10 Beautiful Eid Al-Fitr Celebrations From Around the World
With more than two billion Muslims around the world coming together to celebrate the ending of the beautiful month of Ramadan, the diversity of cultures and practices that make up the Muslim experience of Eid al-Fitr is something to treasure and...
Empowering Muslim Women: Refugee Support and Domestic Violence Awareness through Food Catering
Photo courtesy: Texas Muslim Women's Foundation The Texas Muslim Women's Foundation (TMWF) recently hosted a food-tasting event, showcasing their program. "Food for Good," which supports refugee and domestic violence survivor women through catering. The...
Milwaukee poet conveys Palestinian grief, joy and resistance
Photo courtesy of Milwaukee 4 Palestine A lifelong poet, Sawsan Rizeq uses poetry to speak out about the genocide of Palestinians. Creative expression is fundamental to solidarity movements everywhere. Visual artists, musicians, filmmakers and poets often...
What the rising popularity of Yemeni coffee shops says about third places
The most popular spot on a late Friday night in a pocket of Manhattan’s West Village isn’t a trendy bar or a Michelin-starred restaurant but a Yemeni coffee house chain strictly serving coffee, tea and pastries.A step into Qahwah House on Carmine Street...
How American media incited genocide
New York Times newspapers are being printed at the New York Times College Point Printing Plant in Queens, New York City on May 30, 2024 [File: Reuters/Stephani Spindel]Despite the US government’s incessant claims that it is working to secure a ceasefire,...
Wisconsin’s first Muslim women’s badminton club grows community of sisters
Photos by Mouna Photography ISM-West's Women's Badminton Club: (First row, left to right), Maimoma Ahmad, Mehwish Adrian, Sabahat Sharwani, Rabia Latif, Romeena Koreishy, Sadia Aman, Rifat Khan, Gazala Sajjad, Sadia Ansari and Masrat Allaqaband, all of...
The Islamic Arts Festival
The festival attracts both Muslims and those belonging to other faithsThe Islamic Arts Festival, a unique and unparalleled celebration, stands as the largest and oldest of its kind in the U.S. Drawing in visitors and artists from all corners of the...
In Philadelphia, a Muslim hub, presidential election feels to many like no choice at all
People attend the Philly Halal Food Festival on Sept. 21, 2024, in Phoenixville, Pa. (Photo by Rhonda Roumani)PHILADELPHIA (RNS) — Reuben Harley, more commonly known as Big Rube, owner of Chef Big Rube’s Kitchen in northwest Philadelphia, was tending to...
Khan Aseya restaurant welcomes neighborhood into ‘Mom’s Kitchen’ for Burmese cuisine
Photo by Cherrie Hanson The name "Mom's Kitchen" honors the family's matriarch and the welcoming energy of a family owned restaurant. Aseya Rashid (center) with her friend Nacimah Be (left) and grandson, Mohamed Khizir. Established in the heart of...
The Choice this Election is between Corporate and Oligarchic Power
The choice in the elections is between corporate and oligarchic power. Corporate power needs stability and a technocratic government. Oligarchic power thrives on chaos and, as Steve Bannon says, the “deconstruction of the administrative state.” Neither are...
