Golden hamster stock of hamsters was exported from Syria to the United States in 1971, but apparently none of today's North American pets is descended from these (at least in the female line), because recent mitochondrial DNA studies have established that all domestic golden hamsters are descended from one female – probably the one captured in 1930 in Syria. Since the species was named, the genus "Cricetus" has been subdivided and this species (together with several others) was separated into the genus "Mesocricetus", leading to the currently accepted scientific name for the golden hamster of "Mesocricetus auratus". Following Professor Aharoni's collection in
History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce, Fay Beydoun, stated that year that "We don’t have an exact number" of the Arab businesspeople who were murdered "but we are aware of many from our community who have been killed." "The Arab American News" is published in Dearborn. The "Chaldean News" is published in Southfield. Other Middle Eastern-origin print media include "Al-Muntada" (a magazine), "Arab American Message", "Arab American Journal", "Chaldean Detroit Times", "Chaldean Voice", and "Harp Magazine". Other forms of media include Arab Network of America, "Arabic Time" (television program), TV Orient, and United TV Network. Political organizations in the