Addressing Hispanophobia and Embracing Our Latino Neighbors
At a booth at the 22nd Annual Hispanic Muslim Day at North Hudson Islamic Education CenterIn the September 10, 2024 U.S. presidential debate, both the Democratic and Republican nominees took turns taking shots at one another during primetime. One of the...
Mother-daughter team opens new children’s clothing store in Southridge Mall
Mother and daughter owners of EverKid Dalal Dahabra and Maysoun Ahmad Opening a new children’s clothing store in the middle of a pandemic turned into an adventure for the mother-daughter owners and their entire Oak Creek family. EverKid, a children’s apparel store,...
American Muslims Are 2 Times More Likely To Have Attempted Suicide Than Other Groups
The Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition will be hosting a two-day Mental Health Conference on September 18th & 19th. For more information contact us at: 414-727-2900 or staff@mmwconline.org If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the National...
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Bombshell
Ban Ki-moon, former United Nations Secretary-General, deputy chair of the Elders, speaks at a Business Refugee Action Network event on Sept.24, 2019 in New York City. At the event, more than a dozen CEOs signed up to support refugees. FOLLOWING PUBLICATION of his...
CAIR calls for resignation or removal of a Wisconsin county supervisor for spreading Islamophobia
Morgaine Ford-Workman The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, called last week for the resignation or removal of Brown County Supervisor James Murphy following an investigative report...
Islamic fashion show celebrates modesty, highlights designers’ creativity
Designer Adiellah Bates participated in the Sealed Nectar Fashion Show. Her latest line from her label, Aya Donna, was among those featured in the show. If she had her way, N’aimah Abdullah would have spent her summer island hopping through the Caribbean with her...
US President Biden Addresses Islamic New Year Wishes to Muslims
US President Biden Addresses Islamic New Year Wishes to Muslims Denver - United States President Joe Biden expressed a celebratory message on his Facebook and Twitter page ahead of the upcoming Islamic New Year holiday. In his message, Biden sent his “warm wishes” to...
ISM Core’s Young Adults & Professionals – a new community for young Muslim adults
Abdullah Tugan, 30, of Milwaukee said he is “a perfect example of someone who could benefit” from the Islamic Society of Milwaukee’s Young Adults & Professionals group. “I’m 30 years old, out of college seven years. I work as a professional in a larger company,...
Tokyo Olympics are not a bikini showcase. Let women athletes wear unitards, and hijabs.
German artistic gymnast Pauline Schaefer-Betz performs her floor routine in the Tokyo Olympics on July 25th, 2021. Gregory Bull/AP The Olympics are supposed to be about sports. So why are we talking about what female athletes are wearing? The latest uproar over who...
BDS Takes Hollywood: David Clennon Invokes Cultural Boycott of Israel
U.S. Emmy-winning actor David Clennon By: Omar Mansour/ Arab America contributing writer In 2019, Emmy-winning U.S. actor David Clennon revealed he had turned down an audition for a new Netflix series from the makers of Israeli series ‘Fauda’ because of his support...
