Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim crafted a magnificent new culture for South Africa
South African jazz pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim passed away on 15 June 2026. Jan Persson/Getty ImagesAdolph Johannes Brand was born on 9 October 1934 in Cape Town. He would become better known as Dollar Brand and then Abdullah Ibrahim, an artist...
Muslim Women’s Coalition Networking Brunch: How to be safe online in an AI world
AI expert Zubia Mughal, Ed.D., will talk about how entrepreneurs, small businesses and nonprofits can use AI while keeping their private information and business secrets safe at the June 26 Muslim Women's Coalition's Networking Brunch.“AI is everywhere...
Exclusive: Meet Adam Hamawy, a doctor who worked in Gaza wants to take his experience to US Congress
Adam Hamawy hopes to bring his experience as a doctor to Congress. [Brooke Anderson/TNA]Adam Hamawy has treated some of Gaza’s most critical patients—experience he hopes to bring to the US Congress if he wins the New Jersey primary on Tuesday.The...
Groundswell of support for detained Islamic Society of Milwaukee president, but no answers
Photo by Cherrie Hanson Kareem Sarsour spoke at a packed press conference in April about his father, the Islamic Society of Milwaukee president Salah Sarsour, who ICE is holding in an Indiana jail. Following widespread advocacy by community organizations,...
Strength With Mercy: The Seerah and the Honor of Horses
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful"By the racers, panting,And the producers of sparks [when] striking,And the chargers at dawn,Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,Arriving thereby in the center collectively—Indeed mankind, to his...
After an airstrike in Beirut killed his parents, French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri is taking Israel to court in France
On 26 November 2024, the life of French-Lebanese visual artist and filmmaker Ali Cherri was turned upside down. He learned of the tragic news that his parents had been killed, along with five other civilians, in an Israeli airstrike in a residential...
Rethinking Schools tells educators, “Teach Palestine!”
Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices, a nationally award-winning book from Milwaukee publisher Rethinking Schools, offers educators tools to uncover the history and current context of Palestine-Israel in their classrooms.“The K-12 curriculum across...
Imperial Dreams Sink in the Persian Gulf
(USAF/ Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) On May 24, Iran rejected President Donald Trump’s latest fake peace deal, confirming that he had misrepresented what Iran had agreed to and that the two sides are still very far apart, on nuclear enrichment, on...
PFAS leave fingerprints in your blood – researchers are figuring out how forever chemicals transform in your body to read these clues
Figuring out which PFAS types are accumulating in your body is challenging. Love Employee/iStock via Getty Images PlusVirtually every living thing on Earth, from Patagonian penguins to newborn human babies, has been touched by the synthetic chemicals known...
Halal Restaurant Week 2026 features 10 Milwaukee-area restaurants
Eat Halal Milwaukee invites popular Greater Milwaukee restaurants to offer halal dining options during Halal Restaurant Week, a week-long event promoting dining options for the area's growing Muslim population. Eat Halal Milwaukee holds its fourth Halal...
