Milwaukee’s first Palestinian festival debuts June 15
Milwaukee-based Al Watan dabke troupe perform at the Muslim Women's Coalition 2024 gala. The nationally renowned dancers will perform June 15 at Milwaukee's first festival celebrating Palestinian culture.Festa Italiana, Irish Fest, German Fest, Bastille...
Airbnb to remove rental listings from illegitimate settlements in the West Bank
The U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights recently reported that after years of controversy, Airbnb will remove all home-sharing lists - roughly 200 - in illegal Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank. According to a blog...
Adnan Bin-Mahfouz: Speaking the Universal Language of Food
Manifesting the belief that food is the best way to start any conversation, Adnan Bin-Mahfouz walked away from his business development career to become a chef and private business owner. His new work uses food to breakdown language barriers by bridging...
A Legacy in Stone: Photos from Syria before War
“Legacy in Stone: Syria Before War” is a collection of 100 black-and-white photographs immortalizing the ancient monuments of Syria. Kevin Bubriski was on assignment in Syria in 2003, during the infancy of the U.S. war in neighboring Iraq. He was...
Students seek day off for 2021 Muslim holiday
Students in North Carolina's largest public school district may get the day off for one of Islam's most important holidays in 2021. Local media reports a Wake County calendar committee decided recently to make Eid al-Fitr a teacher work day during the...
Celebrating peace not war on 100th anniversary of WWI Armistice
The 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, which celebrated the end of World War I, was observed with a special program at Milwaukee City Hall on November 11. The event was a reminder of the day, that now honors veterans, was originally established as a day...
Remembering sacrifices and contributions by Muslim soldiers on Veterans Day
Janan Najeeb, president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition, was one of the featured speakers at the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, held at Milwaukee City Hall on November 11 to remember the tragedies of World War I and the call for peace in its...
Rohingya refugees fearful of forcible repatriation to Myanmar despite UN objections
The governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar are to push ahead with the repatriation of thousands of Rohingya this week, despite objections by the UN, and against the wishes of the refugees, who spoke of being “terrified” at being sent back. Fear gripped the...
Tenth Annual Milwaukee Film Festival Explores Arab Community and Culture Through Film
The Tenth Annual Milwaukee Film Festival hosted a range of motion pictures that celebrated the diversity of the Arab-Muslim community, from October 18 to November 1. Films were selected across a range of topics and groups from Palestinians to...
Why white Americans who commit acts of terror are not called terrorists
Perhaps the path to end terrorism begins with abandoning it as a term we selectively deploy and actively distort. A white gunman walks into a synagogue outside of Pittsburgh and guns down 11 congregants after screaming, "All Jews must die!" during Sabbath...
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