Why Shaban Is More Powerful Than You Think?
Most people count down to Ramadan. Few notice what comes before it. Yet in Islamic tradition, there is a quiet, often overlooked month that carries extraordinary weight: Shaban.Shaban is called the forgotten month. It sits between Rajab, a sacred month,...
Summer reading programs build positive associations that can last a lifetime
The photo collage features past Summer Reading activities. Explorations of art, science and nature are part of the eight week program offered every year at the Islamic Resource Center. During the school year, most reading is required, but when summer...
Journalist to discuss how refugees revitalize a dying town: WMJ’s exclusive preview of Boswell Books’ event
Veteran journalist, poet and author Susan Hartman speaks about her new nonfiction book, City of Refugees, Monday at Boswell Books' virtual World Refugee Day event.Contrary to the popular belief that refugees drain the economy, the opposite is true. They...
‘Crimson’ endorsement of BDS shows our activism is working
SC’S APARTHEID WALL ART INSTALLATION FEATURED IN HARVARD YARD DURING IAW 2022 For the past couple of weeks, The Harvard Crimson’s “Opinion” section has been flooded with op-eds and letters on a single topic: BDS and Palestine. From angry alumni opinion...
Gaza beekeepers carry on a tradition, 1000 feet from the separation wall
A PORTRAIT OF ABU NASSER AND HONEY BEES. BEIT HANOUN, GAZA, JUNE, 6, 2022. PHOTO BY MAHMOUD NASSER. A story not of statistics and numbers and economics, this is a story about the generational transfer of skill. It’s about a small farming family that...
Palestine Way Street: A Celebration to be Recognized
Paterson City Mayor Andre Sayegh, City Council President Maritza Davila, and Councilman Alaa Abdelaziz pose next to the new Palestine Way street sign (Photo Credit: Middle East Eye) Thousand of people in the South Paterson neighborhood in New Jersey...
Milwaukee Muslim dental surgeon’s clinic reflects pillars of Islam
The clinic team at Community Oral and Maxilliofacial Surgery (from left to right): Jonathan Wieber, receptionist; Dr. Ruba Khader; Amira Rodriguez, dental assistant; and Iyat Dwaikat, registered nurse. On informal office days, you’ll find Ruba Khader, BDS,...
Spain Awarded “Top Muslim-Friendly Emerging Destination” of 2022
© Falco | Pixabay Spain has been considered as this year’s “Top Muslim-Friendly Emerging Destination” at the Halal in Travel Awards 2022.The “Halal in Travel Awards” celebrates the travel industry players’ efforts that profoundly impacted the Muslim...
The debut of ‘Omar,’ a thoroughly American opera
Tenor Jamez McCorkle, who debuted the title role in the opera Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, which received its world premiere on May 27 in Charleston, S.C. at Spoleto Festival USA.Courtesy of Spoleto Festival USAA new opera tells the true...
Muslim Call to Prayer Arrives to Minneapolis Soundscape
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The chant in Arabic blasted from rooftop loudspeakers, drowning out both the growl of traffic from nearby interstates and the chatter and clinking glasses on the patio of the dive bar that shares a wall with Minneapolis’ oldest Somali...
