Adventurous live music audiences in metro Detroit already know Global Thursdays at the Arab American National Museum (AANM) as a showcase for the finest in world music and performance art. Starting this October, cinema fans can also enjoy this multicultural entertainment series, when Global Thursdays adds fascinating, rarely seen films into the mix, allowing audiences … Continued
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone and telecommunication equipment provider, today unveiled the Samsung I7500, its first Android™ powered mobile phone. With the launch of the I7500, Samsung is the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android powered phone in the Middle East region. Mr. Sandeep … Continued
The heated race to lead the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural agency got underway in Paris on Monday, with the leading contender – Egypt’s Farouk Hosny – embroiled in a controversy over anti-Israel comments. Hosny, Egypt’s culture minister for more than two decades, is one of nine candidates looking to succeed Japan’s Koichiro Matsuura as … Continued
As Wayne County’s top economic development official, Turkia Awada Mullin’s bailiwick includes some of the county’s most high profile initiatives: the “aerotropolis,” the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program, the county’s Land Bank/TURBO program, the county’s film office, mortgage foreclosure prevention … the list goes on. Mullin says she’s focused on business delivery of government services and … Continued
Rashida Tlaib isn’t put off by a challenge. Even the threat of a recall campaign, linked in part to her opposition to a second span of the Ambassador Bridge, potentially endangering her position as the first Muslim woman to serve in the Legislature, leaves her unfazed. “I am a person that has a very strong … Continued
During the past 16 months I have visited the Middle East four times and met with leaders in Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza. I was in Damascus when the US President Obama made his historic speech in Cairo, which raised high hopes among the more optimistic Israelis and … Continued
The mayor of an American town came under fire over the weekend for forwarding an anti-Islam email calling on recipients to protest against a U.S. postage stamp recognizing Islamic holidays as it was a “slap in the face” to Americans. Stereotyping the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, the email cites “Muslim terrorist attacks” and calls on … Continued
A very popular sport but still amateur, football in the Palestinian territories is facing great difficulties due to the conflict with Israel, although progress has been made in recent years. “Today the situation is not perfect, but it has improved in comparison to previous years,” said Ismail Azzam, a leader of the Palestinian Federation of … Continued
A very popular sport but still amateur, football in the Palestinian territories is facing great difficulties due to the conflict with Israel, although progress has been made in recent years. “Today the situation is not perfect, but it has improved in comparison to previous years,” said Ismail Azzam, a leader of the Palestinian Federation of … Continued
The Pentagon opened its doors to celebrate Iftarwith Muslims in the military and their families Thursday night. The event also was open to anyone who works in the Pentagon and drew over 200 people making it the largest Iftarevent ever hosted at the Pentagon. This came on the heels of an Iftardinner held at the … Continued
I had the distinct honor of being invited to address this year’s Iftar dinner at the Pentagon, together with Ms. Farah Pandith, the State Department’s Special Representative to Muslim Communities and Ms. Dalia Mogahed, of the Gallup Corporation. In attendance were over 125 American Muslims, members of every branch of the US military, and their … Continued
Standing amid a crowd of Muslims at June’s 2009 Arab International Festival in Dearborn, the Rev. George Saieg declared: “I’ve been commanded as a Christian to reach out to these people.” The California man is part of an ongoing effort by at least eight Christian groups across the United States to spread the gospel in … Continued
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