Madison Muslim Hadi Najeeb takes on IRONMAN 70.3 Triathlon
Photos by Yaseen Najeeb An adrenaline-charged Hadi Najeeb, 24, of Madison, lined up for the first event of the IRONMAN 70.3 Wisconsin on Saturday. He taught himself to swim competitively in just over eight months. "I knew I put in the work," he said. "I just had to go...
US Judicial Failure to Uphold the Law Against Genocide
“Contemplation of Justice” Statue on the Supreme Court Plaza by James Earle Fraser. (David, Flickr, CC BY 2.0) “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.” That is the title of Omar El Akkad’s 2025 National Book Award–winning nonfiction book,...
In Southern California’s Palestinian community, survivor’s guilt and resilience go hand-in-hand
A woman places flowers into a coffin in Los Angeles on Oct. 7, 2025, during a demonstration at UCLA in memory of Palestinian lives lost in Gaza. Credit: Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesSouthern California is home to one of the largest...
MWC Networking Brunch: Doctor to share a key to physical and mental health
Shaheena Khan, M.D., will discuss how to use the body's natural mechanisms to prevent and address health issues at the September MWC Networking Brunch.Shaheena Khan, M.D., an assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin and a hospitalist at Froedtert...
‘We felt someone was watching us’: author Rozina Ali on the untold story of Islamophobia in the US
‘There is no way to contend with Islamophobia in this country if we don’t contend with our policy towards Israel-Palestine.’ Photograph: Penguin Random HouseGrowing up in the early 2000s in California, surrounded by piles of history books about the Kennedy...
At the 9/11 museum, America remembers only its own
The rubble of the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 in New York. 11 September 2026 will mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania (Alexandre Fuchs/AFP)The 9/11 Memorial...
Media literacy—the antidote to bias or neglectful news
For many from diaspora communities, news coverage of their homelands or the lack of it is often a source of frustration and anger. At the Muslim Women’s Coalition’s Diaspora Trauma Workshop last month, Munther Barakat, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist and director of...
The 5 Most Dangerous Marriage Expectations Social Media Has Given Muslims
Luxury weddings. Constant romance. Perfect husbands and wives. "Relationship goals." And the expectation that a happy marriage should always feel happy. Scroll through Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or any social media platform today, and marriage can begin...
‘Must Be Just the Beginning’: UK, France, Canada Move to Ban Imports From Israeli Settlements
Palestinians inspect severe damage inside a family home following an Israeli military raid and siege in the West Bank on September 8, 2026. (Photo by Issam Rimawi/Anadolu via Getty Images) The United Kingdom, France, and Canada joined forces on Tuesday to...
Diaspora Trauma: How to heal our community
Photo by Nadia AlkhunMuslim Women’s Coalition executive director Janan Najeeb welcomed attendees Saturday to MWC's Diaspora Trauma Workshop. She proposed it after reading about some of the mental health difficulties experienced by diaspora communities. Milwaukee’s...
