70 Palestinian students admitted to Canadian universities are trapped in Gaza. We need Canada to defend our right to education.
Reem Hamadaqa with her parents at her graduation ceremony from the Islamic University of Gaza in 2021. Both of her parents were killed in an Israeli airstrike in March 2024.I had always believed that education was my lifeline. Pursuing higher education is a means to...
Opinions | Racism Judge Brown Jackson and America’s moment of racial reckoning
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson listens to opening statements during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, March 21, 2022, in Washington, DC [File: Mandel Ngan, Pool via AP] Today, the United States is experiencing a...
Harvard Law School ‘apartheid’ report leaves Israel’s defenders speechless
Palestinian Youth use sledge hammers to knock holes through part of a wall connected to Israel's controversial separation barrier in the Abu Dis neighborhood, bordering Jerusalem on July 9, 2013. Palestinians call the wall and "apartheid wall." Photo by...
Opportunities to share information about Islam on the rise
Janan Najeeb, one of the busiest speakers from the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition’s Speakers Bureau, speaking this week at Milwaukee School of Engineering. On recent episodes of Jeopardy, contestants burned through questions about obscure facts on...
President of the United States Joe Biden Recognizes National Arab American Heritage Month–April 2022
WASHINGTON DC (April 1, 2022) Today, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, recognized National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM) for the month of April 2022. “For centuries, Arab Americans have embraced working hard, giving back, and cultivating friendship...
US customs, border agency to create position to address Arab, Muslim complaints
Michigan’s Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in the US Senate. (AP Photo)ATLANTA: US Customs and Border Protection has announced the establishment of a Detroit-based community relations position within...
Muslim parents honor Franklin teachers and staff with Ramadan breakfast
Franklin High School staff members Jessie Christensen and Monica Houtler picked up breakfast boxes for colleagues in Food Service at a pre-Ramadan breakfast hosted by Muslim parents. Franklin High School principal Michael Vuolo’s voice came over the...
Explainer: what is Ramadan and why does it require Muslims to fast?
During Ramadan, Muslims give thanks for the sustenance God provides. ShutterstockIntermittent fasting is now becoming popular, with many promised health benefits. But Muslims have been practising fasting in the lunar month of Ramadan for centuries.The Ramadan for 2022...
Many in Mideast see hypocrisy in Western embrace of Ukraine
FILE - A Palestinian protester throws a Molotov cocktail towards Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron, April 3, 2013. On social media, the world has cheered Ukrainians as they stockpile Molotov cocktails and take up arms against an occupying...
UWM’s Students for Justice in Palestine hosts panel to share personal experience with Israeli occupation
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee's Students for Justice in Palestine board members (left to right): Mohammad Kaloti, Noah Oweisi, Salam Salous, Jehan Salous, Mariam Mustafa, Janna Zaibak and Gianna RupnickPainful loss of friends and family, humiliation...
