Wood Flow designs: a builder’s journey from construction to creativity
Photos by Cherrie HansonMuhammad Ayesh, balances his love for creating beautiful wood objects and his full time commercial construction business.Wood as an artistic canvas can not only bring unique and intricate projects to life but also produce items of...
Ukraine: Rising tensions put Crimean Tatar Muslims at risk again
Erfan Kudusov, a Crimean Tatar, left his home in Yalta in 2014 after a Russian crackdown [Nils Adler/Al Jazeera]Kyiv, Ukraine – Erfan Kudusov, 53, was in his twenties when the Crimean Tatars, a Turkic ethnic group to which he belongs, returned to their homeland after...
‘Becoming Muslim’ podcast asks converts, what happens after you see the light?
“Becoming Muslim” participants. Photos by Tom Levy (www.tomlevy.net) and Michelle Kanaar (RNS) — Conversion stories are an American tradition. The stories are often the same, no matter what religion is involved. Someone was lost, then they were found. Or they were...
Muslim Mental Health Matters: Supporting teens’ mental health
Photo credit: Maryam Ahmed and Maria AhmadMental health clinician AbdulAziz Syed (left) tells parents, "To help your kids, start with your own mental health." Also on the panel at the Muslim Mental Health Matters event are Rama Shoukfeh (center) and...
She became a refugee as a teenager and now runs a non-profit dedicated to helping women like herself
Bibi Bahrami fled Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion of 1979. Her non-profit now helps women and children living in Afghanistan and also assists refugees settling in the US. It was the middle of the night when Bibi Bahrami’s father awoke her and the rest of the...
International Women’s Day 2022: What’s the theme and when is it?
Demonstrators sing the song Un violador en tu camino - or 'A rapist in Your Path' during a protest against gender-based violence on International Women's Day in Santiago, Chile [Esteban Felix/AP]As the world celebrates women, we take a look at the global day that has...
International Women’s Day: WMJ celebrates Wisconsin’s most famous human rights activist, straight from Afghanistan
Women’s rights activist Maryam Durani leading a workshop on gender equality with young women in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2014. Among the Afghan evacuees relocated to Wisconsin after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in August is acclaimed women’s rights...
Zaher Sahloul: Russia’s attacks in Syria were a prelude to Putin’s war on Ukraine
Russian and Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes on residential areas of Aleppo, Syria in 2016. (Karam Al-Masrikaram Al-Masri/AFP) Russian and Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes on residential areas of Aleppo, Syria in 2016. (Karam Al-Masrikaram...
Granting Body Which Promotes Muslim Civic Engagement Announces Annual Grant Winners From World of Health, Social Justice And Immigration Rights
Chicago-based Pillars Fund, an organization that amplifies the leadership, narratives and talents of American Muslims, released the winners of the 2022 Pillars Catalyze Fund grants. This year, the grants are supporting 32 Muslim-led non-profits to the tune of $2...
Madison Public Library to host “Muslim Mental Health Matters” program
From left to right: Dania Shoukfeh, Kelly Saran and Maryam Ahmed won one of three grants from the Madison Public Library's 2022 Library Takeover Initiative. The grant is being used to host an event on Muslim mental health at the library.“Mental health is...
