Hind Rajab: The Anne Frank of Gaza’s genocide
(RNS) — A year ago, a 6-year-old girl named Hind Rajab sat in a car surrounded by the bodies of her family members, trapped in the wreckage of an Israeli strike in Gaza. For hours, she pleaded for help over the phone, her tiny voice carrying both the...
Jerusalem Unrest Exposes the Brittleness of Israeli Sovereignty over Palestinians
Reuters While Israeli leaders may think their subjugation of Palestinians is sustainable, the unrest in Jerusalem and its escalation beyond the city limits shows it is not. In December 2017, Donald Trump lent American recognition to Israel’s claims of exclusive...
Festival of Breaking the Fast 1 of 3
Lее Mаtz for the Wiscosin Muslim Journal Thursday, May 13 marked the end of Ramadan and the Eid ul Fitr Holiday. The Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition hosted a Eid Festival with sponsorship from Mosques and Muslim organizations across the Greater...
Festival of Breaking the Fast 2 of 3
Lее Mаtz for the Wiscosin Muslim Journal Magicians, jugglers, cotton candy, rides, ponies and everything else that makes Eid memorable was present at the Eid Festival hosted by the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition on Thursday, May...
Festival of Breaking the Fast 3 of 3
Lее Mаtz for the Wiscosin Muslim Journal Thousands turned out for the Eid ul Fitr Festival on Thursday, May 13th, as Muslims marked the end of Ramadan.
Fasting and finals: How Ramadan is fueling a cultural shift in Wisconsin universities
Members of Alpha Lambda Rho, the University of Wisconsin - Madison’s first student organization for Muslim women WMJ for UW-Madison and Alverno This article is the second in a two-part series examining how religious observance policies and practices at universities in...
The latest Israel-Palestine crisis isn’t a ‘real estate dispute.’ It’s ethnic cleansing.
Mahmoud Illean / AP Photo; MSNBC Palestinians are under threat of eviction from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah to make way for Jewish settlers. As we're watching what might well turn into a third intifada play out in Jerusalem, images of fires burning among the...
Couple reunites for child’s birth after Biden lifts travel ban
CBS News Danah Harbi found love in the most unlikely of places five years ago: a refugee camp in Lebanon. An optometrist from Virginia, she was volunteering there when she met Mashaal Hamoud, a Syrian relief worker. They stayed in touch via WhatsApp. She wanted him to...
Fasting and Finals: How Wisconsin’s universities help Muslim students cope
Muslim students at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee share a meal. Muslim Student Association (UWM) This article is the first in a two-part series that looks at how policies and practices at universities in Wisconsin are impacting Muslim students and changing...
One of the USA’s oldest universities elects its first Muslim student president
Olivia Morris One of the USA’s oldest and most prestigious universities has elected its first Muslim student body president. Yale University, which is a part of the country’s Ivy League university group, recently held its student body elections and Bayan Galal...
