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ACCESS Director Awarded American Cancer Society’s Humanitarian Award

ACCESS’ Senior Director of the Community Health & Research Center, Dr. Adnan Hammad, has been awarded the American Cancer Society’s Humanitarian Award by the American Cancer Society’s National Awards Committee. Dr. Hammad along with ACCESS and the American Cancer Society (ACS) Great Lakes Division have worked together for many years implementing educational and training programs, … Continued

Festival Celebrates Arab Culture

Thousands of people from metro Detroit and beyond spent Fathers Day at the Arab International Festival in Dearborn where they soaked up sun, rides, food, music and culture. Advertisement “It’s incredible,” said Warren David of Northville, founder of Arab Detroit, a media site that had a booth at the festival. “We need events like this … Continued

2009 Courage in Journalism Award Recipient Announced

The family of the late Dr. Mohammad T. Mehdi, a pioneer in American Arab journalism, announced this week that the 2009 Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award has been awarded to Palestinian American journalist and radio talk show host Ray Hanania. For more than 30 years Ray Hanania has written and reported on the story of … Continued

ADC Condemns Attack Against US Holocaust Memorial Museum

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the nation’s largest Arab-American civil and human rights organization, is appalled by the shooting that took place earlier today at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Federal law enforcement sources have confirmed that the suspect, James von Brunn, is a known white supremacist. ADC National Executive Director Kareem Shora said, “This … Continued

ADC to Recognize Ibrahim Dayeh with ADC Activist Award and Anna Baltzer with ADC Annual Rachel Corrie Memorial Award

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is proud to announce that earlier today at a ceremony held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore-in ADC National Executive Director Kareem Shora as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC). HSAC members, limited by charter to no more than 21, are appointed by the … Continued

Dr. Ali Safiedine Receives Podiatrist of the Year Award

Dr. Ali M. Safiedine, a Board Certified Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM), recently received the highest recognition by his profession, Podiatrist of the Year. The Southeast Division of the Michigan Podiatric Medical Association (MPMA) recognized him at the annual Great Lakes Conference in Troy, Michigan. “I am privileged and humbled to be presented with this … Continued

Volunteers Pitch in for Arab-American Service Day

Hawraa Hakim passed out t-shirts to volunteers gathered at Hemlock Park and quickly realized that there were more people than shirts. “We ran out,” the 19-year-old Dearborn resident said. “We were surprised.” About 320 volunteers joined Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) Saturday in celebrating the fifth annual National Arab-American Service Day, … Continued

LAHC Marks 21 Years of Supporting Education; Awards 55 Students of High Academic Distinction

The Lebanese American Heritage Club’s (LAHC) Arab American Scholarship Foundation (AASF) marked 21 years of providing assistance and encouraging the pursuance of higher education at their 21st Annual Arab American Scholarship Foundation Banquet at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Friday, May 8, 2009. The event brought in nearly 1,000 of Metro Detroit’s most influential community … Continued

Dearborn Mosque Celebrates Anniversary Today

Decades ago, Muslims could dance, listen to rock music and intermingle with the opposite sex inside the American Moslem Society mosque in Dearborn. But all that ended after new leaders, influenced by a revival in the Middle East, adopted a more rigid interpretation of Islam. As the mosque — believed to be the oldest in … Continued

ADC Welcomes 2009 Anthony Shadid Internship Program Legal Associates

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) welcomes four law students who will be joining the ADC Legal Department as Legal Associates for Summer 2009. The students are part of the ADC-Research Institute (ADC-RI) Anthony Shadid Internship Program, named for the former ADC intern and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist (For more information, please see http://www.adc.org/internprogram/new/). The law … Continued

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