Meaningful Money: How Financial Literacy Amplifies Your Giving
My Wake-Up CallI remember sitting in my nonprofit’s office in 2020, staring at a donor’s request: “Can you accept stock donations?” I had no idea how to answer. Despite running a successful organization, there was so much about finance I still didn’t...
Homegrown Instagram influencers highlight Gaza’s plight
Gaza City – It has been nearly eight months since Yara Eid returned to Gaza after six years in the United Kingdom to study international relations.Not once could the 22-year-old return home during her studies to visit her family in Gaza because of the...
Wisconsin Public Radio interview: Film festival highlights Muslims and the Muslim world
"An Act of Worship," opens the Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival on Thursday, Oct. 20. Photo courtesy of "An Act of Worship" website. Listen DownloadThis week the Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival will highlight eight films with the goal of generating meaningful...
Love Without Violence Conference supports those working to prevent family violence
The 4th Annual Love Without Violence Conference can be accessed Wednesday - Friday on Facebook Live at the City of Milwaukee’s Office of Violence Prevention’s Facebook page.Author, educator and activist Tony Porter, CEO of A Call to Men, an organization...
Prominent mosque in Germany sounds 1st public call to prayer
Muezzin Mustafa Kader recites the call to prayer at the Cologne Central Mosque in Cologne, Germany, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The Islamic call to prayer is set to sound for the first time from one of Germany’s biggest mosques in Cologne on Friday — but at...
Family of dead Palestinian-American rebuffs settlement offer
FILE - Mourners take a last look at the body of Omar Asaad, 78, during his funeral at a mosque in the West Bank village of Jiljiliya, north of Ramallah, Jan. 13, 2022. Israel said Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, that it reached a settlement to compensate Asaad's...
World class lineup at this year’s Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival
The 2022 MMFF runs from Oct. 20 through Oct. 23 at the Oriental Theater located at 2230 N. Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WI. The Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival is committed to screening thought provoking films about timely, relevant topics to generate meaningful...
World Mental Health Day: It’s Time We Tackle Addiction
With growing awareness of the importance of mental health nationally, we are also seeing a shift in American Muslim communities towards understanding mental health issues, not to mention recognition of our own Islamic contributions and legacy to this...
Arab Influencers: Cross Cultural Messengers of Mutual Learning
Photo: Media Age / Source: PixabayValue of Cross-Cultural CommunicationIt has been said that after the invention of movies, human life has been extended at least three times. The advent of the digital age has also given us a greater sense of experience;...
Discrimination against Muslim physicians on the rise
Aasim Padela, MD, MSc, discussed his team's research on discrimination against Muslim physicians during the “Advancing Equity for Muslim Physicians in the Healthcare Workforce” webinar.“In 2023, we are at a time where a lot of medical students are...
