Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine marks two years of genocide in Gaza
Craig and Cindy Corrie first visited Gaza in September 2003, six months after an Israeli bulldozer killed their daughter Rachel as she tried to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home. The Gaza Youth Parliament greeted them with a mural...
Cleveland weightlifter to be first female to compete in international competition for Palestine
CLEVELAND — If Subreen Dari has a barbell and some weights, her morning is off to a great start. Five days per week, she’s up at 5 a.m. and at the gym by 7 a.m. to train for two hours. Dari, 35, discovered weightlifting in 2015. It started as a hobby and quickly...
Muslim TV producer who tells stories for Wisconsin Life has her own unique life story
Producer Kelly Saran tells the stories of Wisconsinites for award-winning PBS Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Life. “I hope every Wisconsinite can see themselves in our work,” said lead producer of Wisconsin Life, an award-winning news magazine program on Wisconsin...
Ukraine: Rising tensions put Crimean Tatar Muslims at risk again
Erfan Kudusov, a Crimean Tatar, left his home in Yalta in 2014 after a Russian crackdown [Nils Adler/Al Jazeera]Kyiv, Ukraine – Erfan Kudusov, 53, was in his twenties when the Crimean Tatars, a Turkic ethnic group to which he belongs, returned to their homeland after...
‘Becoming Muslim’ podcast asks converts, what happens after you see the light?
“Becoming Muslim” participants. Photos by Tom Levy (www.tomlevy.net) and Michelle Kanaar (RNS) — Conversion stories are an American tradition. The stories are often the same, no matter what religion is involved. Someone was lost, then they were found. Or they were...
Muslim Mental Health Matters: Supporting teens’ mental health
Photo credit: Maryam Ahmed and Maria AhmadMental health clinician AbdulAziz Syed (left) tells parents, "To help your kids, start with your own mental health." Also on the panel at the Muslim Mental Health Matters event are Rama Shoukfeh (center) and...
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...
