Stories of Strength: Women’s History Month featured at the Islamic Resource Center library
March is Women's History Month. The 2026 theme, selected and published by the National Women’s History Alliance is Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first proclamation designating the week of...
Zaher Sahloul: Russia’s attacks in Syria were a prelude to Putin’s war on Ukraine
Russian and Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes on residential areas of Aleppo, Syria in 2016. (Karam Al-Masrikaram Al-Masri/AFP) Russian and Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes on residential areas of Aleppo, Syria in 2016. (Karam Al-Masrikaram...
Granting Body Which Promotes Muslim Civic Engagement Announces Annual Grant Winners From World of Health, Social Justice And Immigration Rights
Chicago-based Pillars Fund, an organization that amplifies the leadership, narratives and talents of American Muslims, released the winners of the 2022 Pillars Catalyze Fund grants. This year, the grants are supporting 32 Muslim-led non-profits to the tune of $2...
Madison Public Library to host “Muslim Mental Health Matters” program
From left to right: Dania Shoukfeh, Kelly Saran and Maryam Ahmed won one of three grants from the Madison Public Library's 2022 Library Takeover Initiative. The grant is being used to host an event on Muslim mental health at the library.“Mental health is...
Archaeologists discover 9,000-year-old shrine in Jordanian desert
Two carved standing stones at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan's eastern desert [Tourism Ministry via AP] A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists says it found a nearly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. The ritual...
Manchester university under fire after forcing out museum director who hosted pro-Palestinian exhibition
Cloud Studies by Forensic Architecture at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester. (Twitter Photo)LONDON: The UK’s largest university has drawn criticism for forcing the resignation of a senior museum official who found himself in the firing line of a...
What is normal? Who is disabled? How should we treat each other? MU conference keynote speakers will explore tough questions.
Keynote speakers (left to right): Dr. Lennard Davis, a distinguished scholar in disability studies, and disability advocate and playwright Brenda Wesley have both influenced current perceptions of disability. “What is normal?” scholar Lennard J. Davis...
Su’ad Abdul Khabeer presents archival project on Black women
Scholar, artist and activist Su’ad Abdul Khabeer told Yale community members about Umi’s Archive — a collection of pictures, videos, poems and other forms of media honoring the life of her mother — in Sunday’s fourth annual Dr. Betty Shabazz & Malcolm X...
Syrians in Idlib stand by Ukraine after Russia attack
A Syrian artist in the countryside of Idlib painted a mural of solidarity with the Ukrainian people on the remaining wall of a house destroyed by Russian warplanes [Ali Haj Suleiman/Al Jazeera]Binnish, Syria – As the crisis escalates in Ukraine following Russian...
Calling all Muslims: Conference organizer asks Muslim community to join a conversation about disability
Dr. Enaya Othman, founder of the Arab and Muslim Women’s Research and Resource Institute, created a conference, hosted at Marquette University, to deepen understanding around disability and its complexities.One in four Americans live with a disability,...
