Author Archives: Arab America

      Imam Hassan Qazwini the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of America – Dearborn Michigan, the largest Mosque in North America met yesterday Wednesday May 14, 2008 with Senator Barack Obama the democratic presidential candidate. The private meeting between the two took place at Macomb Community College – Michigan. In this meeting … Continued

Representative Gino H. Polidori – The Arab American National Museum – and the U.S. Army, along with the Michigan Army National Guard, and the U.S. Marine Corps will partner with the Association of Patriotic Arab Americans in Military to participate in this year’s Memorial Day Parade. Last year APAAM made U.S. History by being the … Continued

**Due to rain, press conference location has changed to Lebanese American Heritage Club on 4337 Maple Road Dearborn, MI 48126, only two blocks from Dearborn City Hall. For more information, call Hasan Newash at (313) 570-9481. The Palestine Office-Michigan with support of the Arab-American community will hold a press conference in commemoration of the 60th … Continued

    Montreal lighting designer Matthieu Larivée has been awarded the prestigious MELDA award. Larivée won the award for “2008 Lighting Design of the Year” in the temporary installations/concerts category at the Middle East Lighting Design Awards (MELDA) in Dubai for his work on the Chantal Chamandy’s concert entitled “Chantal Chamandy – Beladi, A Night … Continued

  Poets For Palestine, edited by Remi Kanazi, a Palestinian-American poet and writer based in New York Citywas recently published to unite a diverse range of poets, spoken word artists, and hip-hop artists who have used their words to elevate the consciousness of humanity. Sixty years after the dispossession of the Palestinian people, this anthology … Continued

    Hon. Chakib Khelil, Algeria’s Minister of Energy and Mining, and the current President of OPEC, will be among the attendees at this week’s U.S.-Arab Economic Forum. Minister Khelil comes with a wealth of international experience. Besides serving as the President of OPEC, the Minister manages and oversees Algeria’s energy and mining sectors, concentrating … Continued

  Tracy Thompson noticed the scarves early this year. Young people in her neighborhood, Harlem, were wearing a checker-pattern cloth with tassels around their necks, like a bandana pulled down off the face. A few even came into her clothing store, Connection One Fashion, which specializes in urban apparel, to ask if she carried them. … Continued

  The Jordanian Ambassador has tentatively rescheduled his visit to Michigan in July 2008. His Highness Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, the Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S. will meet with members of the greater Detroit Jordanian and Arab American community at a special reception Monday, May 12, 2008. The reception is from 5:30pm-7:00pm and will … Continued

10pm Sunday May 11th on Detroit Public Television Channel 56 Breaking down stereotypes one joke at a time… It’s an age-old American tradition: immigrant groups take up comedy to fight against discrimination. One path to understanding is to make people laugh. Now Muslim-Americans have come forward to help dismantle the stereotypes and hatred that have … Continued

The World Lebanese Cultural Union is organizing the selection of Miss Lebanon – California and Miss Lebanon-Nevada. Both will participate at the selection of Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2008, this August 2008 in Lebanon The requirements are as follows: – Lebanese or from Lebanese Origins – Age between 17 and 27 years old – Single – … Continued

    Journalist, teacher and public radio producer Sandy Tolan will appear at the Arab American National Museum at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17 to give a lecture and read from his book The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew and the Heart of the Middle East (Bloomsbury, 2006). The Lemon Tree chronicles the lives … Continued

  Pulitzer Prize winning author and Chairman of the Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), Dr. Daniel Yergin will moderate a panel at the U.S.-Arab Economic Forum. “Dr. Yergin, a Global Energy Analyst for NBC, a member of the board of the United States Energy Association, and recipient of the United States Energy Award for “lifelong … Continued