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The Media Line is an American non-profit news agency created to enhance the quality, integrity and value of coverage of the Middle East. Since opening the doors of the Mideast Bureau eight years ago, TML has become The Mideast News Source_ for media organizations around the world. TML is respected for accuracy and integrity in reporting the news of the day, with special attention paid to context and relevancy. The Media Line produces and distributes radio, television, print and Internet content from its Jerusalem-based Mideast Bureau and its Ramallah-based office, staffed by more than a dozen full- and part-time reporters in Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, Pakistan, Syria, Somalia, Qatar, Yemen and beyond. TML's news reports reach millions each week. The Media Line provides a variety of journalistic services for global media outlets such as the BBC; ABC Australia; Deutsche Welle; and affiliates of all major American networks. TML has established ongoing working-relationships with media throughout the Middle East and the world, including the Egyptian Daily Star; The Yemen Times; National Public Radio; Fox News; Pakistan Chronicle; Al Quds; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; YNet; Houston Chronicle; Presbyterian Outlook; Bridges for Peace; and many others. TML is the first American news source to regularly provide content for Al Quds, the most prominent Palestinian newspaper. The Media Line created The Mideast Blog Source_: a registry of more than 1,000 blogs emanating from Middle Eastern nations. Accessed by researchers, academics, diplomats and journalists daily, The Mideast Blog Source_ provides easy and comprehensive access to unfiltered information.

The Midwest Federation of American Syrian Lebanese Clubs, Inc., is a non-political, social and fraternal organization which was organized to promote and preserve the ethnic heritage of its members, to advance the scholarship of its youth, and to support humanitarian causes.

It convenes yearly at different sites throughout the Midwest.  Such prominent Arab-Americans as Casey Kasem, Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham have addressed its membership at annual conventions.

Its membership includes ethnic clubs or lodges throughout the Midwest as well as individual members.  The Federation publishes a newsletter, three times annually, mailed to approximately 2,000 families in the Midwest.

The organization has awarded hundreds of undergraduate scholarships over its 75 years of existence to affiliate youth.  It has supported orphans in Lebanon and humanitarian efforts by the U.S. government in Lebanon and Palestine.  It has aided the victims of the 9/11 disaster.  It has intervened to protect the rights of its ethnic community and has promoted its culture via cultural activities at its gatherings and through cultural activities planned by its member clubs in their respective cities.  These clubs have participated in ethnic fairs showcasing their food and heritage through cultural exhibits.  They have addressed groups regarding their heritage and taught their ethnic dancing and cooking.

Our heritage is rich with many contributions to the world like the alphabet, mathematics, astronomy, agriculture, calligraphy, and many musical instruments.  Some famous Americans of our heritage include Senators George Mitchell and Spencer Abraham, former White House Chief of Staff, John H. Sununu, former Secretary of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala, former Dean of White House Press Corps, Helen Thomas, consumer advocate, Ralph Nader, and prominent heart surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey.

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