In Our Opinion
In Our Opinion
Israel’s collective punishment of Gaza, chemical weapons, deaths of women and children all supported by U.S.
January 9th, 20090 Since Israel began its war on Gaza 14 days ago, more than 800 Palestinians – about half of them women and children – have been killed....The Arab American News silver anniversary approaches
This issue of The Arab American News brings us to the close of 24 years of publishing. As we have for the past few years, we have combined the final two issues of the...
Watch The Arab American News’ 20th anniversary video feature from 2004
November 20th, 20080 This short documentary, produced by Nael AbuNab, was shown at The Arab American News 20th anniversary banquet in 2004. The paper is now in it's 25th year of......
Judge Wygonik needs to issue a clear apology to the community
It has been four months since 19th District Court Judge Richard Wygonik came under fire for making disparaging comments about Arab Americans during a conversation with...
Election results: CHANGE
November 8th, 20080 The Arab American News endorsed President-elect Barack Obama and 23 state and local candidates in October. All of them were successfully elected. They included US and......
Berry’s stunt did Abbatt in
November 8th, 20080 Negative campaign tactic backfires, causes loss In the most hotly contested race in Dearborn, 19th District Court Judge Mark Somers this week prevented Candyce Abbatt...Khalidi, the Arab scapegoat
There's no question. The candidates agree, the pundits agree and the American people agree: this has been a tough election season. Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama......
Yes on Proposal 1: Compassion, common sense and good medicine
As nurses, we are on the front lines of providing care and comfort to patients suffering from terrible illnesses. Michigan's nurses strongly support Proposal 1, the......
Poverty Summit will reduce poverty and maximize economic opportunities for all
One medical emergency, one car accident, one missed paycheck, or one layoff notice and a working class family can descend into poverty. Ismael Ahmed...
They deserve your vote
October 25th, 20080 Even from the sidelines, where Arab Americans and American Muslims have been relegated by the current anti-Arab, anti-Muslim climate of fear perpetrated upon America,......
America: The castrated bull
Once a bull is castrated, it loses its value and its reason to stay alive. It doesn't turn into a cow that can produce milk or calves. It is suddenly worth more dead...U.S. journalists and war-crime guilt
October 16 is an anniversary that should hold considerable interest for American journalists who have written in support of "Operation Iraqi Freedom" – the invasion......
Candidates cut from the same cloth
October 17th, 20080 Senator and presidential candidate John McCain betrayed more than a passing ignorance of all things Middle Eastern when he reassured a woman at one of his rallies last...Arabs are decent family men too
I like to think I'm a decent African-American family man just like Barak Obama. So what I saw on October 10 was as stunning to me as two blows to the stomach. The......
ADC combats immigration fraud
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has received a generous grant from the American Bar Association (ABA) Fund for Justice and Education through a...There’s only one answer to the money crisis
The democratic system is the best governing system in the world, because it gives you a choice. The only problem is that the choice is between two negatives. It is like......
Islamophobia, the new anti-Semitism
Last year, when the notorious Daniel Pipes came to speak at the University of Michigan, there seemed to be a flurry of anti-Islamic activity occurring all over the...
Religious freedom ultimate protector
October 11th, 20080 During a press conference held this week at the Interfaith Alliance in Washington, DC, prominent religious Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders condemned the recent......
Vested interests drove new Pakistan policy
WASHINGTON (IPS) — The George W. Bush administration's decision to launch commando raids and step up missiles strikes against Taliban and al Qaeda figures in the...The Syria-Israel peace gambit
Few would argue that the indirect Israel-Syria talks through Turkish mediation, which were first announced 21 May, were a sign of political maturity and readiness......
The license to target Islam
The late Reverend Jerry Falwell's comment about the "impersonal" God of Islam is a dramatic example of televangelical deviation from ethics of interfaith dialogue. Pope...Shame on The Oakland Press
In an editorial this week, The Oakland Press attacked The Arab American News for running an opinion piece by Michelle Kinnucan on the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan......
