UN says Gaza reconstruction to cost $70bn over decades
Palestinian men empty buckets of water after heavy rain flooded a makeshift camp housing displaced people in Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 25 November 2025 (Eyad Baba/AFP) The UN has said that reconstruction of the Gaza Strip will cost...
Syrian Parkour: The Art of Overcoming Obstacles
Tafani Parkour TeamParkour, a training method founded in the 1980’s, is the practice or Art of overcoming obstacles found in natural and urban environments. A major goal of the sport being to go from point A to point B using the quickest most fluid path....
Australia’s first Muslim women’s festival: By Muslim women, for Muslim women
What made this festival stand apart was an acute understanding that the political realities of Muslim women’s lives extend beyond having a hijab ripped off one’s head or being called a terrorist on the bus ride home, writes Randa Abdel-Fattah. [MWF]...
A leading voice of Islamic thought in the West, ISM religious director Zulfiqar Ali Shah addresses questions from his youth
Photo by Cherrie HansonZulfiqar Ali Shah, Islamic Society of Milwaukee religious director since 2006, is a renowned Islamic scholar who hopes to inspire critical thinking among Muslim youth.Wisconsin’s prolific, erudite religious scholar Zulfiqar Ali Shah,...
Milwaukee pastor “won’t be quiet any longer,” calls for Palestinians’ rights
Rev. Lisa Bates-Froiland waits to speak at a demonstration for Palestinian rights in Milwaukee, wearing a shawl given to her by a family she met in Dheisheh, a Palestinian refugee camp, “where people are living in the third and fourth generations.”For the...
A huge show of support for families of three who drowned in Milwaukee last week
Photos by MOUNA PHOTOGRAPHY Hundreds of people attended funeral prayers Friday for three Milwaukee Muslims who drowned last week: a 10-year-old boy who fell in a drainage ditch, his father who tried to save him and their friend who tried to save them both....
The First Hijabi Police Officer in Illinois Wants to Inspire
It had rained earlier that day in Bartlett, IL, and Officer Maha Ayesh was the first to arrive on the scene. A car had crashed into an electrical pole, resulting in wires strewn all over the place which her commander had previously warned her about. Making...
Summer reading programs build positive associations that can last a lifetime
The photo collage features past Summer Reading activities. Explorations of art, science and nature are part of the eight week program offered every year at the Islamic Resource Center. During the school year, most reading is required, but when summer...
Journalist to discuss how refugees revitalize a dying town: WMJ’s exclusive preview of Boswell Books’ event
Veteran journalist, poet and author Susan Hartman speaks about her new nonfiction book, City of Refugees, Monday at Boswell Books' virtual World Refugee Day event.Contrary to the popular belief that refugees drain the economy, the opposite is true. They...
‘Crimson’ endorsement of BDS shows our activism is working
SC’S APARTHEID WALL ART INSTALLATION FEATURED IN HARVARD YARD DURING IAW 2022 For the past couple of weeks, The Harvard Crimson’s “Opinion” section has been flooded with op-eds and letters on a single topic: BDS and Palestine. From angry alumni opinion...
