Madison-based Palestine Partners supports women and youth in the West Bank
People in Masafer Yatta planting olive trees as part of the Madison-Masafer Yatta olive grove project. Connecting with groups overseas, Madison-based Palestine Partners is committed to supporting women and youth in the West Bank. Led by Cassandra Dixon,...
The Muslim winner of Bake Off Brasil promotes her recipes and her faith
MiddleEast Monitor A Lebanese Brazilian Muslim woman who won the first series of Bake Off Brasilin 2015 is now a well-known figure all over the country. Samira Ghannoum won the competition over 13 weeks watched by millions in 20 countries across Latin...
Why should we trust COVID-19 vaccines? Dr. Anthony Fauci answers the American Muslim community
AMHP, Patch.com & Norwoodnews With nearly half a million lives lost to COVID-19 in the United States, the virus has not only hurt our physical health but also taken a toll on our mental, social, financial, occupational and even spiritual health. New...
There’s a reason Muslim women struggle to make their voices heard
Islamophobia has made communities distrustful – and the media’s attitude doesn’t help Zesha Saleem is a young, hijab-wearing freelance journalist at the start of her career. Like all young journalists, she has developed a tough exterior in order to be able...
Muslims in America: A forgotten history
For more than 300 years, Muslims have influenced the story of the US – from the ‘founding fathers’ to blues music today. In the summer of 1863, newspapers in North Carolina announced the death of “a venerable African”, referred to, in a paternalistic...
Smart people work everywhere
Blazingcatfur.com Successful entrepreneur urges Muslim community to broaden career options Last week we introduced Kenan Saleh, the young entrepreneur from Fond du Lac who, at 21, sold his advertising company Halo, with an estimated value of up to $8...
The many ways Muslim prisoners are denied religious rights in prison
Getty Images Rick, an African American, and Muslim prisoner, was in a correctional facility in a Midwestern state when he tried to obtain a Quran for worship. His request to the officer in charge was denied. But when he was told the price for it, he was...
7 Muslim-positive TV shows to stream right now
(RNS) — This year’s Golden Globe nominations, in which for the first time three Muslim actors got nods, were a reminder that in the last few years, the television industry has allowed Muslims to go beyond “representing” on the small screen to actually...
One of Wisconsin’s oldest Muslim communities expects to open the doors on a new mosque this year
Akhtar Sultan understood as well as anyone what a new, larger mosque would mean to the Fox Valley’s growing Muslim community. It would be a place of prayer, but also of fellowship -- large enough to host the entire community on the holiest days of the...
Harvard Law Review elects its first Muslim president
Harvard Law School The Harvard Law Review has elected Hassaan Shahawy, a Los Angeles born and bred Egyptian American, as the first Muslim president in its 134-year history. Jennifer Heath, the program administrator and information systems manager at the...
