{"id":406,"date":"2017-03-03T02:04:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T23:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=406"},"modified":"2017-08-08T02:06:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T23:06:08","slug":"new-civil-rights-league-launched-to-strengthen-rights-of-arabs-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/new-civil-rights-league-launched-to-strengthen-rights-of-arabs-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"New civil rights league launched to strengthen rights of Arabs, Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dearborn &#8211; The Yemeni American News<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The American-Arab Muslim &amp; Minority Advocacy League (AMAL), a new civil rights organization dedicated to the highest standards of transparency, advocacy, and grassroots mobilization.<\/p>\n<p>The American-Arab Muslim &amp; Minority Advocacy League, a new civil rights organization dedicated to the highest standards of transparency, advocacy, and grassroots mobilization, recently launched and named a Dearborn attorney as its executive director.<\/p>\n<p>AMAL, which means \u201chope\u201d in Arabic, has announced former ADC-MI Director Attorney Fatina Abdrabboh as its new Executive Director. Abdrabboh is a graduate of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.<\/p>\n<p>AMAL\u2019s mission is to defend against injustices and to generate greater support for the rights of minorities. AMAL will focus on protecting minority rights, including resisting the Muslim Ban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have promised this community we would channel our momentum with an organization that is truly transparent, respectful of women, and inclusive of the broader Muslim community,\u201d Abdrabboh said. \u201cAMAL will maintain a strong connection to the grassroots and will cultivate our community\u2019s amazing talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mohammed Sayed member of AMAL Board of Directors commented: \u201cWe are very pleased to announce this initiative. It is a crucial time for strong civil rights advocacy. \u201cFatina is a bridge-builder who will bring fearless leadership, creativity, and a deep sense of commitment to the community she serves.\u201d Sayed said<\/p>\n<p>To contact AMAL call 1 844-676-AMAL-(2625) or\u00a0amal@amalusa.org. For more information, to ask a legal question, or to volunteer with the American-Arab Muslim &amp; Minority Advocacy League (AMAL), visit\u00a0www.amalusa.org.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dearborn &#8211; The Yemeni American News &nbsp; The American-Arab Muslim &amp; Minority Advocacy League (AMAL), a new civil rights organization dedicated to the highest standards of transparency, advocacy, and grassroots mobilization. The American-Arab Muslim &amp; Minority Advocacy League, a new civil rights organization dedicated to the highest standards of transparency, advocacy, and grassroots mobilization, recently [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}