed room at Focus: Hope in Detroit, Mayor Mike Duggan shared the podium with U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit), Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) and members from Detroit’s various nonprofit and activist organizations...
Statistics show accident risks for motorcycle riders
April 2nd, 20190 DEARBORN— Last week, all major news outlets in the area reported on the fatal motorcycle accident of 22-year-old Fadel AlGhazali on Warren Ave. on March 23. In August 2016, 19-year-old Mohamad Hazimi was killed in a motorcycle crash on westbound Warren Ave after a Jeep made an illegal U-turn. A motorcycle accident claimed the......
Dearborn and Arab American National Museum celebrate Arab American Heritage month
April 2nd, 20190 DEARBORN – The city of Dearborn, Dearborn Public Schools and other communities across the country have declared April as Arab American Heritage month. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) acknowledged the month in Congress in April 2017. Speaking on the House floor, she recognized the thriving Arab American community in her...
A mother pleads for justice in 17-year-old son’s death, says he was a U.S. Army soldier
March 29th, 20190 ANN ARBOR – Tragedy struck the home of Lola Bzeih and Mohamed Jaafar last Friday, March 22. Their son, Ismail Mohamed Jaafar, a soldier in the U.S. Army according to Bzeih, was found by his mother with a cloth belt tied around his neck. He would have turned 18 this week. Ismail's legal name is Blane Miller. At a memorial for her......
