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Dearborn Blog is a space for the diverse voices of the great city of Dearborn to be heard. Dearborn is a city rooted in innovation, entrepreneurship, diversity, tolerance, and building the American Dream. Dearborn Blog aspires to capture that spirit.

Morality Tales in US Public Life? 08.12.18 by B. Nimri Aziz

Many Americans who think their country is unquestionably the greatest have been chagrined by recent events that brought them to a new low point. The treatment of families seeking asylum at our southern border with forced separation of children from parents, some shipped to distant parts of the country, is shocking, embarrassing and reprehensible. Overwhelmingly, ...

Dearborn Open Mic (English) Next Wednesday August 15, 2018, Featuring Henda Al-Biatty

Henda provious articles in Dearborn Blog: Classroom at Home

الأستاذ مصطفى العربي: العقل العربي بين الحداثة و التقليد

محاضرة ألقيت في المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن برعاية المركز العربي الأمريكي للثقافة و الفنون و على مسرح المتحف العربي الأمريكي: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZtln1dsMqw   الجزء الثاني: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHymuTbWniQ   الجزء الثالث و الأخير و نقاش الجمهور: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5FA21YUeUE

Top 10 News From Dearborn Last Month

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Dearborn Culture Forum Program Tonight [Arabic]

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​“Holes in the Wall” – Celebrates Area’s Iconic Diners and Restaurants

The work of 5 distinguished photographers is interpreted by 7 talented visual artists in an exhibition at Dearborn’s Padzieski Art Gallery July 12 through August 10. FREE Opening Party & Reception Thursday, July 12 from 6pm to 8pm, plus a special FREE “Art & Appetizers” Gallery Talk Thursday, August 2 (6-8pm). Dearborn, MI – Over ...

​Becoming a Democracy—The Example of Nepal

Hardly noticed on the world landscape of emerging democracies lies Nepal. This new republic now has its first government, newly formed this past February, under a secular constitution. It’s a route scattered with the detritus of its becoming a republic, though still a relatively nonviolent path. Why is the international press not following Nepal’s embryonic ...

Suicide: Risk Factors and Civil Liabilities

Source: https://www.hoganinjury.com/suicide-risk-factors-and-civil-liabilities/ A few days ago, we were struck by the news of fashion designer Kate Spade’s passing. New York Police Department reported that she died as a result of suicide. NYPD sources also conveyed that a suicide note was found on the scene addressed to Spade’s daughter, which said something to the effect of “it’s ...

You’re Invited! – Dearborn Public Meeting

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dearborn Public Meeting – Invitation and Agenda DATE: July 11, 2018 TIME: 5:30 PM WHERE: Salina Intermediate School, 2623 Salina Street, Dearborn, MI 48120 WHAT: The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Air Quality Division, would like to invite the Dearborn community to a Public ...

​Why is Tariq Ramadan Imprisoned?

June 21/18 Barbara Nimri Aziz Harvey Weinstein isn’t in jail; neither is actor Kevin Spacey, chef Mario Batali, TV host Matt Lauer, nor New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman. Although some might like to see them behind bars. Even convicted felon Bill Cosby is free until he’s sentenced in September. (Being out of jail does ...

XO Detroit

​A​ few weeks ago the Downtown Detroit Markets opened for the summer season in Capitol Park, Cadillac Square and 1441 Woodward Collective. These markets are filled with a uniquely curated and high-quality collection of local retailers and will include a variety of event programming throughout the summer that you won’t want to miss including the ...

Upcoming Dearborn Open Mic Program on June 20, 2018

المركز العربي الأمريكي للثقافة و الفنون يتشرف بدعوتكم لحضور المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن ندوة بعنوان: الاستراتيجيات الفعالة لمساعدة الشباب على مواجهة التمييز و التحيّز  للدكتورة كريستين عجروش السفير الدكتور علي عجمي يقرأ مظفر النواب مشاركات  شعرية: هاني نعمة، عائد إسماعيل، علي السندي، جمال بيضون الأربعاء العشرين  من حزيران 2018 -  الساعة السابعة مساءً في   قاعة المتحف ...

The Interminable Palestinian Uprising by Barbara Nimri Aziz

Jan 5/18 by Barbara Nimri Aziz “Naila and the Uprising” is a new film about Palestine—an old story with a new edition. An almost exclusively women’s production “Naila” effectively employs evocative animation alongside compelling personal testimonials of Palestinian resistance 30 years ago. The “Great March of Return” which the world just experienced-- immobilized and shamed ...

Top 10 News From Dearborn Last Month

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​VANGUARD ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS CHANNEL ENERGY AT 2018 CONCERT OF COLORS

Music, spoken word, film, theater + community forum reflect the voices of generations Don Was All-Star Revue rocks again; new folk stage debuts Dearborn, Mich. (May 30, 2018) – Firebrands, fomenters, change agents and creative provocateurs – veteran and newcomer – dominate the lineup for the 26th Concert of Colors presented by the Arab American ...

Arab Women Authors Narrate More Than Women’s Experience

Arab Women Authors Narrate More Than Women’s Experience, 05/25/18 by BNimri Aziz A flood of women’s memoirs seems to have landed in the literary marketplace, along with quasi memoirs for children. Not only confessionals and more discoveries about our gender and its vicissitudes, but revelations of rebellious girls of past generations, (Brazen: Rebel Ladies who ...

Professor Abdulelah Assayegh, An International Arabic Language Authority Living in Dearborn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtG7WD2xANs شاعر وناقد أدبي وباحث أكاديمي. - من مواليد مدينة النجف - العراق ، في 11 مارس/ آذار 1941م. - يقيم حالياً في مشيغن - الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية. - المؤلفات: * أولاً : كتب تحليل النص الأدبي: 1. الزمن عند الشعراء العرب قبل الإسلام : طبعة أولى 1982 : دار كويت تايمس. الكويت طبعة ثانية ...

Gamal Abdel Nasser: A Dream That Couldn’t Come True by Ambassador Dr. Ali Ajami

Only 52 years between his birth and death. And despite this short life, Gamal Abdel Nasser’s achievements were more, by far, to be counted. The officer that emerged from a poor family, managed to rise high in the political life, not only in his home country, Egypt but also in the Arab world, as well ...

​“Swing Status, Be Gone” by Barbara Nimri Aziz

​ During the last nationwide election, the one before that, and the preceding one as well, I was led to believe my vote really doesn't count. Why? Because I don't live in what our political parties define as a “swing state”, or a swing district, or a swing county. Our media focuses on races and ...

13th annual Arab Film Fest @ AANM

The Arab American National Museum (AANM) cordially invites you to the 13th annual Arab Film Festival (AFF), which takes place June 1st through June 10th. AFF strives to bring the best of the best films from around the Arab World and Arab American community to the doorstep of metro Detroit, with many films having their ...

​NO TWO PRAYER NICHES ARE ALIKE

Arab Muslim women from Minnesota are portrayed in an exhibition inspired by Islamic art Dearborn, Mich. (May 16, 2018) - Within an approximately 8’x10’ prayer niche lies a directional compass guiding spoken prayers for any Muslim who retreats into it. In Arabic, this personal niche is called a mihrab, and like mosque architecture, no two ...

Reoun recites “Mother” and “Company Car” in Dearborn Open Mic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rOB73hvjac   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbHvjJuTbs8

2018 ARAB FILM FESTIVAL BRINGS U.S., MICHIGAN PREMIERES OF ARAB WORLD FILMS

Director talkbacks, workshops and special events amplify marginalized voices Dearborn, Mich. (May 7, 2018) – The Arab Film Festival (AFF) returns to Cinetopia Film Festival May 31 through June 10 with an expanded short films program, director talkbacks, special events and a robust lineup of award-winning feature films from the Arab World. Films will screen ...

Kamal Alabdaly Recites a Short Story in Dearborn Open Mic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd6_BXQ1z-E   Books by Kamal Alabdaly:

Dearborn Open Mic – Dr. Sally Howell: A History of the Arabs in Dearborn

Title of Lecture From Laborers to Culture Makers: A History of the Arabs in Dearborn Sally Howell (Ph.D.) Associate Professor of History; Director, Center for Arab American Studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn Sally Howell is director of the Center for Arab American Studies and associate professor of history at UM-Dearborn. She received her Ph.D. from the ...

Top 10 News From Dearborn Last Month

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Iraq’s Sacred Assemblies Part 2 by B. Nimri Aziz

Classrooms are not normally perceived as a backdrop for cultural exchange, a setting vital to preserving tradition. If they are not, what is an assembly of fourteen twenty-year olds doing, Iraqi in this case, engaged in analytical discourse in their college seminar room? They could be aspiring filmmakers, young writers critiquing a novel, journalism interns ...

“Their Flags Are Everywhere” by Amer Zahr in Dearborn Open Mic

Part 1:       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w89k6AyKnBM   Part 2:         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2y2n3HFPw4&t=1s   Part 3:       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W-CwVZ1Syg   Part 4:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5-x-yMRYtA&t=1s  

Ali Elsendy Recites “To A Student” in Dearborn Open Mic

Dr. Hassan Bazzi introduces Ali https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20tyf9rLyV0   Ali recites his poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5SmsJEMmWI

Mr. Mohamad Hammoud Recites His Zajal in Dearborn Open Mic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV5Hd4x_wr4

Poet Ibaa Ismael Reads New Poems in Dearborn Open Mic

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI8yOiQTSnc Introduced by Dr. Hassan Bazzi Ibaa Ismael: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJCJyTo63Ec  

​“Iraq’s Sacred Assemblies” Part 1

​ April 24, 2018 by Barbara Nimri Aziz, If there’s any argument against our excessive reliance on digital platforms to maintain social fabric, it is surely found inside Iraq today. Forced into long stays indoors, behind walls and gates, checked a dozen times between home, office and school, Iraqis have been confined to TV and ...