Category: LOCAL NEWS

Greetings, I hope this finds you doing well and staying warm. My name is Dave Serio, curator of education at the Arab American National Museum (AANM). I am excited to share that AANM, in partnership with Rethinking Schools and Visualizing Palestine, are pleased to host a hybrid Educator PD Workshop that will share multiple resources ...

A Michigan ACLU letter alleges Livonia police are contacting Border Patrol during routine traffic stops—turning everyday encounters into immigration pipelines. As national tensions rise over federal agents operating in U.S. cities, Livonia is now facing a local demand: explain the policy, or end it. <h2>When Washington’s Agenda Reaches Livonia’s Streets</h2> “This issue of Musings arrives ...

In a moment of profound geopolitical shifting, Mark Carney, the newly minted Prime Minister of Canada, took the stage at the World Economic Forum to deliver a speech that was as intellectually rigorous as it was a searing indictment of the current global status quo. For those of us in Dearborn—a community that has felt ...

Was President Wilson in the Epstein Files? In 1916, it was not electorally beneficial to be openly pro-Zionist, because the majority of American Jews opposed Zionism at the time. Nevertheless, Zionist leaders succeeded in lobbying President Woodrow Wilson to express sympathy for their cause. In 1917, during a private meeting with leading Zionist Louis D. ...

By Dr. Wajih Qanso (English adaptation for Dearborn Blog)As the world debates how artificial intelligence may reshape life itself, many of our societies still greet the new year like it’s a foggy tunnel—hoping a fortune-teller can name the turns. The difference isn’t “progress vs delay.” It’s two completely different ways of existing. A month before ...

Based on a firsthand Arabic essay by Lebanese journalist Lorca Sbeity, who lived in Venezuela and whose son was born there, this piece argues that Venezuela’s collapse can’t be pinned on one man—or excused by blaming only foreign powers. It’s a story of vast oil wealth, internal political failure, and external pressure that too often ...

A new essay by sociologist Alana Lentin argues that the Zionism–fascism relationship makes more sense when “fascism” is understood as racial colonial power, not just jackboots and dictators. That framing is controversial—and worth unpacking carefully. Why this debate keeps returning On December 28, 2025, Mondoweiss published Alana Lentin’s “Understanding the relationship between Zionism and Fascism,” ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BvOy_QT-po بين قوة الصوت وهيبة التنظيم: عباس علوية يرسم خارطة طريق للمستقبل السياسي للجالية العربية في أمريكا في ظل تحولات سياسية عاصفة تشهدها الولايات المتحدة، برز تساؤل جوهري على طاولة البحث في المركز العربي الأمريكي للثقافة والفنون: كيف تتحول الجالية العربية من "رقم انتخابي موسمى" إلى "قوة سياسية منظمة"؟ للإجابة على هذا التساؤل، استضاف المركز ...

تقرير: فدى أبو شقرا عطا الله في ضيافة المركز العربي الأمريكي.. رحلة بين بوح الرواية وبراءة أدب الأطفال في أمسية ثقافية مميزة نظمها المركز العربي الأمريكي للثقافة والفنون، حلّت الروائية والكاتبة اللبنانية فدى أبو شقرا عطا الله ضيفة على منصة المركز، في حوار أدبي عميق أداره الدكتور نبيل الخطيب، وبمشاركة السفير الدكتور علي عجمي والأستاذ ...

Dearborn doesn’t just “have burgers.” Dearborn debates burgers—late-night, family-night, post-shift, post-prayer, post-protest, post-everything. Based on the Dearborn Blog “Top 5 Burgers in Dearborn (2025)” list, here’s a deeper, sourced guide to the five spots that earned the loudest love—plus what makes each one worth the drive, the line, and the nap afterward. Let’s admit something ...

Dearborn doesn’t just have dessert spots — it has dessert institutions. Here are five standout pastries (and where to get them) that define Dearborn’s 2025 sweet scene: tradition-forward, community-rooted, and honestly… dangerously craveable. Dearborn is one of those rare American cities where “going out for dessert” isn’t an afterthought. It’s a plan. A ritual. A ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ attempt to smear CAIR as a “terror organization” has backfired spectacularly. CAIR-Florida, backed by the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group, has now dragged DeSantis and his network of political operators into a legal arena where discovery rules—not talking points—will define the truth. The fight is not just about one organization; ...

The First Amendment doesn’t vanish when our speech takes the form of code, maps, or phone alerts. When the Executive Branch leans on Apple or Google to erase tools that help communities see what government agents are doing in public, it’s not “app store housekeeping.” It’s censorship in a suit and tie. In December 2025, ...

A little-known cybersecurity company founded by veterans of Israel’s Unit 8200 now helps manage and monitor devices across more than 70 U.S. federal agencies, including the Pentagon and Homeland Security. As Washington leans ever harder on private tech with foreign military roots, communities like Dearborn — deeply invested in both digital freedom and Palestinian human ...

As support erodes among younger Republicans, Israel has quietly poured millions into U.S. political marketing—geofencing church pews, hiring Trump-linked digital shops, recruiting influencers, and even trying to shape how AI chatbots answer Israel-Palestine questions. The strategy aims first at evangelicals; next comes the Democratic base and Gen Z. Here’s what’s happening, why it matters, and ...

Michigan’s State Board of Education has just approved the first major update to health and sex education standards since 2007. The change has sparked celebration, outrage, confusion, and—most importantly—a serious conversation about what it takes to keep young people safe and respected in our schools. For Dearborn and communities like it, this is a moment ...

Join neighbors, faith and community leaders in Livonia, Michigan on November 18 for an evening of reflection, music, service and fellowship — honoring our shared spirit of gratitude, compassion and unity. As the warmth of fall leads into a season of thanks, the city of Livonia gathers once again for a special community moment. On ...

In a historic vote on November 10, 2025, the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) formally designated the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) a terrorist organization—citing decades of collective punishment, occupation, and systematic violations of international law. The decision aligns U.S. Greens with their counterparts in England and Wales and puts fresh political pressure on ...

SIGN UP TO LOBBY In Lansing for the Gaza Solidarity Resolution or help from home We’re at a critical moment. The Michigan Gaza House Resolution is ready to move. But it will only gain traction if every state representative feels the pressure from their constituents. Here’s everything you need to act now and help move ...

At the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on October 21, 2018, Professor Mahmood Mamdani unpacked a myth baked into post–Cold War politics: the West’s habit of sorting Muslims into “good” and “bad.” His thesis is blunt and useful for Dearborn today—this binary isn’t about theology at all. It’s about power, geopolitics, and how states ...