Dearborn, Michigan
Dearborn’s first Arab American mayor-elect: ‘You need not change who you are’ to run for public office
“You’re seeing minority populations and residents begin to really get involved in the political process,” says Abdullah Hammoud, the mayor-elect of Dearborn, Michigan. He spoke to The World’s Marco Werman about the issues facing his constituents.
The Mayor of Dearborn on ‘All-American Muslim’
The Takeaway has been talking this week about the controversy that has erupted around the TLC reality show “All-American Muslim” after the home improvement store Lowe’s pulled its ads from the broadcast. The move came after a group called the Florida Family Association launched a campaign against the show, urging companies to pull their ads. Reaction […]
‘All-American Muslim’ Depicts Muslim-American Family Life
“All-American Muslim,” a new reality TV show premiering on TLC this Sunday, takes a close-up view at what it is like to be Muslim in America through the lives of five ordinary Muslim families in Dearborn, Michigan – a city known informally as “America’s Muslim Capital.” Newlyweds Nader and Nawal Aoude are one of the couples featured on the show, […]
Kids E-car
There’s nothing like real world experience to enhance classroom learning, especially when it comes to job training. In South Florida, one group of students has spent the last year converting a gas powered Ford car into one propelled by electricity. When the automobile was ready for its first test-drive, reporter Alexis Muellner was there, and […]