Louise Cainkar, Ph.D. — Leading scholar of the Arab/Muslim American experience
Louise Cainkar, Ph.D., poses with her 2009 book, "Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience After 9/11." It's publication helped establish her as the nation's leading scholar of Arab and Muslim Americans.Community and political...
Covid-19 city wide vigil in Milwaukee’s Washington Park
Join Governor Tony Evers and Congresswoman Gwen Moore for the MMWC city-wide Covid-19 vigil in Milwaukee's Washington Park on Sunday, July 17th, from 2 pm until 6 pm. A family friendly event with free vaccinations, boosters, hand sanitizers and masks, an...
Internationally acclaimed Muslim comics come to Milwaukee with the “Get Out the Jokes” Comedy Tour
Moses the Comic hosts CAIR’s GET OUT THE JOKES Comedy Tour this Saturday at the Marcus Center’s Todd Wehr Theater.CAIR’s Get Out the Jokes Comedy Tour brings internationally acclaimed Muslim comics who use humor to subvert Islamophobia and the bigotry of...
#HandsOffMyHijab: How Global Hijab Bans Impact Muslim Women
The headscarf that Muslim women choose to wear has always been a global fixation in the secular world of politics. Now after a series of international bans on religious garments in schools and government buildings, those attacks on religious expression are...
A Palestinian woman from Gaza is now a mayor in Sweden
If nothing else, hardship in the Gaza Strip teaches the Palestinians creativity and resilience, skills and characteristics that are demonstrated in the besieged territory and, given half a chance, exported around the world. Palestinians in the diaspora...
Islamic Society of Milwaukee’s first mix-and-mingle for Muslim singles
Chaperones Shaiza Anwar and Haleema Ghannam wait for the arrival of 65 participants to the Islamic Society of Milwaukee Core Young Adults & Professionals’ Muslims Singles Event. Anwar is a member of the YA & P Leadership Team. “A lot of young folks...
“Taking Back the Narrative” on The Great Muslim American Road Trip
On “The Great Muslim American Road Trip,” Mona Haydar and Sebastian Robins take a vacation along a legendary pathway through the U.S., Route 66. They are married millennials and evidently much in love, but they aren’t an ordinary married couple, and their...
‘We Are MKE’: Fanana Banana’s July art exhibit supports local Milwaukee artists
Fanana Banana founders Amal Azzam (left) and Nayfa Naji (right). Updated Friday at 11 a.m. CDTThe art collective Fanana Banana is hosting an upcoming exhibition called We Are MKE on July 8 on Historical Mitchell Street. The show will feature local artists...
Photos: One million Muslims start Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca
Saudi Arabia is this year allowing one million Muslims, including some 850,000 from abroad, to make the annual Hajj pilgrimage. It is the first time in two years that pilgrims from outside Saudi Arabia have been allowed to attend the Hajj [Ashraf Amra/EPA]...
When ‘if you see something, say something’ goes wrong: Unfounded reports of suspicious activity overwhelmingly target Arabs, Muslims doing routine activities, new report shows
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (CBS) -- Imagine this: a 16-year-old student in Orland Park walks into his guidance counselor's office. He has anxiety about the war in Syria, where his grandparents live. Rather than address the teen's anxiety, the counselor and school...
