Dearborn Open Mic – Wissam Charafeddine – “Let Me Love You Few Years”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvguPYdXs5o
Fatimah Alhussieni Participates in Dearborn Open Mic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_NLLVFf1PE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ICTeX36mt0&t=4s
Killy Jones Recites “Can’t Be That, Why Do That” in Dearborn Open Mic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLBW45gjQDI
Nabil Hammoud Recites His Poem About Ahd Altamimi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcyHqSs1PFQ
Dearborn Timeline
June 12, 1928 – Voters in Dearborn, Fordson and part of Dearborn Township vote to consolidate into today’s City of Dearborn. January 9, 1929 – Clyde Ford elected as first mayor of Dearborn. 1929 – Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village opens. July 1, 1931 – Dearborn Inn opens as one of the first airport ...
Yasser Saad Recites His Poetry in Dearborn Open Mic (Video – Arabic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5edphP_-TcE More from Yasser Saad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMdhXkRcGL8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzEta7P25EE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCRYIEIj00A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y04NdJiNJts
Sadeq AlAli Recites A Poem at DOM titled “An Old Woman in Her 20’s”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4S_EkblnY
Nabil Hammoud Recites for Jerusalem in Dearborn Open Mic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2nJffIYiLk
Amer Zahr on House Hunters International – Jerusalem in DOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx5U0Vi0Dog
Top 10 News From Dearborn Last Month
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Nadine Jawad, VP of UFM’s Central Student Government, meets with Arab American High School Student Government Members
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA7h5gPZBOs
Ibaa Ismael Participates with Short Poems in Arabic and English in DOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMDKub80IAs
Shaif Alzaokari Recites in Dearborn Open Mic “Jabeen Wifaky”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT2qGF3FgJk
Nadia Hamdan Recites “Fiqh Ishky” in Dearborn Open Mic (Arabic – Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jSNKCp12SI
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
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ARTIST MENTORING PROGRAM SUPPORTS DETROIT IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES
New York-based program introduced to Detroit, San Antonio, Newark, Oakland Dearborn, Mich. (Dec. 13, 2017) –The Arab American National Museum’s Growth Center @ AANM has partnered with the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) for the Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Detroit. Running March - June 2018, the program offers Detroit-based immigrant artists from all ...
If You Know by Wissam Charafeddine in Dearborn Open Mic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK_Bv6nvDzs
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Shaif Alzaokari, Yemeni Poet at Dearborn Open Mic (Arabic – Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26350IMNRr8
Syrian Poet, Ibaa Ismael, Recites in Dearborn Open Mic the Pains of Syria
Ibaa Ismail is an Arab American poet and translator, member of The Arab Writers’ Union. She graduated from Tishreen University in Syria in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, and then completed Master in English and American Literature from Eastern Michigan University in 1995. She is a general moderator of Numerical Aroud ...
Ahmed Al-Ansari Discusses His PhD Dissertation about Iraqi Identity in Dearborn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFiQZfFEzXA A full lecture by Ahmed Al-Ansari is coming soon to Dearborn Open Mic.
ART INSTALLATION ASKS VIEWERS TO HELP REVIVE UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD FINE ARTS LIBRARY
Iraqi American artist transforms grief over cultural loss into a call to action Concurrent presentations in Dearborn, Mich. and Taiwan Dearborn, Mich. (Nov. 16, 2017) – During the invasion of Iraq by a U.S.-led coalition in 2003, the College of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad lost its entire library to looters who set ...
Ali Elsendy Presents Two New Poems in Dearborn Open Mic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVPBTPZSyok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGbAQZlA1Ow
Yasmine Badaoui: Notorious RBG at Dearborn Open Mic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPGkaQt-h8
Dr. Ali Ajami Recites “Adhin Bilal” Poem in Dearborn Open Mic
السفير الدكتور علي عجمي يلقي قصيدة "أذّن بلال" في المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch-sx9f9OCU
This is Your Dream
You have a dream, don't you? You believe that you will touch it one day. You don't let any negativity near it. You don't allow anything internal/external to affect it. You have a passionately-aggressive attitude towards accomplishing it. You're more confident than all the world's critics and skeptics put together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnL5Ng_XQFk You rebelliously reject any ...
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Be Like A tree by Wissam Charafeddine
Be like a tree, a poem recited in Arab by Wissam Charafeddine in the Dearborn Open Mic about being like a tree in its peace and giving. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXRraNdHyfM
Have You Audited Yourself?
When was the last time you sat your self down and had an honest conversation with yourself? An honest one. Most people have not. If you're the type of person with goals and dreams and know deep down that you're capable of achieving them then you should almost always audit yourself. From the candy bar, ...
Serving Time At Gas Station – Part 1
Did you serve your time? That is the nick name given to working in a gas station when you first immigrate to Dearborn or first start looking for a job as a young Arab American. Although Gas Station Attendant is rated as one of the most dangerous jobs in America, Arab Americans, in Michigan specially, ...
Del Taco Receipt Analysis
https://youtu.be/DZ_1p1k7UtI
Since When Did We Have A Homeland? By Fatimah AlHussieni in DOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54BpQYEyx-o
Arab Arts Forum Joins Major Conference in Detroit
DIWAN7 EXAMINES ISSUES, TRENDS IN ARAB AMERICAN ART Biennial conference joins MOVE 2017 Arab American summit Includes premiere of new commissioned music score, opening of new AANM exhibition on LGBTQ themes Dearborn, Mich. (Oct. 16, 2017) – Over the past 12 years and six convenings, the Arab American National Museum’s (AANM) DIWAN: A Forum for ...
GenEd: Kill the Mockingbird, Already!
It’s time to shelve this nostalgic and dated gem.
Coming out
You know how sexuality is such a taboo topic to discuss in many parts around the world but it especially is one in our Middle Eastern community. Now, sexual orientation is even a bigger taboo to come near to than sexuality in general is. Western societies have not come completely in peace with it either. ...
A Hobby Sparks Fulfillment
Do something you love because you enjoy it, whatever it may be. The ROI is extremely rewarding not only in self-fulfillment but in your professional career as well. Doing something that you love for work is like meeting someone you love and marrying them. It's the same analogy with doing what you love for work. ...
The Pollution Series: Light Pollution in Dearborn
After talking about the Noise Pollution in the last episode, I started noticing more and more the sound of the streets and highways. Did you know that there are different sound quotient for each of the different materials that roads are made of? More on that here: http://www.pavementinteractive.org/pavement-noise/ But today I will talk about light pollution ...
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 ...
HOT Syrian music artists @AANM in October
Greetings! I hope this finds you well. The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is pleased to welcome leading Syrian American performers for concerts on Friday, Oct. 20 and Monday, Oct. 23. Below you’ll find a press release for the Oct. 20 Global Fridays appearance by Hello Psychaleppo; attached are photo of the artist, whose given ...
Coding Workshop at the W Institute!
Meet the programming languages that power the web, and write your first line of code! The W Institute located in the heart of East Dearborn is offering coding instruction. Step into the world of web development with Wissam Charafeddine, your expert instructor. During the introductory workshop, explore the building blocks of the web — HTML ...
Inside by Wissam Charafeddine in Dearborn Open Mic
We would like to remind you of Dearborn Open Mic taking place tomorrow Wednesday 10/4/2017 at 7PM to 9PM in the Arab American Museum (first Wednesday of each month). One of the contribution in the last Dearborn Open Mic was a poem by Wissam Charafeddine about meditation, happiness, and peace titled "Inside": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qL1CxnRnYA
A Woman’s Right to Move
When I was in eighth grade my teacher had us write down our goals for high school. My number one goal was to get accepted to the University of Michigan. I was unsure why I wanted to attend the institution so bad. Nobody in my immediate family had attended and I actually knew very little ...
Top 10 News From Dearborn Last Month
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Two Dearborn students will be national teen advisors to the Smithsonian
A message from Kim Silarsk, Communications Manager at Arab American National Museum: ARAB AMERICAN MUSEUM RECRUITS FOR SMITHSONIAN YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL Two Dearborn students will be national teen advisors to the Smithsonian Dearborn, Mich. (Sept. 28, 2017) – The Arab American National Museum – an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. ...
Dearborn Restaurants on the Top 100 Best Arab Restaurants Around America
Tamara Wong Azaiez, a contributor writer in the Arab America compiled a list of 100 top Arab restaurants in the USA. That's what she said: Itching for some delicious Arab eats? We have compiled a list of 100 of the highest rated Arab restaurants across the country. Arab Americans have been establishing popular restaurants across ...
Top 10 Restaurants Reviewed in Dearborn
Being a good restaurant is one thing, and getting a review on Google, Facebook, Foursquare or Yelp is something else. Nevertheless, you might find these most reviewed restaurants having some special tasting offerings that keeps people visiting and spending the time to review them: According to Yelp, here are the top 10 restaurants (by ...
Pink Floyd presents “Wait for Her” by Mahmoud Darwish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSl1kmQMG2E Lyrics With a glass inlaid with gemstones On a pool around the evening Among the perfumed roses Wait for her With the patience of a packhorse Loaded for the mountains Like a stoic, noble prince Wait for her With seven pillows laid out on the stair The scent of womens' incense fills the air ...
Ambassador of Poetry … Dr. Ali Ajami
Ambassador Dr. Ali Ajami advocates for Arabic Poetry through his attendance and participation in various literacy forums among which is Dearborn Open Mic.
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