Opening Closets and Hearts with Eid Pop-up Shop
Wisconsin Muslimah Circle members (from left to right) Nyla Khan, Naima Hankar, Habiba Wasiuddin and Zainab Rahman created a one-day Eid pop-up shop during Ramadan. All proceeds went to support Our Peaceful Home project and their clients. With Eid al-Fitr...
When your rights are an afterthought: Palestinian-Americans reflect on the strength of their people
PALESTINIANS CHILD IN GATHER WITH A POT, WAITING TO STAND IN LINE TO RECEIVE FOOD AT A DONATION POINT PROVIDED BY A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IN RAFAH IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP, DECEMBER 19, 2023. (PHOTO: BASHAR TALEB/APA IMAGES)Recently, a powerful video...
Black Voices of Solidarity Across Ages: Civil Rights Icons Share Over 70-Year Struggle For Free Palestine
The narrative of Palestinian suffering and their unwavering quest for justice and self-determination has been a focal point in international civil rights movements since the 1948 Nakba when hundreds of thousands were forcibly displaced from their homes and...
Mequon physician running for County Supervisor offers a unique set of skills and vision to public service
Photo courtesy of Dr. Ariba Khan Ozaukee county supervisor candidate Ariba Khan, M.D.,M.P.H. visits the Streets of Old Milwaukee at the Milwaukee Public Museum. On April 2, 2024 she will run for the elected position, representing District 20. The...
After seeing the struggle of Palestinians in Gaza, TikTok users are learning about Islam
The ongoing conflict in Gaza between Hamas and Israel is playing out on screens like never before. Through social media, millions are witnessing the violence that has killed thousands since Oct. 7.People have turned to social media to learn about the...
Instagram ‘suspends’ US activist Shaun King amid censorship of pro-Palestine accounts
Shaun King rose to prominence as a voice for the Black Lives Matter movement in the mid-2010s [Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty] US activist Shaun King claimed Monday that his account on social media platform Instagram had been suspended...
Rabbi speaks at Marquette University about growing Jewish resistance to Zionism
Photos by Kamal Moon “We are being faced with a moral reckoning that is probably the most important one any of us will face in our lifetimes,” Rabbi Brant Rosen told an audience of students, faculty and community members at Marquette’s Weasler Auditorium...
Christmas: Then and Now
PALESTINIANS EVACUATING AL-BUREIJ REFUGEE CAMP IN CENTRAL GAZA FOR DEIR AL-BALAH AS THEY ARE FORCED TO FLEE SOUTH UNDER ISRAELI BOMBARDMENT AND SHELLING, DECEMBER 22, 2023. (PHOTO: OMAR ASHTAWY /APA IMAGES) I was born across the street from where Jesus was...
How Gaza’s history and culture are being erased by Israel’s war
Byzantine-era churches destroyed, 7th-century mosques bombed, artists, writers, and musicians killed. Will Gaza's cultural heritage survive the war?In late November, intense Israeli shelling destroyed Gaza City’s Central Archive Building, which contained...
Peace activist bridging the divide in rural Wisconsin
Photo of bridge by J. Eassa Dena Eakles, author, podcaster, peace activist and farmer using her talents to cultivate the reality that we are one race, one planet. The bridge symbolizes the potential to connect the rural/urban sense of the other.Editor's...
