UN Launches 2027 Secretary-General Selection, Highlighting Historic Push for Female Leadership
The United Nations has formally begun the process of selecting its next Secretary General, inviting all 193 member states to submit nominations to replace Antonio Guterres when his second term ends on December 31, 2026.A joint letter from General Assembly...
In pictures: Meet the Palestinian fashion designer shaking up the industry despite Gaza’s blockade
In the heart of Gaza City’s downtown sits a luxurious two-storey building, with the name Nemo Design Fashion House emblazoned on it. It is one of the few fashion houses in Gaza, and the first to be owned by a female fashion designer. The fashion house was...
Milwaukee Muslims help UW-Madison summer language students prepare for semester abroad
Volunteers who speak Hindi, Urdu, Turkish and Indonesian met this month with university students from around the United States who are preparing to study overseas this fall.Volunteers from Milwaukee’s Muslim community spent an afternoon at the Islamic...
Ottawa Muslims mourn death of popular Islamic scholar
Shaykh Muhammad Alshareef, a former Ottawa resident who was the founder of the AlMaghrib Institute and was one of the first Islamic scholars to teach in English in North America, died on July 21, 2022, at the age of 47. (AlMaghrib Institute)Muslims in...
Op-Ed: Pakistani American Author’s New Book Reflects on the Racialization of American Muslims and the Solidarity We Owe Nation’s Black and Indigenous Communities
As the child of two Pakistani immigrants, I know the idea of America as a nation of immigrants can seem appealing, or even unifying. Those of us who were born elsewhere, or who have family members who were born elsewhere use the phrase to assert we belong...
Herbalists to share benefits of Mediterranean herbs at Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition’s Networking Brunch
Herbalists and co-owners of Tippecanoe Herbs & Apothecary Kyle Denton and Serena Marinelli will discuss the health benefits of Mediterranean herbs at the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition’s Networking Brunch Many Wisconsin Muslims, eager to create...
The AP Interview: Khashoggi fiancee criticizes Biden visit
Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi, poses for a photograph during an interview with The Associated Press in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Cengiz described Joe Biden's decision to visit Saudi Arabia as...
Elsayed Mogahed, engineering professor and leader in Madison’s Muslim community, dead at 74
During the week, Elsayed Mogahed trained the next generation of engineers as a professor at UW-Madison. On weekends, he helped mold the next generation of Muslim leaders as the volunteer principal at the Islamic Center of Madison. Mogahed, who died Sunday...
Muslim chef Beth Sharid launches J. Wonderland inside Pita Palace
The team at J. Wonderland (from left to right) Sadeen Sabbagh, Beth (Boythayna) Sharid, Jennan Abuthiab (Sharid's daughter), and Yalibth Torres.“It’s a long story” Beth Sharid says with a smile when asked about her life. “But I’ll make it short.” However,...
COVID-19 vigil reminds Milwaukee, “We are not in this alone.”
Photos by Kamal Shkoukani Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition initiated a city-wide COVID-19 vigil, held Sunday in Milwaukee, to remember the 15,000 Wisconsinites who lost their lives to COVID-19 since the pandemic began in 2020. “That’s like a good size town in the...
