Fordson

to catch up on "All-American Muslim" to see what the fuss was about, it only took a few minutes before I saw a familiar face: Fouad Zaban, the head football coach at Fordson High School in Dearborn, Mich. is experienced with filmed media, what with his mostly Arabic football team the subject of an independently filmed documentary, creatively titled "Fordson: The Movie."

Forbes.com: News Bob Cook 2011

It is not generally known that our tractor, which we call the "Fordson," was put into production about a year before we had intended, because of the Allies 'war-time food emergency, and that all of our early production (aside, of course, from the trial and experimental machines) went directly to England.

My Life and Work Henry Ford 1905

Those being filmed for the show include Suehaila Amen, a Dearborn resident active in community groups who wears an Islamic headscarf, and her sister, Shadia Amen, who is not as observant; Mike Jaafar, a deputy sheriff in Wayne County; Nawal Aoude, a nurse, and her husband, Nader Aoude; and Fouad Zaban, coach of the Fordson High School football team.

Michigan Muslim community focus of TLC reality show 2011

And then at Fordson high School, where Arab Americans—specifically other Lebanese Shiites—were actually the majority of the student body, Maya had shunned them.

A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

And then at Fordson high School, where Arab Americans—specifically other Lebanese Shiites—were actually the majority of the student body, Maya had shunned them.

A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

And then at Fordson high School, where Arab Americans—specifically other Lebanese Shiites—were actually the majority of the student body, Maya had shunned them.

A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

The mascot of the Fordson football team is a tractor, but coach Fouad Zaban knows his players are not machines.

High School Sports and Religion Intersect in Dearborn 2010

Amen says things gradually got better once he started playing sports at Fordson.

High School Sports and Religion Intersect in Dearborn 2010

It is a very different team than the one Ron Amen played for at Fordson in the early 1960s.

High School Sports and Religion Intersect in Dearborn 2010

The long night practices have now ended at Fordson.

High School Sports and Religion Intersect in Dearborn 2010