Book Review: Sarah Schulman tackles the urgency, and pitfalls, of solidarity
THE FANTASY AND NECESSITY OF SOLIDARITYby Sarah Schulman320 pp. Penguin Random House $30 Author Sarah Schulman’s latest book, The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity, brings together eclectic historical movements, moments, and cultural workers and texts,...
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...
“My Head Is Covered Not My Brain” Belgium Hijab Ban
Arab America With rising Islamophobia in Europe, it has become more challenging for Muslims to live life like any other people. This is especially the case for Muslim women. Again, we hear about a new hijab ban in a different European country....
Entrepreneur Kenan Saleh’s keys to success
When Kenan Saleh started middle school in Fond du Lac, he told his parents wanted to be a successful CEO by the age of 21. His parents, both physicians, recommended he keep studying biology just in case that didn’t work out. “Alhamdulillah, he did it,” his...
Pak-origin ‘Cardiac Magician’ Hina Chaudhary featured among top US cardiologists
WOW 360 NEW YORK: Renowned Pakistan origin cardiologist known as a “Cardiac Magician,” Dr. Hina Chaudhary, who researches cardiac regeneration in which dead heart cells after a heart can be regenerated, has been named amongst the top science fellows by the...
Biden administration embraces antisemitism definition that includes some criticisms of Israel
Earlier this week, a U.S. State Department official declared that the Biden administration “embraces and champions” the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. That definition notably defines...
Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival is back!
Renowned educator Reggie Jackson of America's Black Holocaust Museum is the talkback speaker next Saturday after the Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival’s Virtual Film Series features the award-winning film “Prince Among Slaves.” MilwaukeeMag.com “COVID-19...
Biden Announces End of U.S. Support to Saudi War in Yemen
Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times President Biden outlined a sweeping vision of restored American global leadership on Thursday, announcing an end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s military campaign in Yemen and vowing to confront Russia and China....
Three Muslim actors make Golden Globe history
Creative Commons For the first time in history, three Muslim actors have received Golden Globes award nominations in the same year. Ramy Youssef will defend the prize for best actor in a television series musical or comedy that he won last year for his...
