Canada: No-fly on steroids
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is proposing an extension of no-fly policies as they affect Canada. It wants lists of all passengers from Canada flying over...Canada: Insecure Quebeckers uneasy with diversity
Unease over non-Christian religious symbols has led the Quebec government to set up a commission to tour the province to try to get a perspective on how Quebec should...Religious leaders reach out to each other
New York — Thousands of Americans crossed the lines of faith traditions to fast from dawn to dusk Monday to call for an end to the Iraq War. Prayer and fasting events......
Muslims nationwide feed homeless
DETROIT — Community organizations in 19 cities across the country last Saturday worked to gather and help thousands of homeless and needy individuals for Humanitarian...Evening applauds judicial community
DEARBORN — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) in Michigan will continue its unique tradition of honoring exemplary judges during its Annual Judges......
Accurate census count critical for Arab Americans
DEARBORN — As the 2010 United States census approaches, Arab American community leaders are expressing great concern over sampling figures that were recently released by...Pro-Israeli pressure silences South African figure
Apparently no one is free from the Israeli lobby’s reach. Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu was recently invited to speak at St. Thomas, a......
Arab medical association walks for cancer
DEARBORN — About 30 teams of walkers gathered at the Detroit Zoo last Saturday to raise money for all forms of women's cancer. The fourth annual Walk for Women's...
Mideast trip caps film production
October 9th, 20070 For first-time visitors to the Middle East, the experience screams "exotic," even from forty thousand feet overhead. From the window of a Beirut-bound MEA twinjet,......
Oakwood Breast Care Center offers free mammograms
Dearborn – The Center for Women's Health at Oakwood is supporting Breast Cancer Awareness month by offering free digital mammograms at the Oakwood Breast Care Center –...MPAC releases guide for responding to campus events
Los Angeles — The Muslim Public Affairs Council this week released a guide for Muslim student and community groups in response to an upcoming series of highly......
Presidential candidate Ron Paul to address UofM
Ann Arbor — Presidential candidate Ron Paul is scheduled to give an address at a rally on the University of Michigan Diag following the Michigan Republican Presidential...
Cherishing Traditions: Telling the Arab American story
September 29th, 20070 DEARBORN — Despite worldwide recognition as a video and television producer, one thing Detroiter Keith Famie never did was put a camera on his Italian father before he......
Hotel St. Regis making a comeback
Hand of Lebanese entrepreneur guides rebirth of historic landmark DETROIT—As the city anticipates the opening of the new MGM Grand Detroit Casino next week (barring a...Muslim charity coordinates nationwide effort to serve thousands of homeless
Detroit—Volunteers for a California-based Muslim charity plan to take to the streets in 19 U.S. cities Sept. 29 and 30 to help the homeless during Ramadan. The annual......
New naturalization test to debut in October 2008
WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) this week announced the 100 questions and answers that comprise the civics component of the new...
Army wants more Arab Americans to serve their country
September 22nd, 20070 DEARBORN — Arab Americans are playing an important role both in training U.S. armed forces who are going in to Iraq and actually serving on the ground there, but more of......
Selling pink ribbons for $1 to support Breast Cancer Foundation
DEARBORN — Mayor John B. O'Reilly, Jr. and the City of Dearborn invite the public to purchase pink ribbons in support of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's...Ed Deeb honored at annual PBS Premiere Night
DETROIT — During its annual PBS Premiere Night, Detroit Public Television (Channel 56) took time to announce its Fall Season, honor one auto company and two individuals,......
State primary issue will not impact AAI conference
When Michigan and Florida declared they were moving up their primary elections to January, it caused some political problems. It caused alarm for the Arab American...Lebanese Collegiate Network: An organization committed to serving University Lebanese Clubs
The Lebanese Collegiate Network (LCN) was established in response to an overwhelming need to foster positive relationships between existing University Lebanese Clubs......
ADC announces new center for Arab American civil rights
September 19th, 20070 DEARBORN — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Michigan gathered with members of the community for a special press conference on the first ever...Community honors firefighters, police
DEARBORN — Members of the Arab American community came together to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the tragic events of September 11 on Tuesday, at the Byblos......
