The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) celebrated 30 years of growth with its annual Civic and Humanitarian Awards gala, held in the ballroom of the Renaissance Marriott. Nearly 1,000 supporters — men in suits, women in fancy cocktail dresses — gathered for the Oct. 17 event that honored individuals and organizations who are visionaries … Continued
In the facebook world, November 20th is a day of importance. It is the official “Hug an Arab Day”, an event that has only been circulating the social website for the past two weeks, but has thus far managed to confirm 13,593 members. The instructions that guests must adhere to are the following: 1) Find … Continued
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and its President, Mary Rose Oakar, are proud to announce that Sara Najjar-Wilson has been appointed to the position of ADC’s National Executive Director. Sara is an experienced attorney with more than 30 years of service in the Federal government, having served as a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department … Continued
From the corridors of Syria’s stately central bank to the capital’s winding, barrel-vaulted souk in the heart of the Old City, it is hard to remember that 18 months ago Syria was a diplomatic and economic pariah state. Growth is expected to come in this year at a respectable 3%, despite a big knock from … Continued
A report released Monday by the Institute of International Education has indicated that the number of Middle Eastern students studying in the US increased significantly over the last academic year. The Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange is published annually to review the number of international students studying in the US and the number … Continued
The Arab American National Museum is issuing a nationwide call for stories and artifacts for potential inclusion in its exhibition Arab Americans in Service to Our Country, set to open in February 2012. This exhibition will allow the Museum to document and present to audiences the public service-oriented contributions of Arab Americans to our society. … Continued
Middle East airlines will lead the global aviation industry out of its worst downturn in years, the world’s top plane makers said Monday on the second day of a Dubai Airshow that produced few orders. “The Middle East is still the hub of aviation growth,” Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders said at the show, held … Continued
On the first day that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers opened registration for non-Latin script domains, Egypt says it has seized the opportunity to register the first all-Arabic domain name. Information Technology Minister Tarek Kamel said at a U.N. sponsored Internet conference that his government had filed an application to register the … Continued
At the annual membership meeting Nov. 14, ACCESS members elected a new Executive Board and Board of Directors. Former Board of Directors member Hussein Berry is the new president of the Executive Board, and former treasurer Waded Abed is the new vice president. Joining them are president ex officio Andrea Awada-Zeaiter, treasurer Yasser Al-Soofi, English … Continued
The Arab American Women’s Business Council (AAWBC) will hold its Third Annual Breakfast on Friday, December 4, 2009, at Byblos Banquet Center, 7258 Chase Rd., Dearborn. Nancy Schlichting, CEO of Henry Ford Health System, will deliver the keynote address titled “Health Care: Perspectives and Opportunities.” Since 2003, Schlichting had headed the Henry Ford Health System, … Continued
Arabs – both Christian and Muslim – began emigrating to the United States in appreciable numbers from the Arabic speaking world in the late 1800s. But too often their lives here are invisible, absent from national conversation, except in moments like the one we are living through right now in the wake of the tragedy … Continued
When Nader Alsafari of Dearborn was sent to Fallujah, Iraq, in 2006 to fight with the U.S. Marines, some of his fellow Muslims at a local mosque weren’t pleased because they felt it was an unjust war. “Most of them didn’t like it,” Alsafari, 23, recalled last week. “They’d be like, ‘You should try to … Continued
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