Why governments must play a bigger role in protecting children from conflict
Students attend a class in a damaged building in Gaza. / AFPThe International Day of Education, observed on January 24, provides an opportunity to reflect on the year just gone by and focus on the challenges ahead. In 2025, attacks on education continued...
Elsayed Mogahed, engineering professor and leader in Madison’s Muslim community, dead at 74
During the week, Elsayed Mogahed trained the next generation of engineers as a professor at UW-Madison. On weekends, he helped mold the next generation of Muslim leaders as the volunteer principal at the Islamic Center of Madison. Mogahed, who died Sunday...
Muslim chef Beth Sharid launches J. Wonderland inside Pita Palace
The team at J. Wonderland (from left to right) Sadeen Sabbagh, Beth (Boythayna) Sharid, Jennan Abuthiab (Sharid's daughter), and Yalibth Torres.“It’s a long story” Beth Sharid says with a smile when asked about her life. “But I’ll make it short.” However,...
COVID-19 vigil reminds Milwaukee, “We are not in this alone.”
Photos by Kamal Shkoukani Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition initiated a city-wide COVID-19 vigil, held Sunday in Milwaukee, to remember the 15,000 Wisconsinites who lost their lives to COVID-19 since the pandemic began in 2020. “That’s like a good size town in the...
The Presbyterian Church (USA) adds its voice to a growing choir naming Israeli apartheid
A PHOTO SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF THE REV. SHAVON STARLING-LOUIS WHO SERVED AS THE CO-MODERATOR OF THE 225TH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) GENERAL ASSEMBLY. (PHOTO: TWITTER/@PRESBYGA)In a decisive vote, 266-116, commissioners attending last week’s General...
Covid-19 city wide vigil in Milwaukee’s Washington Park
Join Governor Tony Evers and Congresswoman Gwen Moore for the MMWC city-wide Covid-19 vigil in Milwaukee's Washington Park on Sunday, July 17th, from 2 pm until 6 pm. A family friendly event with free vaccinations, boosters, hand sanitizers and masks, an...
Internationally acclaimed Muslim comics come to Milwaukee with the “Get Out the Jokes” Comedy Tour
Moses the Comic hosts CAIR’s GET OUT THE JOKES Comedy Tour this Saturday at the Marcus Center’s Todd Wehr Theater.CAIR’s Get Out the Jokes Comedy Tour brings internationally acclaimed Muslim comics who use humor to subvert Islamophobia and the bigotry of...
#HandsOffMyHijab: How Global Hijab Bans Impact Muslim Women
The headscarf that Muslim women choose to wear has always been a global fixation in the secular world of politics. Now after a series of international bans on religious garments in schools and government buildings, those attacks on religious expression are...
A Palestinian woman from Gaza is now a mayor in Sweden
If nothing else, hardship in the Gaza Strip teaches the Palestinians creativity and resilience, skills and characteristics that are demonstrated in the besieged territory and, given half a chance, exported around the world. Palestinians in the diaspora...
Islamic Society of Milwaukee’s first mix-and-mingle for Muslim singles
Chaperones Shaiza Anwar and Haleema Ghannam wait for the arrival of 65 participants to the Islamic Society of Milwaukee Core Young Adults & Professionals’ Muslims Singles Event. Anwar is a member of the YA & P Leadership Team. “A lot of young folks...
