Excerpt: SURA Arts Academy, a free, diversity-themed digital photography instruction program for children run by the Arab American National Museum (AANM), has emerged from among 320 nominations to become one of 50 semifinalists for the 2008 Coming Up Taller Award.

SURA is an Arabic word for photograph. In SURA Arts Academy, students in grades six through eight from Dearborn and southwest Detroit are loaned new digital cameras; professional photographers then instruct the children on their operation during weekly sessions held at Munger Elementary School, 5525 Martin Street, Detroit.

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