Memorial services in Dearborn for Rafic Hariri

Niraj Warikoo writes about gatherings in Dearborn this weekend to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of Rafic Hariri, the former Prime Minister of Lebanon who was killed in a car bomb explosion on Feb. 14, 2005. Metro Detroit has one of the largest Lebanese communities outside the Middle East. Click here to read the story by Niraj Warikoo. Warikoo interviewed Lebanese-Americans for the story, including the head of the U.S. chapter of the Future Movement — the group set up by Hariri’s family after his death.

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