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Our endorsements for the Nov. 7 general elections

November 3rd, 20171 The November 7 general election is only a few days away and our endorsements have only marginally changed since the primary. When we released our primary...

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Lessons learned from the Fordson Incident

October 27th, 20170 The Fordson High School football team caused an uproar after making headlines two weeks ago when a few of its junior varsity players were busted in an alleged hazing...

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There are more reasons to stay in Dearborn than to leave

October 13th, 20171 Arab Americans have been moving out of Dearborn in droves in recent years to nearby cities like Dearborn Heights, Northville, Bloomfield Hills, Livonia or townships like...

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Terrorism apparently foreign to White America’s lone wolves

October 6th, 20170 On Sunday night, Oct. 1, a White terrorist named Stephen Paddock, sadly not branded as such by the president, police or media outlets, shot more than 500 people and...

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At 33, we are growing stronger

September 15th, 20170 On September 7, 1984, The Arab American News was established to purely tell Arab Americans' and the Arab world's untold stories, but instantly developed into something...

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Hussein Berry’s lies and destructive behavior could ruin the school district

September 14th, 20171 Last Monday’s meeting of the Dearborn Board of Education necessitated careful attention and study as the issue of overcrowding is still at the forefront and the future...

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The genocide of Rohingya Muslims must mobilize and unite humanity

September 8th, 20170 The genocide of the Rohingya Muslims became a major global focus this week and yet no official outcry against their massacre or for immediate aid was made. Making...

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Trump steers the wheel to the country’s downfall

September 3rd, 20170 Since his presidential campaign last year, President Trump stirred controversy with his racist and hateful rhetoric towards minorities. Then, his election pulled the...

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Winning a battle against opioid abuse doesn’t mean the war is over

August 25th, 20170 The community’s collective awareness and complaints that prompted police to investigate and eventually raid a Dearborn Medical Clinic— which turned out to be a white...

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Clashes among Arab Americans get us nowhere

August 20th, 20170 On any Election Day, be it primary or general, it’s the norm for residents to differ in opinions on particular candidates and their qualifications. That’s why voters...

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Our endorsements for Dearborn, Hamtramck and Detroit municipal elections

August 4th, 20170 One might think that Dearborn prospers businesswise— mainly as home to Ford Motor Company's world headquarters—yet it doesn't, due to the lack of change in the...

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The Dearborn Heights 2017 primary elections: Our endorsements

July 28th, 20171 As Dearborn Heights' community and economic landscape transforms to reflect its neighboring city of Dearborn, so must the city's government transform to reflect its...

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Hamtramck’s Muslim majority Council proves media wrong

July 21st, 20170 HAMTRAMCK — When the voters of Hamtramck elected four Muslims to the City Council in 2015, it made headlines nationally and internationally on media outlets like the...

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Intra-cultural conflicts among Dearborn’s Arab Americans are a concern

July 14th, 20170 It is a known fact that Dearborn has the highest concentration of Americans of Arab descent, some thriving more than others, in part due to their long history in this...

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Excessive fireworks put Dearborn residents in a war zone

July 7th, 20170 The Fourth of July has passed, but the community's celebratory faults haven't, as "war zone" sounds persistently reappear over the years. Dearborn's patriotism...

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The call to shut down Al Jazeera must be condemned

July 7th, 20170 It has been more than a month since four Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia decided to cut off ties with their neighbor, Qatar. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the...

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Hussein Berry is to blame for the tension on the school board and in the community

July 1st, 20171 These past few weeks have been filled with political rants, social media gossips and legal threats. It has become hard to find the truth amid the sea of accusations....

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The conspiracy theory and the Dearborn Board of Education appointment process

June 23rd, 20171 Much has been said and written about the Dearborn Board of Education candidates and the process to appoint a successor to now Judge Mariam Bazzi. Most of the rants on...

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Too much at stake for Dearborn Board of Education to remain divided

June 16th, 20170 The inability of the Dearborn Board of Education to reach an agreement and appoint a new trustee to fill the seat vacated by former trustee and now Wayne County Circuit...

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Ahmad Jibril doesn’t belong to Dearborn

June 10th, 20170 Local and national articles are alarming readers with tales of an insidious "Dearborn cleric" who is apparently "popular" and "inspirational" to ISIS members. The...

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Not only Muslims: Last week, allies became casualties, too

June 2nd, 20170 Rick Best, 53, Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, 23, and Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, took a brave stand against bigotry and assault last Friday when they stepped in to...

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Trump in Saudi Arabia: King of hypocrisy

May 26th, 20172 Trump's affinity for all things "yuge" and slathered in gold was manifest in his choice of visits. Instead of taking the opportunity to make a diplomatic stride...

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Nakba was 69 years ago, but Arab complacency keeps it going

May 19th, 20170 May 15 marked the 69th year of systematic expulsion and pillaging of Palestinian communities, in addition to the centennial of the Balfour declaration that began the...

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Firing Comey will haunt Trump’s presidency

May 12th, 20171 In another display of power overreach, Trump played Nixon when he fired FBI director James Comey. Or perhaps he thought he was still on the Apprentice, with "You're...

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Trump’s 100 days: A reign of error

May 5th, 20170 President Trump's first 100 days were characterized by attempts to reject every act of President Obama's in his eight years in office. In other words, this is also...

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Stand up for justice, support the Palestinian prisoners

April 29th, 20170 Since mid-April, more than 1,200 Palestinian prisoners have been conducting a hunger strike led by Palestinian leader and notable prisoner Marwan Barghouti. After...

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The only campaign promises Trump keeps are those that harm immigrants

April 21st, 20170 Donald Trump, having run an inflammatory campaign salvaged only by promises of non-interventionism, reneged upon multiple campaign promises by bombing two nations,...

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