Sumud Flotilla Member Greta Thunberg ‘Absolutely Disgusted’ by Global Silence on Gaza Genocide
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg attends a solidarity with Palestine event on December 6, 2024 in Mannheim, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)Activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday expressed her contempt for the international community for its continued...
The debut of ‘Omar,’ a thoroughly American opera
Tenor Jamez McCorkle, who debuted the title role in the opera Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, which received its world premiere on May 27 in Charleston, S.C. at Spoleto Festival USA.Courtesy of Spoleto Festival USAA new opera tells the true...
Muslim Call to Prayer Arrives to Minneapolis Soundscape
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The chant in Arabic blasted from rooftop loudspeakers, drowning out both the growl of traffic from nearby interstates and the chatter and clinking glasses on the patio of the dive bar that shares a wall with Minneapolis’ oldest Somali...
Celebrate World Refugee Day with refugee chefs, art, fashion and music at Lynden Sculpture Garden
Photo by Lila Aryan PhotographyAt Lynden Sculpture Garden's 2019 World Refugee Day, a refugee displays clothing from her native land.If you’d like to try street food from around the world, learn batik dye techniques, create arts and crafts, enjoy the...
Senior Muslim Police Officers Back Gun Reform
As Uvalde, Tx is grieving the loss of 19 children and two teachers, following 18-year-old Salvador Ramos’ mass shootings using a legally purchased assault rifle, Muslim police officers are weighing in on the issue of gun reform. The news cycle has seen...
PBS slates ‘American Anthems,’ ‘The Great Muslim American Road Trip’ for summer
The Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition is a proud sponsor of The Great Muslim American Road Trip, scheduled to air on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app this summer. A millennial Muslim American couple taking a cross-country road trip along Route 66 is the...
Wisconsin Council of Churches’ program helps Christians become “welcoming neighbors” to resettled Afghans
The Wisconsin Council of Churches, a statewide network of Christian churches and faith-based organizations based in Madison, hosted a seminar last week with information on Islam and Afghan culture that included a discussion about how “Christians may walk...
An immigrant Muslim finds his model of empowerment in Black American Islam
Rami Nashashibi in Chicago in 2017. Photo © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation- used with permission.(RNS) — Rami Nashashibi, who founded the Inner-City Muslim Action Network on Chicago’s South Side 25 years ago, is a community builder, a...
How Islamic Art Influenced One of Fashion’s Most Famous Jewelers
Tiara, Cartier London, special order, 1936. Platinum, diamonds, turquoise. Sold to The Honorable Robert Henry Brand. Cartier Collection. Vincent Wulveryck, Collection Cartier © CartierFor 175 years, the word “Cartier” has been synonymous with iconic French...
Tom’s Auto Maintenance: The True Meaning of Service
Tom's Auto Maintenance 2 opened in April at 5240 S. 27th Street. (pictured). The second location of Tom's Auto Maintenance is at 1570 W. Lincoln Avenue.When he was 14 years old, Midhat Farrah loved to sit in the driver’s seat of his father’s car. With the...
