Highlighting a Consistent Muslim Home Writer: Sister Wendy Diaz
This issue of Muslim Home Newsletter is the 200th edition. In recognition of this achievement, all articles fall under the theme of consistency. One of the most consistent and prolific writers for Muslim Home newsletter is Sister Wendy Diaz. Sr Wendy...
The global Church has failed its duty to challenge the Gaza genocide
Pope Leo XIV on the loggia after his election, May 8, 2025. (Photo: Edgar Beltrán / The Pillar / Wikimedia)We have all witnessed close to two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza but heads of the church—its spiritual leaders, its bishops, its pastors—have...
Nearly 80 Expelled at Columbia: Can Students No Longer Protest Without Paying the Price?
Columbia University has expelled or suspended nearly 80 students, some for up to three years, and revoked degrees in response to participation in antiwar demonstrations on campus, including the 2024 pro-Palestinian encampments that captured national...
Palestinian author/filmmaker brings “It Could Have Been Me,” a children’s story about Gaza, to Milwaukee
Photos and stills courtesy of Lina AbdulkarimLina Abdulkarim’s first book, It Could Have Been Me, was among 20 books worldwide to be longlisted for the Middle East Monitor’s 2025 Palestine Book Awards.Ask children’s author and filmmaker Lina Abdulkarim...
Mamdani’s win signifies hope and a political voice for Muslim Americans
Zohran Mamdani greets a supporter at his election night watch party in Long Island City on 25 June. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/ReutersZohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor has a group of Pakistani American aunties and...
Israel’s narrative cannot survive the truth, so it’s silencing the world
Fans watch Kneecap perform at the West Holts stage during day four of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm near Pilton, Somerset, Britain, 28 June 2025. [Andy Rain/EPA]We are living in truly extraordinary times.We recently witnessed the United Nations...
Painting truth, Milwaukee muralist depicts the human cost of war
Photos courtesy of David Najib KasirThe East Side business improvement district offered Kasir the opportunity to paint a new mural after a previous one had been obscured from view. "The Subtration of Children" was completed in mid July at Black Cat...
Film Review: James Gunn’s Superman cements Israel’s villain status in the American imagination
Still from James Gunn’s “Superman” showing Metropolis falafel vendor, Malik Ali, helping Superman during his fight with the villain, the “Hammer of Boravia.” SUPERMANDirected by James Gunn129 minutes, DC Studios, 2025 Editor’s Note: This article contains...
Scenes from the end of Zionism: Reflections on the Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress in Vienna
A billboard outside the first Jewish Anti-Zionist Conference, which was held June 13-15, 2025, in Vienna, Austria. (Photo: Daniel Friedman) The decision to hold the first Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress in Vienna was significant for historical reasons – being...
‘Muslims of the World’ are changing the social dynamic in Milwaukee, one coffee shop at a time
Photos by Cherrie HansonAt Wisconsin's first MOTW location at 2859 W. Rawson Ave. in Franklin, Manager Nour Assad (left) and her uncle, Seif Assad, (right) want to make every customer feel welcome.In a city known for its bar culture, could the expansion of...
