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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...

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Fordson High School graduate to attend Harvard this fall

June 16th, 20180 DEARBORN – Fatima Taj, a Fordson High School graduate with a 4.48 GPA and served as class valedictorian, is something of a renaissance woman. The Harvard-bound...

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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...

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Assad Turfe named Wayne County executive’s chief of staff

June 16th, 20180 DETROIT - On Wednesday, June 13, Assad Turfe was promoted by Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans to become his chief of staff. “Assad epitomizes what a public...

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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...

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Noor Fakih overcomes learning disability, gets accepted at Stanford

June 15th, 20180 DEARBORN — Noor Fakih, a recent Fordson High School graduate, worked through a learning disability diagnoses during her last two years of high school and finished with...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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Lebanese men’s hockey club hopes to develop a women’s team

June 8th, 20180 Sarah Kominek The Arab American News MONTREAL — Lebanon's men's national hockey team is in the beginning stages of starting a women's team. "It's...

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Midwest Recycling and two Dearborn schools reap the benefits of giving back

June 8th, 20180 By Eman Jassem The Arab American News intern DEARBORN — On June 5, Lowrey School and Oakman Elementary School were each awarded the grand prize of $1,250...

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Muslim students attacked at a Florida McDonald’s

June 8th, 20180 SAINT AUGUSTINE, Fla - A Florida man was arrested on Wednesday after he reportedly attacked two men he believed to be Muslims or Middle Easterners. He used a stun gun...

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Detroit gas station shooting stirs racial tensions, reignites talks between Arab and Black Americans

June 8th, 20181 DETROIT — A bullet fired on Mother's Day on the city's west side put a Black man in his grave and has unearthed decades-old turmoil between African American residents...

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Impaired Dearborn woman set to be deported granted temporary stay

June 5th, 20180 DEARBORN — A Physically and mentally impaired woman who as set to be deported to Lebanon has been granted temporary stay by a federal judge. Muna Kazan, a...

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Water slides officially open at Dunworth Pool Thursday, June 7

June 5th, 20180 DEARBORN — The city’s newest outdoor aquatic amenities, two water slides at Dunworth Pool at Levagood Park, will officially open to the public Thursday, June 7....

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Little girl’s gift to Beaumont Children’s Hospital helps local kids

June 5th, 20180 DEARBORN — Lara Nasr Eddin, aged 6, loves to help people. “She’s always giving,” said her mom, Rana Aboukhair. “I have to pack her two lunches because...

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Arab American group wins San Francisco school district contract, despite Jewish objections

June 4th, 20180 SAN FRANCISCO — Three years ago, the San Francisco Unified School District placed a hold on a proposal to grant the Arab Resource and Organizing Committee (AROC) a...

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Florida’s Muslim free clinic a ‘blessing’ to uninsured, low-income patients of all faiths

June 3rd, 20180 David Gagner was having seizures. But he did not have nor can afford health insurance, so he sought care at a Baptist Health emergency room. There he was told he had...

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Dearborn’s Yemeni community joins national efforts to help children in the war-torn country

June 1st, 20181 By Sarah Kominek The Arab American News DEARBORN — Saudi Arabia's ongoing intervention in Yemen has caused a humanitarian crisis that affects...

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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow urges harder push for a ‘blue wave’, vows to stand against bigotry in Washington

June 1st, 20180 The ban has nothing to do with safety, makes us less safe around the world and negatively impacts our families in Michigan DEARBORN — It's no...

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How a Syrian refugee family rediscovered the blessings of Ramadan in Michigan

June 1st, 20180 DEARBORN — Farah, a 9-year-old girl flaunting a colorful dress, proudly hands a drawing she made to a woman who’d just gifted her a toy doll. Farah, whose name...

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Arab American activist set to take reins at Massachusetts Teachers Association

May 25th, 20180 BOSTON — Merrie Najimy, the president-elect of the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA), was inspired to become an educator and later a unionist after experiencing...

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