How faith can get in the way of seeking mental health care
(Celia Jacobs for The Washington Post)“Doc, I’ll be honest with you,” a new patient in my therapy practice said. “I don’t really want to be here, but I’ve tried everything else, and my sister finally pushed me to come see you.”She said she had been trying...
Illinois ID Physician’s Book Relays Life-changing Humanitarian Mission to Syria
Chicago-based pediatric infectious diseases expert, Dr. Nour Akhras, says she wants to highlight and humanize refugee resilience.What led you on your mission of serving war-torn areas? I was at a gathering when the war in Syria had first started and the...
MMWC hosts gathering for Nelson Mandela’s grandson at launch of Nakba tour
Photos by Mouna Photography Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, the grandson of globally respected icon of resistance against injustice Nelson Mandela, meets members of Milwaukee’s Muslim community. About 40 community and interfaith leaders joined the Milwaukee...
Three Wisconsin Muslims celebrate Eid at the White House
Photo courtesy of Masood Akhtar Masood Akhtar, founder of We are Many--United Against Hate, was one of three Wisconsin Muslims invited to celebrate the Eid at the White House this year. Three Wisconsin Muslims joined more than 300 Muslim Americans May 1 to...
Rhiannon Giddens, Michael Abels on Winning Music Pulitzer for Opera About Muslim American Slave: “People Are Ready for These Stories”
OMAR courtesy of LA Opera/Cory Weaver Grammy-winning singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens was taking a walk after having dinner with her children and saw a tweet. She had won the Pulitzer Prize for music. “It was literally a total...
‘Ethnic cleansing’ on MSNBC– Nakba at 75 gains remarkable coverage by U.S. broadcasters
Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks of Israeli Apartheid and he Nakba commemorations ceremony at the Capitol to Ayman Mohyeldin on MSNBC, May 13, 2023. Screenshot. The 75th anniversary of the Nakba has brought unprecedented coverage in American media of the...
Evers hosts first Eid celebration in Wisconsin’s executive residence
Photo courtesy of Gov. Tony EversGov. Tony Evers and First Lady Kathy Evers welcomed Muslim leaders from across Wisconsin to the Executive Residence to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr. (Front, left-right) Masood Akhtar, Janan Najeeb, Alder Nasra Wehelie, Tahseen...
On the Anniversary of Her Death, a Friend Reflects on Shireen Abu Akleh
Tunisian journalists protest the May 2022 killing of veteran reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. (Yassine Gaidi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) here are two days that are forever etched in my mind: the day I met Shireen Abu Akleh and the day she was killed. The...
EPA proposes rules to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Eric Kleiner, center, sorts samples for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research Feb. 16 at the EPA's Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response in Cincinnati. (Joshua A. Bickel/AP) The Environmental Protection Agency is...
Prayer rug design project aims to highlight Islam’s diversity in US and Latin America
Muslims gather in midday prayer on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, along the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana. RNS photo by Alejandra Molina.Mustafa Dustin Craun wants to create a conversation around family, place and belonging, asking: 'If you could design a prayer...
