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Jones Day

Dearborn Arab International Festival canceled after 18 years (Video)

Michigan News - Facebook, Detroit, Jones DayMichigan News - Facebook, Detroit, Jones DayWestern Religions newsletterE-mail *do not changeContact EmailContact Email2Contact UrlSubscribe to BlogRemember my InfoFor the past 18 years the annual Arab International ... [Published Examiner.com - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Jack O'Reilly (footballer), Quran-burning, Jones Day, Arab-Americans

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Missionaries Abort Dearborn Arab Festival

CAIRO - Fears of harassment and attacks by Christian missionaries have forced the cancellation of the biggest outdoor festival of Arab Americans in the United States.It's unfortunate there are groups who are seeking to cr (more)CAIRO - Fears of harassment ... [Published IslamOnline NET - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Arab-Americans, Harassment, United States, Cairo, Henna

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Friends Committee on National Legislation

Groups say US Visa Waiver for Israelis should be Reciprocal

(WAFA) – Over 50 American organizations signed a letter asking US senators to oppose the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act on the ground Israel mistreats US citizens travelling to its country, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation ... [Published Palestine News Agency - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Israel, Waiver, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Religion, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Deaborn's Arab Festival Cancelled After Lawsuits, Tensions

After growing religious tensions between some Christian missionaries and local Muslims, the annual Arab International Festival in Dearborn has been canceled for this year, organizers said Friday.The announcement left many disappointed that a small number ... [Published Huffington Post - May 18 2013]

Entities: Lawsuit, Arab-Americans, Religion

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Barbara Boxer

Barbara Boxer’s visa bill for Israel comes under concerted attack

Palestine solidarity activists say Senator Barbara Boxer's Senate bill would codify Israel's practice of discriminating against American travelers (Photo via Huffington Post) A bill pushed by the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) that ... [Published Mondoweiss - May 18 2013]

Entities: Israel, Arab-Americans, Barbara Boxer

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Cancellation of Arab Festival bodes ill for Christians

This year's Arab American Festival, normally held in early June in Dearborn, has been cancelled. The main reason is increased costs of liability insurance due to religious tensions; extremist evangelical groups have routinely protested at the... ... [Published Examiner.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Arab-Americans, Religion, protest

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 7 reports

Arab International Festival in Dearborn postponed until next year

Dearborn The Arab International Festival will not be returning this summer as planned, organizers said Friday.The event, which has drawn thousands of visitors annually, is expected to return next year at its new location in Ford Woods Park, according ... [Published Detroit News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Arab-Americans, Organism, Chamber of Commerce, Protesters, Religion

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Activists want ‘Little Syria’ cited at the 9/11 Memorial

The area around the World Trade Center was once the center of Arab-American life in New York City. But all that remains of sprawling "Little Syria" are three buildings: a community center, a tenement building and a church. Activists from Save Washington ... [Published New York Daily News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Arab-Americans, Syria, Immigration, Michael Levine, St. Francis College

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

THE MOBILITY REVOLUTION

Nowadays, remittances are more than five times larger than the world’s total foreign aid and larger than the annual total flow of foreign investment to poor countries. In short, workers who live outside their home country – and who are often very poor ... [Published Amandala Online - May 18 2013]

Entities: Change to Win Coalition, Immigration, Foreign Aid, Hispanics, Service Employees International Union

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Last chance for Syria?

Despite the enormous difficulties in getting all concerned parties — whether direct or proxy — together, there is no way forward but by a negotiated solution to the conflict in Syria, writes James ZogbyOne can only hope for the success of the recently ... [Published Al Ahram - May 17 2013]

Entities: Syria, Escalation, Damascus

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

State board says no to Islam-friendly surgicenter in Orland Park

The backers of the proposed Preferred Surgicenter in Orland Park say they know of no existing surgery center or hospital in Illinois that offers special provisions for Muslims.And legal counsel Joseph Hylak-Reinholtz says a reporter for a nationwide magazine ... [Published Elgin Courier News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Orland Park (United States), Health Care, Patient, Bolingbrook (United States)

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Argentine envoy lobbies for Saudi support on Falklands

RIYADH — The Kingdom will host the 4th edition of the South American-Arab Countries (ASPA) summit in 2015, Argentine Ambassador Jaime Sergio Cerda here on Monday.Addressing a media seminar on the Malvinas (Falklands) dispute at the Four Seasons Hotel, ... [Published Saudi Gazette - May 15 2013]

Entities: Malvinas Islands, Argentina, United Kingdom, United Nations

Quotes

...Along the same lines, Dearborn mayor, Jack O'Reilly released a statement saying of the festival, "We look forward to its continued success promoting business that help drive the city’s economy and that make the community a cultural destination for visitors.”"

Dearborn Arab International Festival canceled after 18 years (Video) [Published Examiner.com - 2 hours ago]

"The one year hiatus will allow organizers to explore all opportunities for the upcoming year" reads a statement on the American-Arab Chamber of Commerce's website

Missionaries Abort Dearborn Arab Festival [Published IslamOnline NET - 7 hours ago]

FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds was described as "the most gagged person in the history of the United States" by the American Civil Liberties Union. Was the Sunday Times pressured to drop its investigation into her revelations?

Why was a Sunday Times report on US government ties to al-Qaeda chief spiked? [Published UK Indymedia - May 18 2013]

"It's disappointing that our mayor and police couldn't protect us so they had to cancel the festival" Lina Bazzi wrote on the Dearborn Area Community Members Facebook page

Arab International Festival in Dearborn postponed until next year [Published Detroit News - May 18 2013]

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Dearborn Arab International Festival canceled a... [Published Examiner.com - 2 hours ago]
Missionaries Abort Dearborn Arab Festival [Published IslamOnline NET - 7 hours ago]
Groups say US Visa Waiver for Israelis should b... [Published Palestine News Agency - 12 hours ago]
Groups insist on symmetry to asymmetric situati... [Published Independent Media Review Analysis - 21 hours ago]
Why was a Sunday Times report on US government ... [Published UK Indymedia - May 18 2013]
The Israeli-occupied Western media [Published Saudi Gazette - May 18 2013]
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Fighting breast cancer means fighting cultural ... [Published ClickOnDetroit.com - May 18 2013]
Barbara Boxer’s visa bill for Israel comes unde... [Published Mondoweiss - May 18 2013]
Cancellation of Arab Festival bodes ill for Chr... [Published Examiner.com - May 18 2013]
Arab International Festival in Dearborn postpon... [Published Detroit News - May 18 2013]
Activists want ‘Little Syria’ cited at the 9/11... [Published New York Daily News - May 18 2013]
Organizers Cancel 2013 Arab International Festival [Published Dearborn Patch - May 18 2013]
THE MOBILITY REVOLUTION [Published Amandala Online - May 18 2013]
Arab International Festival postponed until 2014 [Published Lansing State Journal - May 17 2013]
DEARBORN: Chamber cancels 2013 Arab Internation... [Published Heritage News-Herald - May 17 2013]
Arab International Festival postponed for summe... [Published ClickOnDetroit.com - May 17 2013]
Arab International Festival is canceled in wake... [Published Detroit Free Press - May 17 2013]
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Last chance for Syria? [Published Al Ahram - May 17 2013]
Muslim-friendly Hospital Sparks US Uproar [Published IslamOnline NET - May 16 2013]
Elderly Sikh man assaulted outside US Gurdwara,... [Published Sikh Sangat News - May 16 2013]
The meaning of solidarity in the Palestine move... [Published Mondoweiss - May 16 2013]
State board says no to Islam-friendly surgicent... [Published Elgin Courier News - May 16 2013]
Right Wing Groups Go Off Deep End, Again [Published Southwest News-Herald - May 16 2013]
US Justice Dept supports Sikhs, Hindus as hate ... [Published Sify - May 16 2013]
The cost of mayoral debate mania [Published New York Daily News - May 16 2013]
Open letter about Israel boycott to professors ... [Published Inside Higher Ed - May 16 2013]

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Barbara Boxer’s visa bill for Israel comes unde... [Published Mondoweiss - May 18 2013] Palestine solidarity activists say Senator Barbara Boxer's Senate bill would codify Israel's practice of discriminating against American travelers (Photo via Huffington Post) A bill pushed by the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) that ...
The meaning of solidarity in the Palestine move... [Published Mondoweiss - May 16 2013] This is a companion article to Heike Schotten's "When 'J' means 'Jewish' Rather than 'Justice': On Zionism, Jewish Exceptionalism, and Jewish Supremacy in U.S. Palestine Solidarity Organizing." The articles are part of an ongoing conversation in activist ...
‘AP’ says Barbara Boxer is favoring Israeli tra... [Published Mondoweiss - May 15 2013] I'm fixated on changes in the mainstream media, and here is another one. The Associated Press put out a story about the visa waiver that Sen. Barbara Boxer is pushing for Israelis who visit the U.S.; and the story openly states that Boxer has a double ...
On the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, at least ... [Published Mondoweiss - May 15 2013] Nakba Day Video: Palestinians mark 65th Nakba anniversary 15 May -- Palestinians around the world are marking the 65th anniversary of al-Nakba Day - that's Arabic for "The Catastrophe". It commemorates the loss of Palestinian land because of the ...
What Are The Feds Hiding? Let's Ask The Declass... [Published ReadWriteWeb - May 14 2013] Each year, the U.S. government declassifies thousands of documents and releases them to the public through collections like the Declassified Document Retrieval System (DDRS) and the CIA's FOIA Reading Room . Some, however, contain "redacted" information ...

Press Releases

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American Arab Journalists Organize in Metro-Det... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 02 2013]
CAIR: U.S. Muslim, Arab-American Delegation Vis... [Published PR Newswire - Mar 25 2013]