Category: POLITICS
Just Another Spring in Progress? by BN Aziz
Spring Greetings, from BN Aziz April 22, 1019 My corner of New York’s Catskill Mountains is shortly due to explode in green. Today however, it’s brown, beige, russet and auburn:-- a wrapping of spindly trunks with naked branches cascading uphill draws my eyes to the horizon. I wait. My neighbors wait. Landscapers and gardeners wait. ...
Palestinian Youth Movement 2018 Review
WEBSITE Source: https://www.pymusa.com/2018-year-in-review/ Dear Friends and Family of the PYM,We hope this finds you in good health and spirits. We write to share with you some of the highlights of the work we’ve done in 2018, share what we have in store for 2019, and ask for your continued support as we start the new year. ...
Ep. 3 – The Diplomat with Dr. Ali Ajami
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Ep. 2 – The Diplomat with Dr. Ali Ajami
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Amer Zahr: Tell your Senator to vote AGAINST anti-BDS, anti-Palestinian bill TODAY!
TODAY, the United States Senate will consider S.1, a bill proposed by Senator Marco Rubio aimed at punishing Americans who participate in the BDS movement. Established in 2005 by Palestinian civil society to encourage individuals, nations and organizations to boycott Israel over its consistent violations of international law, BDS was inspired by the South African ...
Getting Out The Vote–Field Notes by BNimri Aziz
There’s a big push underway- it appears to be primarily a Democrat plan-- for GOTV. GOTV is not a videogame; it’s the acronym of Get-Out-The-Vote. Behind this drive is the conviction: ‘If registered Democrats will simply get off their butts, drag themselves to the polls and check boxes for everyone running in their party’s column, ...
Concerns Regarding Michigan Marijuana Ballot Proposal
There is an important ballot proposal in Michigan this November, and it’s about legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. I have been asked by several people to opine on how they should vote on this proposal. As a psychiatrist who treats adolescents and young adults, I have my fair share of experience with recreational marijuana ...
I Really Can’t Cast Your Ballot for You, Ma’am by BN Aziz
“The fight of my life…”; ”Republicans take a sledgehammer to Medicare…”; “Triple your impact to STOP…”; “Lowering our chance…”; “What’s at stake? Everything…”; “Last chance…”; “Numbers don't lie…”; “They’re scared we’ll win...”, warns yet another slogan, and on and on. As if to say: “We (the Democratic Party) are scared, and we want you to ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – هاني نعمة يقرأ “تعود الورود” في عهد التميمي
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP2KFpxK4W8
Community and National Activist, Mohammed Cherri Recites “A Tribute to The Water Warrior” in DOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUc3kQnPAYs
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’s Civil Society Has Storm Clouds
Panic, fear, anxiety - relief? The reactions from everyday persons in Dearborn to the last few weeks are rumblings from the storm clouds above American civil society. Our little slice of solace is turning into the focal point for this nation's troubles. Two years ago, a third of Dearborn residents voted for Donald Trump. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
From Decided, to Undecided, to Voting for Abdul El-Sayed
Politics is difficult for me to navigate, because I don’t like being beholden to a political template, political rhetoric, and I like to believe that human beings are multidimensional in that they do not fit nicely into categories. It’s ironic, because I am a psychiatrist, and we diagnose patients based on diagnostic criteria and categories. ...
On Memorial Day, Millennials Often Forgotten
Waving the flag is nice, but supporting our troops means knowing the unique struggle of Post 9/11 veterans and ensuring our service is not forgotten.
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 ...
Dr. Ali Ajami in Poet and Ambassador Dr. Abdulhassan Zalzala Memorial
https://youtu.be/o35UtPxmwTE
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
“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 ...
Upcoming Screenings of Then They Came in Dearborn
https://vimeo.com/210002629 This award-winning film is about the internment of Japanese Americans during WW II, with free screenings in April in Dearborn and Ann Arbor. Please join us for Michigan Screenings of And Then They Came for Us Tuesday April 24, 2018 Dearborn Public Library 16301 Michigan Ave, Dearborn 7-9 pm Reserve your FREE tickets https://goo.gl/CYCg7r ...
Abdullah Hammoud Nominated For Progress Michigan’s 2017 Legislator of the Year!
Wissam, Want to share some BIG news with you - I have been nominated for Progress Michigan's 2017 Legislator of the Year! Together, we have taken bold and progressive stances on the issues impacting our communities. From spearheading the nation's largest immigrant civil rights package to standing up to corporate polluters, we are on the ...
Amer Zahr on House Hunters International – Jerusalem in DOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx5U0Vi0Dog
Amer Zahr Recites “Story About A Man Named Shafeek” in Dearborn Open Mic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJWlmdKXjXE
Dr. Ali Ajami Speaks About the Transfer of the US Embassy to Jerusalem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYZmFq71zso
Acculturation
A well-known model of acculturation comes from John Berry, a psychologist and theorist, famous for the four-fold model of acculturation strategies. He theorizes that immigrants and immigrant communities generally follow one of four strategies in adapting to their new community. They either assimilate, separate, integrate, or marginalize. Briefly, assimilation is when the immigrant or the ...
Dearborn has to Mobilize in the Era of 45
"History cannot be repeated once again right in front of our eyes, and that is why it is important now more than ever to mobilize in our communities and challenge such abhorrent groups, and the despicable presidency that supports them."
Why I Don’t Support Gal Gadot
I know what you're thinking-oh! just another angry Palestinian bitter that and Israeli woman, Gal Gadot, was casted to play Wonder Woman. But it's actually not that simple. No, I'm not anti Semitic for not support Gal Gadot, because being anti Semitic would be going against myself. In case you weren't aware, being Semitic relates ...
The Fight Against Selective Activism Starts At Home
Addressing the problem is the first step to solving it and in Dearborn, that problem is one of arrogance and a lack of empathy that has some people forgetting their roots.
Ali Alsendy Recites for Iraq’s Victory in Dearborn Open Mic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1n_W3L_LG0
Enduring The American Justice System
But it was more disheartening to realize that there was no way this man was going to get out with a clean record.
Hints of Deceit… Dearborn Anew
Dearborn, MI… Home to the best of things: Chicken Shawarma, Baklava and Cheese Pies.
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