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.
Iran war
John Auchter
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For Michigan Public
But as it turns out, there's a war going on. Actually, multiple ones. And if you are listening to the rhetoric coming out the Trump administration, there are more coming.
Tracy Samilton
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Michigan Public
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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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The suspect who attacked a synagogue in Michigan lost family members in an Israeli strike in Lebanon on March 5. Relatives and neighbors in his hometown share their views on his actions. -
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. -
A look at the Detroit Tigers 2026 season. Then, more on the University of Michigan's pro-Palestine movement.
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We looked back on one year of ICE arrests, visited a tattoo artist specializing in mastectomy tattoos, and talked to a Dearborn comedian about his recent experience with police while performing comedy in Nazareth.
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A federal judge is set to decide whether to dismiss a lawsuit that eight University of Michigan students and alumni have brought against the school. They say the university violated their free speech rights by firing them several months after protests in 2023 and 2024. -
President Donald Trump nominated Amer Ghalib to the ambassador’s post in Kuwait, after Ghalib, a Democrat, endorsed the Republican nominee in last year’s presidential election. -
First, experts from the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy spoke to the importance of the newly declared "Microplastics Awareness Week." Then, a Michigan-born recipe developer and cook discussed her new book, Lebanese Baking, a more-than 100 recipe tribute to the flavors and techniques of Lebanon.
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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. -
Professors at Wayne State University hosted a forum to understand how relationships between Israel and Gaza has changed over time and what is often misunderstood about their histories. -
Former Michigan Speaker of the House and Chairperson of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Licensing Board's corruption sentence explained, a new middle grade book partly based on an author's experience with a jaw malocclusion, and tonight's community dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at Wayne State University.
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Additional license plate reading cameras in Detroit, a five-year pilot program that aims to plant 75,000 trees throughout Detroit, freshwater jellyfish, the new Census category for Middle Eastern and North African communities, and a tech start-up that monitors air quality.
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Robin Wright began her journalism career as a student at the University of Michigan, where she was the first female sports editor in the history of the…
