Wisconsin bike rides support Gaza Sunbirds
Photos courtesy of The Great Ride of Return MKE The Great Ride of Return - Milwaukee's inaugural ride in April 2024 included a stop at the Sunburst statue on Wisconsin Ave. In early 2024, something popped up in southside Milwaukee resident Eric Kleppe-Montenegro’s...
We Finally Heard “Habibi” — And It Meant We Belong
Ramy Youssef’s appearance on “Sesame Street” didn’t look like a major cultural moment at first. It was simple. He greeted Elmo with “Salamu Alaykum,” explained that it means peace, and shared the word “habibi,” meaning “special friend.” It was warm, easy,...
Locked Up by Israel at 15, Palestine Activist Is Now Jailed by ICE
Federal immigration agents transported Salah Sarsour hundreds of miles away from his family to a county jail in Indiana that contracts with ICE, where Sarsour remains incarcerated today as attorneys petition for his release. Free Salah Sarsour /...
Milwaukee Muslims launch Permaculture Book Club
Photo by Cherrie Hanson Masjid Al Quran hosts an Earth Day celebration Sunday, April 26, on its farm, with tree and flower planting, a water photo contest and lecture by ecologist Huda Alkaff of Wisconsin Green Muslims. A growing group of environmentally...
Rooted and Ready
Nasheed presentation from ICN Noor Academy studentsOn April 3 to 5, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) hosted its 27th Annual Education Forum in collaboration with WISER and CISNA, in Chicago. It welcomed about 450 educators, administrators,...
Tufts University student targeted by Trump administration completes PhD
Rümeysa Öztürk in Boston, Massachusetts, on 10 May 2025. Photograph: Faith Ninivaggi/ReutersRümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student who was targeted by the Trump administration last year in response to co-writing a pro-Palestinian op-ed, completed her...
Milwaukee Film Festival features “Traces of Home,” a Palestinian-Mexican American family’s journey
Photo by Rey TangColette Ghunim’s debut feature film, Traces of Home, won the Grand Jury Prize for Best U.S. Documentary at DOC NYC, the premier competition for documentary film in the United States.Nine years ago, filmmaker Colette Ghunim decided to...
The Wood Wide Web: Signs Beneath Our Feet
There are forests that seem quiet.You walk through them and hear only the wind brushing against leaves, the soft crack of twigs beneath your feet, and perhaps the distant call of a bird. Everything appears still, separate, and independent.But beneath that...
Why are Democratic leaders still ignoring voters on Israel?
‘Outside of the Democratic leadership bubble, this extreme disconnect from the polled opinions of the party’s base might seem puzzling or even stunning.’ Photograph: Rod Lamkey/APWhen the Democratic party’s governing body adjourned its meeting on Saturday...
Wisconsin Classic Stage presents first ever anti-war drama—The Persians
A new Milwaukee theater company opens its first season with The Persians, an ancient play about the price of war. Two dollars from every ticket sold directly benefits WarChild, a nonprofit that protects and supports the wellbeing of children impacted by...
