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Mideast TV Firm Signs Major New Deal with Warner Bros.

Dubai-based broadcasting company MBC Group announced it has signed a major new deal with giant Warner Bros to show all its US TV shows for the next two years. The agreement inked with Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) will now make MBC the first-run Middle East home to new television series distributed by US … Continued

Zaynini Designer Makes Crain’s “20 in their 20’s” List

Samaher Mohammad has come a long way. As the proprietor of a small Dearborn boutique, she’s designing custom dresses and jewelry for Zaynini Fashion International Inc., her clothing line. Born and raised in that city, the 27-year-old fashion designer planned to be a teacher. Then a job at the mall changed her life. That’s where … Continued

Qatar Airways ‘Best Middle East Airline’

The Doha-based airline, Qatar Airways, was named best airline in the Middle East, while Emirates and Etihad also won awards at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards. Randi Sokoloff / The National Qatar Airways has been named best airline in the Middle East, while Emirates and Etihad have also won awards at the annual Skytrax … Continued

US Firm Plans 60 Outlets In UAE, Mideast

Global innerwear manufacturing firm Jockey International is foraying into the UAE and Middle East with plans to open 60 outlets across the region. Anil Pagarani, Managing Director of Yellow Flower Trading – the distributor of Jockey products in the UAE, told Emirates 24l7 in an interview that the firm is “looking forward to add 7 … Continued

Dearborn, MI OKs Moratorium on New Hookah Cafes

A city known for its hookah cafés has banned the opening of any more of them for the next six months amid concern that some establishments are operating illegally and hurting the community’s health. The move in Dearborn has pleased those concerned about the proliferation of hookah cafés, both legal and illegal, but others say … Continued

Boycott, Divest From and Sanction the United States

Last month I wrote an essay detailing the dangers of criticizing Israeli aggression against Palestinians, particularly when one is in the United States, a country that not only supports Israel with $3.1 billion annually in military aid but also regularly vetoes any attempt by the United Nations Security Council to sanction Israel for war crimes. … Continued

Shoppers Use App To Boycott Israel In Grocery Store Aisles

When young California-based developer Ivan Pardo launched smartphone app Buycott last year, users at first seized upon its technology to avoid putting coins in the coffers of the conservative billionaire Koch brothers. Everyday shoppers using iPhones or Android devices could scan the barcode of, say, Brawny paper towel or Dixie cups and trace the corporate … Continued

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Wakes Up And Smells The Boycotts

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wants to make it crystal clear that neither he nor his company funds Israel the IDF or the Israeli government. While the company’s management has made such statements before, Schultz saw fit to quash rumors that had been escalating, along with the conflict between Israel and Gaza, that it funds Israeli … Continued

Arab American and Chaldean Group Has a History of Investing in Detroit

In Haifa Fakhouri’s view, Arab Americans and Chaldeans have an important role to play in Detroit’s revitalization. “I am a true believer in Detroit, and a Detroit comeback,” the founder, president and CEO of the Arab American and Chaldean Council said at her Lathrup Village office last week. “We are part of the economic turnaround … Continued

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