How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine
Illustration by Molly Crabapple I started believing when Zohran gave his speech at the Church of the Village,” Kareem Elrefai told me. On June 24, the night it became clear that Zohran Mamdani would win the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City,...
House Democrats just passed a bill to repeal Trump’s travel bans
Nicole Narea for VOX Zach Gibson/Getty Images Even amid the pandemic, House Democrats are keeping a focus on President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda: They passed a bill on Wednesday that would repeal the travel ban on citizens of 13 countries and limit...
Madison Consultant Helps Create Workplace Empathy
Maintaining a diverse workplace is a goal of many businesses and non-profits. The Black Lives Matter movement has only heightened concerns about diversity and inclusivity in both the corporate and not-for-profit sectors. In Madison, a new change management...
How One Company Is Bringing Muslim Party Decor To The Masses
Tasmiha Khan for Forbes Eid Party With Eid-ul-Adha coming up end of this month, Muslims all over the world look forward to this holiday. Many choose to decorate their homes to create a festive atmosphere for their families and loved ones. However, the...
WHAT MAINSTREAM LITERATURE STILL NEEDS TO GET RIGHT ABOUT MUSLIM WOMEN
Anmol for Book Riot Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world. —Jeanette Winterson Books and literature are meant to be an escape into worlds that aren’t our own. But what happens when the worlds they are...
Salam School to launch the 2020-21 academic year 100% online
School Board responds to Milwaukee’s volatile COVID-19 situation Salam School of Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s largest Islamic school, will begin the 2020-21 academic year 100% online, as part of a three-phase opening plan, the Salam School Board decided...
IRC Book Review: ‘In Pursuit of Justice: The Jurisprudence of Human Rights in Islam’
Elise Bellin, Librarian of the Islamic Resource Center, wrote this book review as part of an ongoing series that focuses on a range of books within the IRC collection as a service to the community. In Pursuit of Justice: The Jurisprudence of Human Rights...
Democrat Joe Biden snags support of prominent Muslim Americans
Al Jazeera Tom Brenner/Reuters Several prominent Muslim American elected officials endorsed Joe Biden for president in a letter organised by Emgage Action before an online summit on Monday that featured the presumptive Democratic nominee. Among those...
Harvard and Cambridge-educated policy analyst Halah Ahmad pushes for change with values learned at home.
Halah Ahmad completing the Coro Fellows Program In our time, with its extreme division and civic unrest, many people are mobilizing for the first time to push for change. Streets surge with nonviolent protests, demanding a halt to racial, ethnic, economic...
Proud to be Palestinian: Bella Hadid Defends her Heritage
Laila Shadid for Arab America pagesix.com “I am proud to be Palestinian,” supermodel Bella Khair Hadid posted on her Instagram story after the social media platform flagged a photo of her father’s old passport—his birthplace, Palestine. Bella Hadid...
