Opening Closets and Hearts with Eid Pop-up Shop
Wisconsin Muslimah Circle members (from left to right) Nyla Khan, Naima Hankar, Habiba Wasiuddin and Zainab Rahman created a one-day Eid pop-up shop during Ramadan. All proceeds went to support Our Peaceful Home project and their clients. With Eid al-Fitr...
To ‘push them left’ we will need more than protests
REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SPEAKING TO ATTENDEES AT A RALLY FOR BERNIE SANDERS IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA IN NOVEMBER 2019. (PHOTO: FLICKR/MATT A.J.) Hundreds of millions of dollars and years of U.S. NGO organizing culminated in the progressive wing of the...
Keys to the Kingdom: Engaging Youth in Proactive Thinking about Palestine
“Aunty Hiba” Masood is no stranger to Sound Vision’s children’s programming. Her knowledge, creativity, and insatiable enthusiasm for Islamic education have propelled her to consistently deliver top-notch online classes in our Colors of Islam Club and,...
Jewish Voice for Peace-Milwaukee calls for ceasefire in Gaza and a free Palestine
Photo by Kamal MoonSandy Pasch of Jewish Voice for Peace-Milwaukee (second from left) called for a ceasefire in Gaza at a protest in Milwaukee in October. She is joined by Islamic Society Executive Director Othman Atta, Ala Ismail of American Muslims for...
How Arab American voters’ backlash could imperil Biden’s 2024 campaign
Women pray at Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va., on Oct. 31. Photo: Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty ImagesArab American and Muslim American anger over President Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war could be endangering his re-election in...
Untreated diseases could kill more than bombings in Gaza, WHO warns
As the truce in Gaza continues for a fifth day, aid agencies say more humanitarian assistance is needed. Untreated diseases could eventually kill more people in Gaza than bombings if the health system is not restored, the World Health Organization says....
Self-defense or genocide? Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli views debated at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Illustrative photo by Cherrie Hanson This illustrative photo intends to capture the disconnected conversation between polarized perspectives in Wisconsin's first major discussion on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, says its creator, Cherrie Hanson, WMJ...
In Gaza, the cease-fire accentuates the barbarity of the war
Palestinians walk by buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Nov. 25, 2023, on the second day of the temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) (RNS) — The...
Three Palestinian students aged 20 shot in Vermont, US: What to know
According to police the victims were speaking Arabic and two were wearing keffiyehs when attacked in Burlington.Three young Palestinian men have been shot near a university campus in Vermont in the US weeks after a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy...
Prestigious Amsterdam documentary festival faces boycott and protests following anti-Palestinian statements
FILMMAKERS AND ATTENDEES PROTESTING IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE AND AGAINST IDFA’S STATEMENTS, AMSTERDAM, NOVEMBER 13, 2023. Filmmakers are taking action against the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) following the festival’s...
