Dr. Mosallam Recognized at Board Meeting for Superintendent of the Year Award
At tonight’s Crestwood Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Dr. Youssef Mosallam was honored with special recognition for receiving the 2024 Superintendent of the Year award from the National Association of School Superintendents. Board President Danielle Elzayat presented Dr. Mosallam with two plaques—one on behalf of the Crestwood Board of Education and another on behalf of ...
Invite to table at CoC Trunk or Treat!
Congress of Communities and Detroit Champions for Hope would like to invite you to our annual Trunk or Treat Halloween event on Saturday, October 19th 2-5pm at the outdoor space at the CoC office at 4870 Saint Hedwig, Detroit MI 48210. We are looking for partners who are interested in doing an outreach table, decorate ...
New Inductee to Dearborn Blog Hall of Hero’s: Robert Saleh
Robert Saleh: A Heroic Stand for Lebanon In the high-stakes world of professional football, coaches are often hailed as heroes for their strategic brilliance, leadership on the field, or ability to inspire a team. But sometimes, true heroism lies beyond the game itself. Such is the case with Robert Saleh, the head coach of the ...
Breaking: Big Endorsement for Jill & Butch
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Events & Protests for Palestine this weekend & beyond
ALL WELCOME: SUNDAY, Oct 6 • 11 am JOIN US Tashlich Ritual & Action End the Genocide • No Arms to Israel Sunday, Oct 6 • 11 am- 1 pm Milliken State Park 1900 Atwater Street, Detroit Join Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit to grieve the past year of U.S.-funded Israeli genocide in Palestine. Inspired by ...
We do not consent to war
In just the past few days the situation in the Middle East has gotten even worse. Israel has invaded Lebanon in a massive escalation of its genocidal war on Gaza, and Iran has launched a barrage of missiles at Tel Aviv in response to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Palestine, and Iran itself. If ...
New Must-See French Movies! 🎥🇫🇷
New Must-See French Movies! 🎥🇫🇷 French cinema is known for its nuanced storytelling, deep character exploration, and artistic flair. If you're looking to dive into the latest and greatest films, check out these gems. We've also included their IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes ratings to help you decide which ones to watch first!
I Will Not be Voting for Kamala Harris by Khaled Beydoun
Trump is a Disaster President, but Harris a Genocidal Executive Khaled Beydoun Oct 2 READ IN APP Yesterday, by way of an Instagram post, I shared my position on the 2024 US Presidential Election. By way of three key points, I stated that: (1) I will not vote for Kamala Harris; (2) I will actively ...
Israel’s escalating violence threatens us all
When war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before the UN Assembly and claimed that there was a “missile in every kitchen” in Lebanon, the subtext of this absurd assertion was loud and clear – Israel will claim Hezbollah is using civilians as “human shields” as cover to expand their genocidal killing spree to Lebanon with impunity, ...
Dearborn Rallies Against Lebanon Genocide 9-25-2024
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Israeli official: “Lebanon will be annihilated.”
Israel is ramping up its violence and genocidal rhetoric ...
ADC and Molitico Launch Arab.Vote
Voter Registration and Turnout Initiative Aims to Mobilize Arab American Voters Ahead of November's Elections FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Valentina Pereda, vpereda Washington, DC | http://www.adc.org | September 17, 2024 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and Molitico are teaming up to launch a comprehensive voter registration and turnout initiative - Arab.Vote. This bilingual voter ...
Let’s call this what it is: terrorism.
Wissam, The news out of Lebanon has been horrifying. Over the course of two days, ordinary electronic devices like pagers and walkie-talkies that Israel rigged into explosive devices have killed dozens and injured thousands more. Among the dead are 9 year-old Fatima Abdullah and 11 year-old Bilal Kanj, two more precious children snatched away by ...
War criminals and genociders will always stick together
It’s the buddy comedy nobody asked for. The neoliberal political chattering class is gushing over Kamala Harris’ latest endorsement – the notorious and unrepentant war criminal, Dick Cheney. Let’s refresh everyone on who Dick Cheney really is. Dick Cheney was the architect of the WMD lie that launched the Iraq war, leading to the deaths ...
Israel murdered an American today.
She was 26 years old. She recently graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle. She was like millions of our daughters and nieces and sisters – her whole life ahead of her. But now Aysenur Eygi is dead – murdered by Israel today in the West Bank. I am sickened. I am heartbroken. I ...
Special Newsletter: Full ArabCon Program, Speakers, and more
ArabCon 2024 is fast approaching - be sure to register today! ArabCon Newsletter Speaker Line up, Registration Info and More! We are less than one week away from ArabCon! Starting Thursday September 12 Arab American scholars, activists, journalists, politicians, and other professionals from across the country will arrive in Dearborn, MI to collectively organize the ...
TONIGHT! 6pm! Kickoff event for my Campaign!
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Jill Stein: Richard Medhurst was arrested for the crime of journalism
For years we have warned that the persecution and incarceration of Julian Assange established a dangerous precedent for the criminalization of journalism. While Assange was finally freed this year, we see the rotten fruit of that campaign emerging in the recent, unjustifiable arrest of independent journalist Richard Medhurst. Medhurst is a dual Syrian-British citizen and ...
“Before It’s Too Late”. By B Nimri Aziz August 20/2024
Israel is forcing our civilization to lose its humanity. It has already forced ICJ to lose its authority. It has stilled the dreams of democracy. It has smothered the mission of countless journalists. It has punished and intimidated university presidents and forced the dismal of principled staff. It has quelled the moral consciousness of young ...
Israel blew up another school today
This is why we won’t stop talking about Gaza. ...
My Answer to Senator Gary Peters of Michigan
Senator Gary Peters Letter: August 7, 2024 Dear Mr. Charafeddine, Thank you for contacting me about the war between Israel and Hamas. I appreciate you taking the time to express your views. Hearing directly from Michiganders like you helps inform me of the issues that matter to our state. I am so grateful for your ...
We’re sitting on a ticking time bomb
Biden-Harris are following Israel to WWIII. ...
Piercing the veil on Israeli propaganda
This is so much bigger than Gaza. ...
Tragedy and Irony in America’s Presidential Politics by BNimri Aziz July 18/24
Weekends are often points for transitions. Last weekend proved to be one of these. One man, close to being eased out of the White House, hasn’t appeared this presidential – sort of – in months. Grasping a windfall chance to reunite the nation, his words are replete with authority and resolve, with only a few ...
History of Arab Israeli Conflict 25:Opposing Zionism from Jewish & Progressive perspective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61KEqifv4us https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/History-of-Arab-Israeli-Conflict-25Opposing-Zionism-from-Jewish--Progressive-perspective-e2m2djq
Wissam Charafeddine Commentary on NY Times Video: Here’s How Biden Loses Michigan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o82BEaWKbio https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/Wissam-Charafeddine-Commentary-on-NY-Times-Video-Heres-How-Biden-Loses-Michigan-e2m25vb
كتاب جديد 4: نبض الأزرق للكاتبة عبير حسن علام
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi0Q232z9AQ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/4-e2m25qp
New York Times Opinion Features Dearborn’s Rejection of Biden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEfUKYIxNFg
الصالون الثقافي في ليفونيا 13: حرية الرأي وسلطة المجتمع
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Lb-oHlE6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-6YBqXSKDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ9-GVf9WeM Join & Follow Livonia Salon
Ilan Pappe in Dearborn: Gaza in Context: Past, Present, & Future
Night 1 in Dearborn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gikX6i_OuLU https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/K3OkXJCT7Kb Night 2 in Detroit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp3pu8xXv8 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/Ilan-Pappe-in-Detroit_-Gaza-in-Context_-Past_-Present_--Future-e2lsq2m Night 3 in Ferndale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_pqNxlmIuc
New Book Eps 3 – Water on Fire – A Memoir of War y Tarek El-Ariss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruwD0h3JC1s https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/New-Book-Eps-3---Water-on-Fire---A-Memoir-of-War-y-Tarek-El-Ariss-e2lr7nr
History of Arab Israeli Conflict 24: Christian Youth in Palestine Resilience & threats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYcKn_aOt-o https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/History-of-Arab-Israeli-Conflict-24-Christian-Youth-in-Palestine-Resilience--threats-e2lr7li
تاريخ الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي 23: مواقف أحزاب الخضر في العالم من الحرب على غزة
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln4AoBdVdYc https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/23-e2lr6ta
History of Arab Israeli Conflict Eps 21: Visiting Palestine During Gaza Genocide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-HZ4mlmPU https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/History-of-Arab-Israeli-Conflict-Eps-21-Visiting-Palestine-During-Gaza-Genocide-e2lr508
History of Arab American Conflict 19: America and Wilsonianism with Dr. Ron Stockton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmoP5TU3nsc https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/History-of-Arab-American-Conflict-19-America-and-Wilsonianism-with-Dr--Ron-Stockton-e2lr4kk
تاريخ الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي 20: اتفاقية أوسلو … بين السلام الموعود والسلام المفقود
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue9JJKk3bC4 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/20-e2lr479
تاريخ الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي 18: دولة فلسطين: من التاريخ القديم إلى التاريخ المعاصر
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCGDPzyAdeI https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/18-e2lr3oe
History of Arab Israeli Conflict 17: Eye Witness to Gaza Genocide Dr. Adam Fahs & Dr. David Hasan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9V6xxx2rHM https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ElBjra0M5Kb
تاريخ الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي 16: حنظلة…رمز ضميرنا الفلسطيني الجماعي
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m74beCjeVk0 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/16_-_-e2lr2fb
Dispatch from a Writing Shed
Dispatch from a Writing Shed I’m writing this from a rental property, on a hillside overlooking the northern reach of the Taconic Mountains. A key feature of this property is a small outbuilding, designed and built by the current owner as a quiet place for visitors to work. Spanning, at most, twelve feet square, it ...
Julian Assange release, “Sometimes the Impossible Happens” By B. Nimri Aziz July 3, 2024
This is what many are voicing after the June 24 release of Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange. The cry “sometimes the impossible happens”, was uttered a decade ago after this same U.S. Department of Justice suddenly acquiesced on an unjust sentence. It came January 1, 2014 from American civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart on ...
Gaza and Gazans Can’t Disappear by Barbara Nimri Azizi
Do you sense that there is less and less news reaching us from the occupied Palestinian territories, expressly from Gaza? Do you feel what I fear: – that moral outrage by the world public has been spent? That those millions of creative, passionate calls for a ceasefire have been exhausted? Or, that there’s simply nothing ...
Celebrating Juneteenth with JUSTICE STORIES my new children’s book
Friends: there’s always much to tell about the struggle and more to add our efforts to. June 19th “Juneteenth": a US holiday since 2021, it marks the emancipation on this day in 1865 of enslaved Black Americans. Celebrating their freedom, we strive to support all those still struggling for justice, everywhere- including Nepal. https://scheerpost.com/2024/06/19/rewind-juneteenth-embracing-the-power-of-awareness-and-repair/ Thus ...
I missed my son’s graduation last week
I’ve never made a big deal out of Father’s Day. It’s always been a Hallmark Holiday to me – just another excuse for rampant consumerism. But this year, Father’s Day does hit a little different. My youngest graduated from high school last week, and I wasn’t there. I gave up being part of this milestone ...
“Israel has a right to try and target those civilians”
Biden admin’s slip of the tongue is especially dark after this weekend’s massacre. ...
New Book Eps 2: كتاب جديد: ديوان لوحات ـ علي جواد
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-VMUo_aEvU https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ptwruG6F1Jb
تاريخ الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي 21: وعد بلفور: الخلفيات، الدور، التداعيات، والنتائج
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP2j-T2SFRo https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/oH2LZlVF1Jb
Being A Spectator, Or Bearing Witness. May 29, 2024 by B Nimri Aziz
They are watching us. At least, they were. Before they became overwhelmed with grief, before they collapsed, wounded, dazed by hunger, confusion and fear. By now, they must have completely given up on our world of voyeurs, including those taking a moment to glimpse that relentless slaughter day-after-day-after-day over there. They know how we live—our ...
Remember Rafah
Your inbox today will no doubt be filled with politicians, companies, organizations, and influencers paying somber tribute to the soldiers we sent to war who didn’t make it home.But who do you remember on Memorial Day? The horrible, unforgettable, unforgivable images coming out of Rafah right now demand our attention. As an activist who has ...
Jill dominates presidential survey among Arab Americans
A recent poll released by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), shows Jill way ahead of Biden with an incredible 25% of Arab Americans supporting her while Biden is polling at a paltry 7%. The results are astonishing, and as the ADC website says “since the start of the genocide, many have speculated about who Arab ...
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