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Craig speaks with listeners and Fay Beydoun, executive director of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce, about the decision to cancel this year's Arab International Festival, which was scheduled to occur in June.
The head of the renown Arab American Institute says the less the US intervenes in the Middle East, the more people in the region look unfavorably at Iran. James Zogby discusses a decade of data the institute has compiled on Iran when he visits the Detroit Economic Club this week.
Veteran newsman Bob Wheelock is the executive director of Al Jazeera America. He tells WDET’s Travis Wright that metro-Detroit’s significant Arab-American population had nothing to do with the decision to place a bureau here.
Metro Detroit is the new home to an estimated 30,000 Iraqi refugees and will be home to refugees from war torn countries like Syria. Martina Guzman looks into how this new immigrant community is readjusting.
A group representing Arab-Americans in Metro Detroit who say they have abruptly had their bank accounts closed is officially requesting that the U-S Justice Department investigate the matter.
What’s it like to be an immigrant, an activist and a member of the LGBT community in Metro Detroit’s Middle Eastern Community? WDET’s Martina Guzman recently spoke to a young activist and organizer who is here under right of asylum for political persecution and same sex identity in Lebanon. She talks about the challenges she faces doing grassroots organizing in Metro Detroit’s Arab community.
In early 2011, WDET started a reporting concept we call “Crossing the Lines”. Crossing the Lines is an exploration of what unites us and divides us as people and as a region.
Since then, you have helped WDET and Metro Detroit by coming out to our events – community meetings large and small, talking about your place in the fabric of Southeast Michigan and lending your voice to surveys, stories and conversations here on the Craig Fahle Show.
As we head into 2013, WDET is proud to share with you some of the voices, the names, and the people who we’ve met in our travels in a new series of videos.
Arab-Americans turned out in large numbers for President Obama in 2008 and returned to support him in this week’s election. Ismael Ahmed is the founder of ACCESS, the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services. He’s also the host of “This Island Earth” on WDET. Ahmed spoke with WDET’s Pat Batcheller about why he thinks the Arab-American community came out to support the President.
WDET's Martina Guzman discusses the 6th Annual International Health Conference on Health Issues in Arab Communities. Health experts from across the globe are in Dearborn this week addressing critical issues on Arab health. Initially the International Health Conference on Health Issues in Arab Communities was set to take place in Syria but because of the region's conflict, the conference was moved to Metro Detroit.
Craig speaks with Institute for Social Policy and Understanding Fellow, Altaf Husain. He serves as an Assistant Professor in the Howard University School of Social Work, in Washington DC. He received his Ph.D in Social Work from Howard University and his Master of Science in Social Administration from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Husain’s research interests include displaced populations (homelessness, victims of disaster, immigrants and refugees), mental health and psychosocial well-being of adolescent immigrants and refugees of color in the U.S.; immigration policy and its impact on the family; cultural competence; and the development of social service agencies in the Muslim community.
A Detroit filmmaker has been invited to show her first feature at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Since the announcement, several reviewers have called Rola Nashef’s “Detroit Unleaded” one of the top films to see at the festival. Before heading to Toronto, she spoke to WDET’s Rob St. Mary about writing and directing her first feature.
Comic book writer and Michigan-native Geoff Johns was in Dearborn this weekend to usher in a new member of the DC Comics universe. Johns held a book signing at Green Brain Comics and a presentation at the Arab American National Museum. The newest Green Lantern, Simon Baz, is an Arab American from Dearborn. Johns, who grew up in Grosse Pointe and Clarkston and is of Lebanese heritage himself, says the new Green Lantern reflects a larger understanding of culture diversity at DC Comics. He spoke to WDET's Rob St. Mary about the character, his Michigan roots and the recent reboot of the DC Comics universe with "the new 52".
DC Comics is adding a new character to its universe, this week. The latest issue of the Green Lantern will feature the superhero as an Arab-American man from Dearborn. The new character was created by Michigan native Geoff Johns – one of the top talents at DC comics. Matthew Jaber Stiffler is a researcher at the Arab American National Museum. He spoke to WDET’s Rob St. Mary about the new comic book character and Arab American representation in the media.
Quinn Klinefelter and Wayne State University Professor Saeed Khan sit in for Craig and discuss U.S. Pakistan relations and the international view of the crisis in Syria with a reporter from The Dunya News, Pakistan's most popular Urdu language news television channel.
In 1997 The United Nations began commemorating an international Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The UN event calls attention to torture victims and the practice of torture worldwide.
Cayla Roberts is one of approximately 800,000 young people who could be affected by the Obama Administration's announcement last week to stop the deportation of young people. Craig sits down with Roberts to talk about her experiences. Roberts came to America from China when she was 14 years old, after being sold to a human trafficker by her father. Nadia Tanova, the director for the National Network for Arab American Communities, also joins in the conversation.
Wayne State University is hosting an event entitled "A Year in Tahrir: The Future of the Arab Spring and its Implications in the U.S." at the Law School.
The Syrian American Medical Society of Michigan (SAMS-MI) will host its Syria 911: Medical Crisis fundraiser on Saturday, April 14, 2012, from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. at the Suburban Collection Showplace.
Ismael Ahmed (farthest right) visits to preview his upcoming WDET weekend show "This Island Earth" which will showcase one of the biggest rockstars of the Arab World: Rachid Taha.
Craig speaks to a panel from the "Images and Perceptions of Arab Americans" Conference that will be taking place on Thursday at the Byblos Center in Dearborn Heights.
WDET's Pat Batcheller has a conversation with Dearborn Heights mayor.
A new study finds the number of mosques in the U.S. increased by 74 percent in only the past decade.
Acrassicauda talks with Craig about their time living under Saddam Hussein and in the midst of the Iraq War.
Craig welcomes Arab-American writer, producer, and comedian Dean Obeidallah to the show. Obeidallah brings his unique brand of humor to MSU Feb. 23 and the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn Feb. 24.
Wayne State University Lecturer and Professor Dr. Saeed Khan joins the Craig Fahle Show to discuss the latest developments in the U.S. sanctions against Iran.
A Metro Detroit writer is celebrating the release of his first novel. Saladin Ahmed is the author of “Throne of the Crescent Moon” – a story that blends Arab myths with fantasy elements. Ahmed spoke recently to WDET’s Rob St. Mary about the book and the business and art of writing.
In this segment from BLAC Magazine, Trevor W. Coleman joins Craig to discuss his recent cover story Arab Spring Dreams.
The Craig Fahle Show hosts a special musical performance by kanun player Ara Topouzian.
Coordinator for the Child and Health Center at ACCESS Mona Farroukh speaks with Craig about preventing domestic violence in the Arab-American community.
Detroit-area faith leaders joined together to protest at Lowes' Allen Park-location this past Saturday, in response to the corporate company's withdrawl of ad-funding for 'All-American Muslim.' Craig is joined in-studio by State Representitive Rashida Talib and Reverend Charles Williams for a post-protest recap.
Nadia Tonova, Director of the National Network for Arab American Communities, speaks with Craig about the recent controversy surrounding Lowe's Home Improvement pulling advertising from TLC's All-American Muslim. As well as, ACCESS' long-standing relationship with local Lowe's stores.
TLC debuted their new reality series, "All American Muslim," this past Sunday, creating quite a buzz. The show takes place in Dearborn, a city with the largest Arab population in the United States, and second-largest in the world, outside the Middle East. Craig speak with series producer, Mike Mossallam.
The Chief Representative of the P-L-O to the United States told students at the University of Michigan-Dearborn that he wonders whether it is worth trying to reinvigorate the peace process with Israel.
Writer and artist Frank Miller has created some of the most beloved stories in the hearts of comic book fans over the past 30 years. The rebooting of “Daredevil” to “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns” to “Sin City” and “300”, Miller has created acclaimed stories. Several of them have gone on to become Hollywood blockbusters. WDET’s Rob St. Mary spoke to Miller about his latest work, “Holy Terror” which puts September Eleventh and the War on Terrorism in the realm of costumed heroes.
A new graphic novel by acclaimed artist and writer Frank Miller called “Holy Terror” was released last week. In the book, Miller places two masked vigilantes in the middle of a September Eleventh-like attack by Muslim terrorists on a major city. WDET’s Rob St. Mary spoke recently to Ahmed Michael Beydoun – a 20-year-old Wayne State University pre-med student, comic book fan and Lebanese-American Muslim about his thoughs on “Holy Terror” after reading the book.
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