Category: LOCAL NEWS

Ilan Pappe in Dearborn

Ilan Pappe, a renowned Israeli exile and perhaps the world's foremost historian of Palestine, will be coming to the First Unitarian-Universalist Church of Detroit to share his expertise at this critical time. Pappe is the author of 19 books, including Gaza in Context. The event will be Tuesday, May 14, 6:30 pm at the First ...

NEW VIDEO: Students to convene for Palestinian liberation

We are excited to announce that registration is now open to the public for our upcoming People’s Conference for Palestine!͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ...

ASAP Community Coalition Prevention Week event

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and National Prevention Week always falls within the month. This year we will be hosting open mic event on poetry, spoken word, or written song on Mental Health and Substance use Prevention. This event will involve our youth group, Hope House members, coalition members , staff, and community members. ...

A Group of Arab American Organizations Request Dr. West to Withdraw from Presidential Race and Endorse Dr. Jill Stein for Unity and Solidarity

Dear Dr. Cornel West, I hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits. On behalf of Arab American organizations across the nation, I am reaching out to you with a heartfelt appeal regarding your candidacy for the upcoming presidential race. First and foremost, allow me to express our sincere appreciation for the tremendous ...

As the Tide Turns towards Justice for Palestine, Where Does the Palestinian Diaspora Stand?

As the Tide Turns towards Justice for Palestine, Where Does the Palestinian Diaspora Stand? May 1, 2024 by BNimri Aziz The Palestinian diaspora, particularly those living in the US, should not be overlooked as a player in calls for the freedom of Palestine. A new generation of professional Americans of Palestinian origin have worked tirelessly ...

I was arrested last night

Here’s the full story you won’t read in the media coverage today. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...

PaliCon in Dearborn! Conference, Dinner, Rally!

Announcing the First Annual PaliCon 2024 NGP will host and sponsor three major events on May 18-19, 2024 in Dearborn! CONFERENCE, GAZA RELIEF DINNER, & MARCH! See the flyers below and click on them to register and buy tickets for the events! If you wish to unsubscribe from our newsletter, click here

Scenes from the Gaza Solidarity encampment at Columbia

College students across America are standing up to stop this genocide. We stand with them. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...

Detroit Amnesty: TWO invites to action for May 1 and 2!

Dear Members/Supporters: First, condolences to Liz Harrow and Amnesty Group 81, Lansing, on the loss of Ken Harrow, HR expert on the Congo and Rwanda; the group has been active for many years in producing a monthly newsletter, featuring HR concerns and offering an Urgent Action letter on a prisoner. Thank you, dear friends, for ...

W Community News April 25, 2024

So Many Things Taking Place! View this email in your browser Community News I Would Like to ShareApril 25, 2024 In Person/Online Events: April 25|6PM: Empowered. Engaged: Arab Americans in Office w/Rashida, Fadwa, & Rima Mohammad at Arab American National Museum May 2|6PM: AMERICA'S FIRST MOSQUE? May 2|9PM:Livonia Salon Book Club Reading: فوبيا المقدس لمصطفى ...

Kassem Istanbouli brings cinema back to Beirut

Culture and Arts: Kassem Istanbouli brings cinema back to Beirut through the establishment of the Lebanese National Theater After the experience of rehabilitating and opening the closed cinemas in the south and north of Lebanon and turning them into independent and free cultural spaces, the Tiro Association for Arts and the Istanbouli Theater began rehabilitating ...

No War with Iran by Dr. Jill Stein

> Abandon Biden and demand peace. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...

Don’t tell anyone else! 50% OFF

all spring courses | YOUR PROMO CODE: FIRSTTIME | APRIL 19, 2024 - MAY 31, 2024‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...

Press & Guide: Things to do in metro Detroit, April 12 and beyond

Source: https://www.pressandguide.com/2024/04/11/things-to-do-in-metro-detroit-april-12-and-beyond On sale now • Moneybagg Yo, Rob49, Skilla Baby and JT: June 1, Fox Theatre, Detroit, ticket prices vary. On sale 10 a.m. April 11 • Glass Animals, Kevin Abstract: Aug. 24, Pine Knob Music Theatre, Independence Twp., ticket prices vary. On sale 10 a.m. April 12 • Maroon 5, Maren Morris: June ...

Anonymous Men Who Bury a Nation’s Martyrs by B Nimri Aziz April 7, 2024

Anonymous Men Who Bury a Nation’s Martyrs by B Nimri Aziz April 7, 2024 We wring our hands and shake our heads sadly as the toll mounts. Palestinian corpses along the roadside, limp bodies pulled from rubble, wrapped figures large and small laid outside a hospital or beside a tent. Viewing these images from afar ...

W Community News May 5, 2024

100 Years of Genocide Lecture, New Book Club, Livonia Salon Latest Videos, Green Party Petition to Demand Investigation of US Funding of Genocide... View this email in your browser Community News I Would Like to ShareMay 5, 2024 Ramadan Decorations in Dearborn 1. Attend Dearborn Greens Meeting to Join the Historical Effort to Break the ...

تاريخ الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي 15: 100 سنة من الإبادة الجماعية

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZLHitce-ho https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/15-100-e2hsn9f

Arab American Heritage Month at AANM

Gather with us. View this email in your browser April is Arab American Heritage Month This Arab American Heritage Month, enjoy a variety of perks at AANM, including free Museum admission all month long, extended hours (now open Sundays!), a discount on Membership and more! Don't forget to also check out the AANM Store in ...

Voices of Resilience: Crestwood ASU Poetry Slam – Echoes from the Land of Olives

Riverside Middle School and Crestwood High School students are invited to share their voices at the ASU Poetry Slam. Join us on April 17th at 6PM in the Crestwood High School Library to recite your poem and celebrate the voices of resilience and echoes from the land of olives. Details, scan the QR code!

Join Congresswoman Tlaib in Western Wayne Tomorrow!

News from Representative Tlaib Thank you for reading this important e-newsletter. To ensure you are getting updates from our office, please click here to subscribe. If you are already subscribed, please click here to ensure we have your updated information. Join Congresswoman Tlaib in Western Wayne Tomorrow! Dear Neighbor, It’s your Congresswoman, Rashida Tlaib. I ...

Events for Gaza: Saturday & More

LAND DAYRally & March for PalestineSaturday, March 30 • 2:30 pm EST Henry Ford Centennial Library 16301 Michigan Avenue • Dearborn 48126 Sponsors & speakers include Doctors Against Genocide, Michigan Task Force for Palestine, American Arab & Muslim Political Action Committee, National Lawyers Guild, Methodist Church Peace Group, Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit Land Day at ...

W Community News March 29, 2024

100 Years of Genocide Lecture, New Book Club, Livonia Salon Latest Videos, Green Party Petition to Demand Investigation of US Funding of Genocide... View this email in your browser Community News I Would Like to Share Ramadan Decorations in Dearborn 1.Sign Green Party Petition to Investigate U.S. Administration Funding of Genocide Friend, I just signed ...

New Inductee to Hall of Hero’s: Annelle Sheline

"For the past year, I worked for the office devoted to promoting human rights in the Middle East. I believe strongly in the mission and in the important work of that office. However, as a representative of a government that is directly enabling what the International Court of Justice has said could plausibly be a genocide in ...

Breaking News on Assange extradition

> The fight for Assange’s freedom is far from over. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...

تاريخ الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي 13: أبعاد الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GOpAjNEezU https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/13-e2h36qc

تاريخ الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي 12: الانتخابات الرئاسية الأمريكية والعرب الأمريكيين

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-oY7hcmxlE https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/12-e2h36lb

تاريخ الصراع العربي الاسرائيلي ١١: أي دور للثقافة والأدب: السينما والمسرح نموذجا؟

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCf2xCub8uc https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/ep-e2h36ej

INVITATION TO WATCH – Night Falls in the Evening Lands: The Assange Epic

Couldn’t make it to Night Falls in the Evening Lands: The Assange Epic? You can now view the recording on... Hi Wissam, Couldn’t make it or missed out on tickets to last week's conference Night Falls in the Evening Lands: The Assange Epic? You can now watch the incredible speeches for free on YouTube. WATCH ...

تاريخ الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي 8: نزوح اليهود عن البلدان العربية

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL9wsY0lpsI https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/8-e2h204d

Dearborn Blog TOP 5 Cafes in Dearborn 2024

Title: Savoring Dearborn: A Tour of the Top 6 Cafes in Michigan Dearborn, Michigan, is a city renowned for its rich cultural heritage and vibrant culinary scene. Nestled within its streets are hidden gems where the aroma of freshly brewed coffee wafts through the air, inviting locals and visitors alike to indulge in moments of ...

U.S. Palestinians in Numbers

Good afternoon,  ACCESS' newest national institution, the Center for Arab Narratives (CAN), recently commissioned a report on the Arab American community that showcases the best available data on people with Arab ancestry in the United States. The report, written by Dr. Jen'nan Read (Chair of Sociology at Duke University) and Dr. Kristine Ajrouch (Professor of Sociology ...

Dearborn Families: Still Time To Enroll In Free Montessori Program

Greetings Dearborn Families, Will you have a student in Kindergarten through fifth grade that would be interested in the District's Montessori-style Program next year? If so, we are now taking applications for Howe School's Montessori Program until April 1, 2024. Limited seats are available and will be filled through a lottery process that will occur ...

الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي حلقة 5 & 6:الشعوب التي سكنت فلسطين

مع الدكتور خزعل الماجدي https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WsaxsS_ppU https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/DSOU3h5eWHb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtynDKsvaok https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/usurOWafWHb

We Secured $17,156,185 for Home Repairs, Clean Water, Flood Recovery, Firefighting Resources and More

12th District Strong! News from your Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...

My TOP reading list 2023-2024

1. Reopening Muslim Minds This book will explain the how Muslim thought was open, then the reasons it has a set back, and how to reopen it. https://a.co/d/8ZaBiqp 2. COMMON SENSE The book that started the American revolution, and still is much needed today to reinforce our morals and common sense. https://a.co/d/3fC4SFF 3. The Expanding ...

Presidential Candidate Dr. Jill Stein Leads an Anti Genocide Rally in Dearborn Heights MI

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/WQT6WTeMcnsBxuMu https://www.youtube.com/live/7gmc0h93Yp0?si=ZemIJesOt7rakxpF https://www.facebook.com/PixelsProStudio/posts/897688982198277?cft%5B0%5D=AZUJkwMvAq3KU4QTDxqeei_yK8as9oq1o19uIYbsud40s_tc3Rxg7ElIi9Y3PkzsADoQo53aS8OurS_dR2B5h4eo4S4ZjFdGxXJhebk07Lz399Aw9eL3ub1DcLsViQUwyB7G0eHvnjpVwJi8HtlmoeFP&tn=%2CO%2CP-R Opening of Wissam Charafeddine Brothers and Sisters Peace be upon you. I will start with the following land acknowledgement. We acknowledge that we are gathered on the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Potawatomi, and Odawa peoples. We recognize the crimes that were committed against the indigenous people of the land when it ...

ACCESS February Update

Dear friends, Although February is the shortest month of the year, we kept busy here at ACCESS! Please allow me to share some other updates from the month with you. On February 6, we were thrilled to learn from Clubhouse International that the ACCESS Hope House received their full 3-year Accreditation with no conditions! Congratulations ...

Naomi Shihab Nye Literary Prize – March 10 open for submissions

Friends: Spread the word; join the competition for our first award. For further details about eligibility and guidelines: https://tinyurl.com/NSNP2024 Very best wishes, BNimri

New Inductee to Hall of Hero’s: Aaron Bushnell

 "Many of us like to ask ourselves, 'What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?' The answer is, you're doing it. Right now."

Dearborn Blog TOP 5 Meals in Dearborn 2024

Dearborn, Michigan, affectionately known as the capital of Arab America, is a melting pot of diverse cultures, traditions, and flavors. With its rich culinary heritage deeply rooted in Middle Eastern cuisine, Dearborn boasts a plethora of dining options that cater to every palate. In 2024, Dearborn Blog has curated a list of the top 5 ...

Arabic Certificate of Translation

Here is the Certificate link for more information. Wessam ElmeligiAssistant Professor Department of Language, Culture and Communication University of Michigan-Dearborn 4091 Evergreen Rd Dearborn, MI 48128 3093 CB https://www.wessamelmeligi.com/ 313-593-5429 Routledge Featured Authors The Poetry of Arab Women from the Pre-Islamic Age to Andalusia

New Inductee to Hall of Hero’s: Bisan Owda

"My message to the world: You are not innocent of what is happening to us, you as governments or peoples that support lsrael's annihilation of my people. We will not forgive you, we will not forgive you, humanity will not forgive you, we will not forget, even if we die, the history will never forget."

New Inductee to Hall of Hero’s: Chelsea Manning

True American Heros"If you saw incredible things, awful things...things that belonged in the public domain, and not on some server stored in a dark room in Washington DC...things that would have an impact on 6.7 billion people, what would you do?"US Army Soldier Bradley Manning (Now Chelsea Manning)

Dearborn Blog TOP 5 Pastries in Dearborn 2024

Title: Indulge in Dearborn: Exploring the Top 5 Pastries in the Heart of Arab America Dearborn, Michigan, often hailed as the capital of Arab America, boasts a vibrant culinary scene that reflects the rich heritage and diverse flavors of the Middle East. Among the myriad of delicacies that grace its streets, pastries hold a special ...