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Community mourns the loss of Isaac Robinson, a fearless advocate and friend COMMUNITY

Community mourns the loss of Isaac Robinson, a fearless advocate and friend

March 31st, 20200 DEARBORN — State Rep. Isaac Robinson (D-Detroit) passed away from a suspected coronavirus infection on Sunday morning at a Detroit hospital. Robinson was beloved and respected by many in the Arab American community in Metro Detroit.  Friends and colleagues called Robinson an advocate ally of working class residents of the Fourth...
Two new coronavirus-related deaths at Michigan hospitals COMMUNITY

Two new coronavirus-related deaths at Michigan hospitals

March 19th, 20200 MICHIGAN — Hospitals in two separate counties in Michigan have reported two more COVID-19 related deaths on Thursday. McLaren Oakland Hospital in Pontiac and Henry Ford Health Systems in Detroit both reported the passing of patients more than 50-years-of-age with underlying conditions who died after contracting the virus. Henry...
Bloomberg drops out of race, endorses Biden Elections

Bloomberg drops out of race, endorses Biden

March 4th, 20200 NEW YORK — Former New York Mayor and 2020 Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign and throwing support behind former Vice President Joe Biden. Bloomberg, who had funded his campaign with millions of dollars of his own money, said that after Super Tuesday’s dismal performance, he...
Dearborn listed among most polluted cities in the U.S. Local

Dearborn listed among most polluted cities in the U.S.

February 21st, 20200 DEARBORN — An air quality report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined the counties in Michigan that have the highest levels of air pollution, and the Metro Detroit area was identified as one of them.  Since the Clean Air Act was passed, the air pollution in the U.S. improved remarkably. In spite of that,...
Renowned hair stylist found murdered in Detroit hotel COMMUNITY

Renowned hair stylist found murdered in Detroit hotel

February 14th, 20200 DETROIT— Nationally known Iraqi American hair stylist Bashar Kallabat was found dead in a hotel room at the JZ Motel on Eight Mile Road in Detroit on Tuesday night. Detroit Police say a 24-year-old man they believe Kallabat met on a dating site has been arrested. Kallabat, 56, died from blunt force trauma to the head. Police said...
Detroit homeowners frustrated over $600 million over-taxation COMMUNITY

Detroit homeowners frustrated over $600 million over-taxation

February 12th, 20200 DETROIT — On Wednesday, January 29, hundreds of homeowners gathered at Wayne County Community College for a meeting to address the situation of the Detroiters who have been overtaxed at least $600 million between 2010 and 2016. For its part, the Pulse Institute, a Detroit-based independent and non-partisan anti-poverty organization...
With Burgerim in a financial mess, one former local franchisee speaks out COMMUNITY

With Burgerim in a financial mess, one former local franchisee speaks out

February 6th, 20201 DETROIT — News recently broke that the burger brand Burgerim had fallen into financial ruin, after signing up an unprecedented number of franchisees across the country to a bad business model and unmet promises of success. An investigation by a restaurant publication tells the story of a company with unrealistic sales pitches and an...
Warren Evans praises “self-made” mogul Bloomberg at Detroit rally COMMUNITY

Warren Evans praises “self-made” mogul Bloomberg at Detroit rally

February 5th, 20200 DETROIT - Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a campaign stop in Detroit on Tuesday, as other Democratic presidential candidates eyed results in Iowa on the road to New Hampshire. Held in a repurposed industrial building in Eastern Market, the rally was organized by Bloomberg's campaign, which has expanded in both size and...
WSU medical student Ahmad Hasan makes healing little feet his mission COMMUNITY

WSU medical student Ahmad Hasan makes healing little feet his mission

January 31st, 20202 DETROIT — Children around the world born with clubfoot have a new champion in Ahmad Hasan, a third-year medical student at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Hasan is the driving force behind The Little Feet Club, a new organization dedicated to helping end disability caused by clubfoot globally by ensuring every child...
Rashida Tlaib announces bid for a second term in the House COMMUNITY

Rashida Tlaib announces bid for a second term in the House

January 24th, 20201 DETROIT — This week, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) announced her bid to represent her district in Congress for the second time. As of now, no other Democrat has officially announced as an opposing candidate in the 13th Congressional District, where the 43-year-old Palestinian American will likely have strong support from...
Dingell calls for DHS to redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Yemen COMMUNITY

Dingell calls for DHS to redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Yemen

January 16th, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it will extend but not redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemen, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) called on DHS to provide clarity and certainty to Yemenis living in the U.S. and people attempting to flee violence and the worst humanitarian...
WDET names Mary Zatina new general manager, effective January 2 COMMUNITY

WDET names Mary Zatina new general manager, effective January 2

December 18th, 20190 DETROIT — The city's NPR station, WDET (101.9 FM), has a new general manager, who is coming home to the station after a distinguished career in greater Detroit. Mary Zatina, a former assistant general manager of WDET and an alumna of Wayne State University, will now lead operations for the 48,000-watt station. Her appointment is...
Bernie Sanders pickets with UAW at Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant Local

Bernie Sanders pickets with UAW at Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant

September 25th, 20190 HAMTRAMCK - Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was in Detroit to picket with striking UAW workers at the gigantic General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant on Wednesday. The labor strike is now in its 10th day. UAW members and supporters can be routinely seen picketing outside of the 4...
Ethnic and minority media to play a key role in 2020 Census complete count COMMUNITY

Ethnic and minority media to play a key role in 2020 Census complete count

July 22nd, 20190 DEARBORN —  Dr. Hayg Oshagan, director of New Michigan Media (NMM) and professor of communications at Wayne State University, recently sat down with The Arab American News Publisher Osama Siblani for a discussion about the 2020 Census and the role of ethnic and minority media outlets in ensuring a complete and accurate count. NMM...
Nawal Hamadeh talks about her charter schools and the 2019 graduation incident COMMUNITY

Nawal Hamadeh talks about her charter schools and the 2019 graduation incident

June 30th, 20190 DEARBORN - In a conversation with The Arab American News, Nawal Hamadeh, founder and director of the Hamadeh Educational Services, discussed the incident that took place at the Universal Academy graduation ceremony, which turned into a public issue after the release of a video sparked a widespread debate. The video featured two...
Ramadan Suhoor Festival promotes unity and diversity among Muslims Art & Culture

Ramadan Suhoor Festival promotes unity and diversity among Muslims

June 10th, 20190 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Community members and many attendees from other towns celebrated the farewell weekend of the Ramadan Suhoor Festival, making its second appearance at the Hype Center on West Warren Avenue. Starting out as a pop-up festival, the Ramadan Suhoor Festival morphed into four weekends of food, celebration and unity...
Bangladeshi American cab driver from Hamtramck killed on the job in Detroit Crime

Bangladeshi American cab driver from Hamtramck killed on the job in Detroit

May 31st, 20190 DETROIT — A Bangladeshi American father of seven was shot and killed while driving his cab Saturday morning.  Hamtramck resident Joynul Islam, 60, was a cab driver for Checker Cab. The incident occurred as he was dropping a passenger off on the 600 block of Collingwood Street, near Woodward, around 2 a.m. Saturday. According to...
Billions needed to fix roads and bridges in Wayne County Local

Billions needed to fix roads and bridges in Wayne County

May 31st, 20190 DETROIT— Within the next 10 years, Wayne County needs to invest more than $3 billion for 90 percent of the infrastructure to be brought to better conditions. Wayne County public roads and bridges comprise the largest and oldest local public infrastructure system in the state of Michigan, impacting one of the most significant...
Detroit Cinco de Mayo Parade celebrates Mexican culture Local

Detroit Cinco de Mayo Parade celebrates Mexican culture

May 10th, 20190 DETROIT — On Sunday, May 5, the 55th annual Cinco de Mayo Parade kicked off at noon in the southwest of Detroit, beginning at West Vernor and Central Avenue for a celebration of Mexican culture. Hosted by the Mexican Patriotic Committee of Metro Detroit, a crowd of thousands of people stood on the sidewalks along Vernor and watched...
How do residents in the Metro area celebrate Earth Day? COMMUNITY

How do residents in the Metro area celebrate Earth Day?

April 29th, 20190 DEARBORN - To commemorate Earth Day, the global holiday to celebrate life, more than two dozen institutions and organizations in the Metro area hosted an activity or event in honor of the holiday. Educational institutions hosted celebratory activities that included collecting roadside trash and wearing T-shirts, sweaters or jerseys...
Breakthrough Towing accused of bad practices, customer harassment COMMUNITY

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...
Mayor Duggan announces public safety measures in State of the City address Local

Mayor Duggan announces public safety measures in State of the City address

March 9th, 20190 DETROIT— Mayor Mike Duggan proposed an infusion of $10 million for public safety and boosting the ranks of police officers in Detroit in an attempt to recast its reputation as one of the nation's most violent cities. Duggan delivered his sixth State of the City address Tuesday and stated that he plans to add 70 officers to Detroit's...
Detroit Metropolitan Airport holds job fair this Saturday Business

Detroit Metropolitan Airport holds job fair this Saturday

March 1st, 20190 DETROIT – The Wayne County Airport Authority, which operates Detroit Metropolitan Airport, will host a job fair for its concessionaires from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 at the airport’s Michael Berry Administration Building. According to a Feb. 27 press release, management teams from several concessionaires will be on...
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