The Hakim Family: A foundational stone in Milwaukee’s Muslim community
Photos courtesy of the Hakim/Clark family Four generations of women related to Sr. Hadrat Hakim and Br. Jalil Abdul Hakim, perhaps Milwaukee’s first Muslim couple, celebrate a Mother’s Day event. Adults (front row, center left in blue) Lathita Ahmad,...
Black History Month 2023 – Talking And Thinking Points
Talking And Thinking PointsBlack History Month in the United States this year began amid weeks of protests against another brutal murder of a Black man by police: Tyre Nichols, who died on January 10, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee, three days after police...
Japan’s earthquake recovery offers hard lessons for Turkey
TOKYO (AP) — Mountains of rubble and twisted metal. Death on an unimaginable scale. Grief. Rage. Relief at having survived.What’s left behind after a natural disaster so powerful that it rends the foundations of a society? What lingers over a decade later,...
MMWC Networking Brunch: A calligraphy lesson with artist Rida Fatima
Photo by Mouna RashidPakistani artist Rida Fatima will lead a workshop at the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition's Networking Brunch on Feb. 24.Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition’s February Networking Brunch features renowned Islamic artist Rida Fatima of...
War-weary Syrian refugees in Turkey lose homes once more after devastating earthquake
Destroyed buildings in Nurdagi town on the outskirts of Osmaniye city in southern Turkey. APOn first impression, the scene looked like it could have taken place in a refugee camp: a row of white tents, people queuing for food, a clothes distribution point....
Mapping the 100+ aftershocks from the Turkey-Syria earthquake
More than 5,000 people have been killed with tens of thousands injured across Turkey and Syria after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake and powerful aftershocks struck.The first earthquake hit at 4:17am (01:17 GMT) and was centred in Turkey’s Pazarcik district of...
Wisconsin Muslims join the race to help quake victims
Residents retrieve a child from the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Jandaris, in the countryside of Syria's northwestern city of Afrin on Monday. Rami Al Sayed / AFP - Getty ImagesAround 9:30 p.m. Sunday evening, news broke of a devastating...
World Hijab Day: The journey for Muslim women in Milwaukee
WORLD HIJAB DAY: Today is a day to recognize millions of women who wear the Muslim head covering. As TMJ4's Ubah Ali explains, every Muslim woman has her own Hijab journey. MILWAUKEE — The first day of February marked World Hijab Day, a day recognizing...
House passes resolution to remove Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass a resolution to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee. House Republicans have argued Omar should not serve on the committee in light of past...
University School of Milwaukee welcomes Atia Abawi as first-ever author-in-residence
Photos by Rawand YazawAtia Abawi, first-ever author-in-residence at University School of Milwaukee, moderates a panel of distinguished guests to speak about the refugee experience. (from left to right) Atia Abawi, Maryam Durani, cultural advisor to the...
