Umar Hakim-Dey, Los Angeles Muslim Leader and Activist, Dies at 55
Umar Hakim-Dey, a prominent Muslim community leader and activist in Southern California who dedicated his life to social justice and interfaith work, has died at 55, community leaders announced Friday, ABC 7 reported.Born and raised in Compton, Hakim-Dey...
Spy In Disguise: FBI Informant’s Role in Upcoming Supreme Court Case on Surveillance of Muslims
Craig Monteilh, pictured in Arab cultural dress, was recruited by the FBI to spy on Muslims. CRAIG MONTEILH WAS no stranger to federal agents. A hulking man who’d spent much of his teenage and adult years as an amateur bodybuilder, Monteilh had once made a living...
Unique photoshoot celebrates people with vitiligo
Two Muslim women volunteered their time and talents to help Visibly Imperfect Perfect create a photoshoot in Wisconsin celebrating people with vitiligo. A serendipitous connection between a medical student, a therapist and a photographer led to a unique project in...
WHAT OUR SCHOOLS TEACH ABOUT 9/11
University of Wisconsin - Madison scholars studied what U.S. secondary schools teach about 9/11. Wisconsin schools participated in a ritual this week that took place across the United States. Every year, on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,...
TWENTY YEARS AFTER 9/11 Complicating the Dominant 9/11 Narrative of National Unity (with reflections for teachers)
By Louise Cainkar, Marquette University With the twentieth anniversary of the September 11th attacks upon us, it is important to vigilantly recall that millions of Arab and Muslim Americans, who had nothing to do with those attacks, suffered enormous civil...
‘Breaking stereotypes’: How 9/11 shaped a generation of Muslim Americans
Muslim students report being teased and harassed when schools focus on 9/11. Maysoon Zayid gained fame as a stand-up comic and actor seen on the daytime soap "General Hospital." Yet she still gets death threats “all the time.” Farhaj Hassan served in the Iraq War with...
How America Can Win the Middle East
Since taking office, President Joe Biden has talked repeatedly about competition with China. To fight off Beijing and other autocracies, he has said, democracies must uphold their values. He has talked much less about the Middle East in that time, and although he has...
How U.S. Wars Abroad Are Intimately Tied to Police Brutality at Home
A protester holds up a Black Lives Mater sign in front of federal security forces in front of the White House during police brutality protests in Washington on June 3, 2020, in response to George Floyd's murder. There are obvious links between anti-war movements...
Dr. Ahmad Nasef Scholarship Winners Announced
Dr. Ahmad Nasef Scholarship winners: Fatimah Abdul Manan, Bashar Hamdoun, Safanah Ahmad Alabbas, Daniaye Lah and Mala Lue Hanan Refugee Relief Group announced five winners of the Dr. Ahmad Nasef Scholarship Sept. 1. This first group of Nasef Scholarship recipients all...
Wisconsin’s first Arabic-style roaster opens in Milwaukee
Ayman Saif opened Wisconsin’s first Arabic roastery. Mouna Photography “Welcome. Welcome.” Soft-spoken Ayman Saif, owner of Paradise Roastery, greets customers and guests to Wisconsin’s first Arabic-style roastery. His shop at 814 W. Layton Ave. in Milwaukee roasts...
