Thousands of Milwaukee Muslims gather together to celebrate Eid al-Adha
Photos by Lila AryanPeople of many cultures and one faith, dressed in their finest, came together to pray on Eid al-Adha in Milwaukee.Thousands of Muslims from Greater Milwaukee gathered last Friday in the recently expanded Baird Center in downtown...
IRC Book Review: The Moor’s Account
Elise Bellin, MLIS is the IRC Librarian and this book review is part of an ongoing series that focuses on a range of books within the IRC collection as a service to the community. The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami, © 2014 – ISBN: 9780307911667 Little is...
Muslim Gatekeepers Look After Synagogue
Three generations of Muslim have been the gatekeepers in charge of looking after and maintaining three synagogues in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata. The Beth El synagogue built in 1856 and the bigger Magen David synagogue built in 1884 on the adjacent...
IRC Book Review: Parent-Child Relations: A Guide To Raising Children
Elise Bellin, MLIS is the IRC Librarian and this book review is part of an ongoing series that focuses on a range of books within the IRC collection as a service to the community. Parent-Child Relations: A Guide To Raising Children by Hisham Altalib,...
Syed Abbas, Frontrunner for Madison City Council
Syed Abbas and Diane Farsetta, both non-partisan candidates, will face off on April 2nd after advancing from the Spring Primary election for Madison City Council, District 12. Abbas shares his vision: I have always had a passion to serve my community....
Dr. Nat Godley: Empowering Women, One Student at a Time
"As a white man who values cultural diversity, I want to be involved in a pedagogy that empowers people that may otherwise be dis-empowered." -Dr. Nat Godley Dr. Nat Godley remembers arriving at Alverno College in the summer of 2011, the same time the...
Ma’ruf opens youth center to serve North Side community
For years, an ACE hardware store sat on the corner of 2110 W. Hampton in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. When the owner looked to sell the building in 2017, proposals began flowing in. The problem was that all the proposals were for liquor stores or...
La Crosse business targeted with racist graffiti at Muslim owner
A taxi company in La Crosse was the target of racist graffiti recently. The slur, used as a derogatory way to describe people of Middle Eastern descent, was found on the garage of Bullet Cab with the owner's name. The perpetrator spray painted “Sand...
Refugee resettlements in Wisconsin plunge to lowest level in a decade
Fewer refugees found a new home in Wisconsin in 2018 than any other year in a decade, despite the number of displaced people around the world reaching unprecedented levels. That’s according to data published by the U.S. State Department's Refugee...
Hoops and Hijabs: Salam School’s basketball Stars reshape social perceptions about girls in sports
The sports program at Milwaukee’s Salam School began the season in relative obscurity, but over the past few months has captured national media attention for its all-Muslim varsity girls’ basketball team. For its second to last match of the season, against...
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