Tag: English

Dearborn Open Mic – Hanan Yahya Recites A Selection of Her Poems

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Dearborn Open Mic – Wissam Charafeddine recites “We all want to watch the sunset in Santorini”

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Dearborn Open Mic – Raneem Omar Recites An Untitled Poem June 19, 2019

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Dearborn Open Mic – Ali AL Arithy Recites “These Are All The Things I Could’ve Said”

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Dearborn Open Mic – Rewa Zeinati recites Permanent Resident 4-17-2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ApdrOy4rxk   Rewa is the founder of Sukoon. Sukoon is an independent, online literary journal, publishing Arab-themed art and literature in English, by established and emerging artists, poets, and writers of short stories and personal essays.  Writers need not be Arab nor of Arab origin, but all writing must reflect the diversity and richness of the ...

Dearborn Open Mic English launches with a Big Bang

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Dr. Kristine Ajrouch: Effective Strategies to Help Youth Cope with Prejudice and Discrimination

Dr. Kristine Ajrouch, is Professor of Sociology at Eastern Michigan University. She is also Adjunct Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Her research has focused, for over twenty years, on Arab Americans in the U.S. beginning with ethnic identity formation among adolescent children of immigrants followed by a ...

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.

​“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 ...

Reoun recites “Mother” and “Company Car” in Dearborn Open Mic

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“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  

Del Taco Receipt Analysis

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Love Always Wins At The End, Poem by Alaa Barakat

The world has stood against me once It told me I was not welcome To run on its grounds To seek a dream I once had The world was tough and mean But I didn’t let it distract me From the journey I have already started The world did not change its mind immediately About ...

Aseel Srour Recites “ID Card” Poem by Mahmoud Darwish in Dearborn Open Mic

Aseel Srour recites in the Dearborn Open Mic the famous poem by Mahmoud Darwish titled "Bitaqit Haweyati" (ID Card), and sometimes called "Sajjil Ana Arabi" (Record: I am Arabic).

Dearborn Open Mic … The Artistic Oasis in Arab American Dearborn

"Dearborn has a consortium of Arabic poets, Young Artists, and Arab American creative writing talents, that it should be considered an intellectual and artistic center, if it wasn't for the lack of that expression in the community. We are going to change that."

As Construction Activity Picks Up in Dearborn, Rats Activity Increases

The city of Dearborn published: Mayor John B. O’Reilly directed the extensive deployment of 15 city inspectors today (Aug. 18) to beef up rodent control efforts across the city, and to educate residents about eliminating conditions that could lead to pest problems. The current construction in the city has agrevated the problem, in addition to ...

Parenting Through Separation and Divorce

Divorce is a short-term crisis and a long-term process of understanding and healing for families. Statewide, Michigan had 29,708 divorces in 2014, a rate of 6 divorces per 1,000 residents, which is 14 percent lower than the number of divorces in 2004. There were 1.92 marriages for every divorce in 2014, the highest ratio since ...

In My Presence Poem by Wissam Charafeddine

In My Presence Poem by Wissam Charafeddine in the Dearborn Open Mic

I Slashed My Heart Over The Sun by Manal Badreddine recited at Dearborn Open Mic

I Slashed My Heart Over The Sun by Manal Badreddine recited at Dearborn Open Mic. Join the next session on  July 5, 2017 at 7PM at the Arab American Museum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM-Mb7Cc-f8

Wissam Charafeddine recites Color of Life at Dearborn Open Mic

https://youtu.be/xP_u4SZ-ViA   Wissam Charafeddine @wcharaf recites Color of Life at Dearborn Open MIc. Join us tonight 6/7/2017 at 7PM for another Dearborn Open Mic at the @ArabAmericanMuseum dearbornblog.com/openmic Event Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1929015027382769/

Thirst – Manal Badreddine – Dearborn Open Mic

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Manal Badreddine – Untitled – Dearborn Open Mic

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Reenoun: 60 Degrees in February – Dearborn Open Mic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju50mJIJSa8 Reenoun opens the Dearborn Open Mic with her poem "60 Degrees in February".   You can listen to more poetry by Reenoun in her Poetry Open Mic meetup events. You are invited to the next Dearborn Open Mic event on June 7, 2017, at 7:00PM. Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1929015027382769 Meetup Event Page: https://www.meetup.com/Arabic-Poetry-and-Short-Story-Open-Mic/