Book Review: Sarah Schulman tackles the urgency, and pitfalls, of solidarity
THE FANTASY AND NECESSITY OF SOLIDARITYby Sarah Schulman320 pp. Penguin Random House $30 Author Sarah Schulman’s latest book, The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity, brings together eclectic historical movements, moments, and cultural workers and texts,...
She became a refugee as a teenager and now runs a non-profit dedicated to helping women like herself
Bibi Bahrami fled Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion of 1979. Her non-profit now helps women and children living in Afghanistan and also assists refugees settling in the US. It was the middle of the night when Bibi Bahrami’s father awoke her and the rest of the...
International Women’s Day 2022: What’s the theme and when is it?
Demonstrators sing the song Un violador en tu camino - or 'A rapist in Your Path' during a protest against gender-based violence on International Women's Day in Santiago, Chile [Esteban Felix/AP]As the world celebrates women, we take a look at the global day that has...
International Women’s Day: WMJ celebrates Wisconsin’s most famous human rights activist, straight from Afghanistan
Women’s rights activist Maryam Durani leading a workshop on gender equality with young women in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2014. Among the Afghan evacuees relocated to Wisconsin after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in August is acclaimed women’s rights...
Zaher Sahloul: Russia’s attacks in Syria were a prelude to Putin’s war on Ukraine
Russian and Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes on residential areas of Aleppo, Syria in 2016. (Karam Al-Masrikaram Al-Masri/AFP) Russian and Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes on residential areas of Aleppo, Syria in 2016. (Karam Al-Masrikaram...
Granting Body Which Promotes Muslim Civic Engagement Announces Annual Grant Winners From World of Health, Social Justice And Immigration Rights
Chicago-based Pillars Fund, an organization that amplifies the leadership, narratives and talents of American Muslims, released the winners of the 2022 Pillars Catalyze Fund grants. This year, the grants are supporting 32 Muslim-led non-profits to the tune of $2...
Madison Public Library to host “Muslim Mental Health Matters” program
From left to right: Dania Shoukfeh, Kelly Saran and Maryam Ahmed won one of three grants from the Madison Public Library's 2022 Library Takeover Initiative. The grant is being used to host an event on Muslim mental health at the library.“Mental health is...
Archaeologists discover 9,000-year-old shrine in Jordanian desert
Two carved standing stones at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan's eastern desert [Tourism Ministry via AP] A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists says it found a nearly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. The ritual...
Manchester university under fire after forcing out museum director who hosted pro-Palestinian exhibition
Cloud Studies by Forensic Architecture at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester. (Twitter Photo)LONDON: The UK’s largest university has drawn criticism for forcing the resignation of a senior museum official who found himself in the firing line of a...
What is normal? Who is disabled? How should we treat each other? MU conference keynote speakers will explore tough questions.
Keynote speakers (left to right): Dr. Lennard Davis, a distinguished scholar in disability studies, and disability advocate and playwright Brenda Wesley have both influenced current perceptions of disability. “What is normal?” scholar Lennard J. Davis...
