The Middle East is a geopolitical region surrounding the Arabian Peninsula. Michigan is host to the largest Arab population in the United States. Here you will find all Michigan Public/NPR content regarding the Middle Eastern community.
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The Trump administration’s military action in Iran has sent the price for diesel fuel soaring in the U.S.
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Iraq’s men’s national soccer team will compete in the World Cup for the first time in 40 years this summer. Their qualification sparked celebration among the roughly 100,000 Michigan residents with Iraqi heritage, the most of any U.S. state. -
The Iraq national men's team hasn't played a World Cup in 40 years; a drought that ends Tuesday night, to the excitement of soccer fans in Dearborn, Michigan, home to a large Iraqi diaspora. -
A look into how Michigan, home to the largest Iraqi-American population in the United States, is celebrating Iraq qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in 40 years. Plus, the storytelling series Twisted Storytellers has an upcoming event all about Black summer experiences. And, the latest episode of On Hand explores that age old Michigan question: why are the roads here SO bad? -
Lebanese Americans are both grieving and taking action to support loved ones in their homeland who have been affected by the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants. -
The latest in a series of federal lawsuits over how the University of Michigan handles campus protests is a pro-Palestine student activist who alleges retaliation against his advocacy. -
The story of a Chaldean Michigander in hiding in Iraq after being deported from the U.S. Plus, an iconic Olympic gymnast who graduated from University of Michigan. And, catching a wave on Lake Michigan with our latest episode of the podcast Beyond the Shore.
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U of M has apologized after a professor delivering a commencement speech praised pro-Palestinian student protesters for drawing attention to the war in Gaza. -
On today’s show: Lebanese Michiganders respond to Israeli aggression in Lebanon. Then, a retired immigration judge breaks down the state of immigration courts, and we take a closer look at Detroit’s vacant lots. Plus, a new memoir from a veterinarian’s wife.
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We discuss the effect of immigration policies on young people. Plus, the culture of Detroit's Black cotillion balls.
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Dearborn, Michigan, home to the nation's largest Arab American community, is grappling with ongoing crises. Families are anxious about relatives in Lebanon, which has been engulfed by the widening conflict with Iran.
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The ex-wife of the gunman who drove a pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue told police that he was distraught and suicidal. -
Israel's military is claiming that the brother of a man who attacked a Michigan synagogue last week was a Hezbollah commander. Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon along with three other of the attacker’s relatives on March 5 — a week before authorities allege Ayman Mohamad Ghazali drove his car into a major synagogue outside Detroit and killed himself after security fired at him.
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Iran's state media issued what it said was a statement by Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, vowing to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and keep up attacks on U.S. bases in the region. -
Bucking a decades-long trend, Michigan's population is finally growing — even if the increases are small. Also, we talked about the struggle of older Detroiters to keep up with the cost of house repairs.
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First, a debrief on U.S.-Canada tariffs and what they might mean for Michigan. Also, a reflection on the 50th anniversary of Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance and the theories it engendered. Then, a Michigan attorney and activist who joined a Gaza-bound freedom flotilla speaks on famine in the Gaza strip.
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A conversation with an Iranian-American professor on the U.S. bombings in Iran over the weekend. Plus, an award-winning journalist from the Detroit Free Press on the importance of local investigative reporting. Then, a Michigan filmmaker talks about his documentary, 17 Blocks.
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A conversation with an Iranian-American professor on the U.S. bombings in Iran over the weekend. Plus, an award-winning journalist from the Detroit Free Press on the importance of local investigative reporting. Then, a Michigan filmmaker talks about his documentary, 17 Blocks. -
Syrians who have settled in metro Detroit are excited about a possible visit to their homeland now that President Bashar Assad has been removed from power. -
Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people in the 2023 attack and took another 250 hostage. Nearly 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began. -
Democrats aim to get Michigan's environmental agency more power over water quality issues, AI helps to uncover Great Lakes history, and reframing the Israel and Gaza conflict.
