Ms. Rachel Under Fire for Speaking About Palestinian Children in Gaza
Ms. Rachel, a beloved children’s educator followed by millions worldwide, is now at the center of a heated political storm after a U.S.-based pro-Israel organization placed her on its list of nominees for “”, not for any anti-Jewish rhetoric, but for...
Milwaukee’s One of a Kind Muslim Film Festival returns to the Oriental Theater Oct. 20 – 23
Courtesy of Capital K PicturesThe Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival opener, "An Act of Worship" is the story a new generation of female Muslim-American activists dealing with Islamophobia for the past 18 years, directed by Nausheen Dadabhoy and an all-Muslim...
Palestinians mourn boy, 7, who died from ‘fear’ of Israeli forces
People mourn during the funeral of Rayan Suleiman, who his father said died of heart failure [Mussa Qawasma/Reuters]A throng of men clutching the body of a seven-year-old Palestinian boy marched through a town in the occupied West Bank towards the child’s...
Drawing Inspiration from Influential Muslim Women Scholars
For some reason, history teaches us to study about certain people, cultures and places but not all! Such is the case when it comes to Muslim scholars - unless one takes deep interest in the subject matter. This is perhaps one of the reasons why our...
Award-winning author Jasmine Warga: Proud to be Palestinian and American
Author Jasmine Warga with her latest novel "A Rover’s Story" about belonging and home, the center of every immigrant story. “From a very early age, I thought a lot about what ‘home’ means,” Newbery Honor Book author Jasmine Warga said an interview Monday...
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Muslim scholar who influenced millions
Yusuf al-Qaradawi was one of the most recognisable religious figures in the Arab world [File: Ali Ali/EPA]The passing of Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Qatar on Monday marks the end of an era in contemporary Islam. Al-Qaradawi was one of the world’s most influential...
Hilary Mantel knew how corrosive deference to monarchy can be – and why we must resist
Illustration: Nathalie LeesThe sight of the Ka’bah, the black cube around which worshippers circle in pilgrimage, is overwhelming. The first time I visited Mecca, taken there by my parents as a teenager and expecting that the visit would be a chore to be...
MMWC’s Be-a-Buddy Program returns with new opportunities for Milwaukee teens and women
MMWC’s Youth Development Director Rawand Yazaw (right) facilitates as new “buddies” try a challenging game.Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition’s Be-a-Buddy Program, a project to connect re-settled Afghan children and teens with American peers, starts again...
How Russian Trolls Helped Keep the Women’s March Out of Lock Step
Ruth Fremson/The New York TimesLinda Sarsour awoke on Jan. 23, 2017, logged onto the internet, and felt sick.The weekend before, she had stood in Washington at the head of the Women’s March, a mobilization against President Donald J. Trump that surpassed...
‘Serial’ case: Adnan Syed released, conviction tossed
Adnan Syed, center, the man whose legal saga spawned the hit podcast "Serial," exits the Cummings Courthouse a free man after a Baltimore judge overturned his conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee, Monday, Sept, 19, 2022, in...
