The Arab American News

The Arab American News is a weekly bilingual publication that serves the Arab American community. It is based in Dearborn, Michigan, part of the Greater Detroit area. The newspaper was first published in 1984 and is led by Osama Siblani, who was born in Lebanon.

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How the world could shift Israel's Gaza strategy

1 week ago | arabamericannews.com | Ramzy Baroud

The decision resonated as shocking for all sides. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose entire war strategy hinges on the starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, unilaterally decided on May 19 to allow “immediate” food entry to the famine-stricken Strip. Of course, Netanyahu still maneuvered.
There's plenty of "anti-Semitism" to go around

2 weeks ago | arabamericannews.com | Thomas L. Knapp

On May 20, Israeli forces bombed two homes in Gaza, where, Reuters reports, “children were among the 18 dead.” The attack was justified, the Israeli regime claims, because — who knows? — there might have been a Hamas member hiding in one of the closets or something. To criticize those killings, we’re told, is “anti-Semitic”, even though the dead were almost certainly all Semites (Palestinian Arabs). And there are a LOT of such attacks.
Isolation and the shattered illusion of power

2 weeks ago | arabamericannews.com | Ramzy Baroud

There was a time when Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to have all the cards. The Palestinian Authority was largely passive, the occupied West Bank was relatively calm, Israel’s diplomatic reach was expanding, and the United States seemed ready to bend international law to accommodate Israel’s desire for complete control over Palestine.
Can Trump end birthright citizenship legally?

2 weeks ago | arabamericannews.com | Selen Ozturk

On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order redefining who gets to be an American.
House Republicans unveil text of $880 billion cut to Medicaid

3 weeks ago | arabamericannews.com | Sunita Sohrabji

The proposed legislation was scheduled to be heard in the House Energy and Commerce Committee May 13. It is then expected to be taken up on the House floor early next week, in time to meet Speaker Mike Johnson’s timeline of passing a larger budget reconciliation bill before the Memorial Day weekend. The Senate would then take up its own version. A final reconciliation bill for President Trump to sign into law is expected by the first week of July.
Majority of Americans say Japanese internment was "shameful"

1 month ago | arabamericannews.com | Christopher Alam

Seventy years after the U.S. government forcibly interred more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent, a majority of Americans now say the period marks a shameful and unjust chapter in American history. Those are the findings of a recent YouGov poll published in April which also found contrasting opinions on how Americans feel about reparations for different communities. The poll is the first of its kind to gauge American attitudes on Japanese internment since 1942.
U.S. travel detentions: Who’s safe?

1 month ago | arabamericannews.com | Selen Ozturk

With these increased stops and searches at U.S. borders and airports, electronic device searches are at an all-time high. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents searched more than 47,000 electronic devices last year, up tenfold from a decade ago — and “that number is going to explode,” said Richard Herman, founder of the immigration firm Herman Legal Group, at a Friday, May 2 American Community Media briefing on travelers’ rights at the U.S. border.
Dearborn Heights Police Chief addresses past sexual assault incident against former Sergeant

1 month ago | arabamericannews.com | Briana Gasorski

DEARBORN HEIGHTS – Police officials were recently made aware of an incident that led to an officer sharing information regarding an alleged sexual assault that occurred between 2021 and 2022 at the Dearborn Heights Police Headquarters. The accused individual has not been employed by the department since 2023. The current Dearborn Heights Police Chief, Ahmed Haidar, was not chief at the time of the incident and has confirmed that the department will fully cooperate with the investigation.
Deporting dissent: The dangerous precedent set by the persecution of pro-Palestine activists

1 month ago | arabamericannews.com | Ramzy Baroud

“Rights are granted to those who align with power,” Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student, eloquently wrote from his cell. This poignant statement came soon after a judge ruled that the government had met the legal threshold to deport the young activist on the nebulous ground of “foreign policy.”“For the poor, for people of color, for those who resist injustice, rights are but words written on water,” Khalil further lamented.
"Wrong phone number" scams are on the rise

1 month ago | arabamericannews.com | Emily Long

If you’ve received an innocent-sounding text from a number you don’t recognize, it’s not actually innocent. It’s likely the start of a “wrong phone number” scam, which is increasingly being used to steal money and information from victims. I personally have been sent variations on this theme: “Hello! I hope you had a good day.” “Are you able to work?” and just “Hello.”Fraudsters actually do not care how your day is going.