Gaza in a thousand faces
We have more than 30,000 photos in our archive from Gaza, compiled over the past two years alone. We chose more than one thousand photos, focusing on the faces of people enduring a genocidal war. Each photo is a snapshot in time of a place more than two...
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...
Su’ad Abdul Khabeer presents archival project on Black women
Scholar, artist and activist Su’ad Abdul Khabeer told Yale community members about Umi’s Archive — a collection of pictures, videos, poems and other forms of media honoring the life of her mother — in Sunday’s fourth annual Dr. Betty Shabazz & Malcolm X...
Syrians in Idlib stand by Ukraine after Russia attack
A Syrian artist in the countryside of Idlib painted a mural of solidarity with the Ukrainian people on the remaining wall of a house destroyed by Russian warplanes [Ali Haj Suleiman/Al Jazeera]Binnish, Syria – As the crisis escalates in Ukraine following Russian...
Calling all Muslims: Conference organizer asks Muslim community to join a conversation about disability
Dr. Enaya Othman, founder of the Arab and Muslim Women’s Research and Resource Institute, created a conference, hosted at Marquette University, to deepen understanding around disability and its complexities.One in four Americans live with a disability,...
Amid book bans, Muslim authors, parents advocate for children’s books representing Islam
Photo by Johnny McClung/Unsplash/Creative Commons (RNS) — When in September 2021, Pennsylvania’s Central York School District banned “The Arabic Quilt,” Aya Khalil’s award-winning debut picture book about fitting in at school, Khalil decided to write a book about her...
