Girls Dabke takes root in Milwaukee
Photos by Elhadi MohamedBanat Al-Huriyah Girls Dabke Group debuted in June at Celebrating Palestine, the first Palestinian cultural festival in Milwaukee.Attend any wedding for a bride and groom with family roots in the Levant—Lebanon, Syria, Jordan,...
Milwaukee’s interfaith community celebrates our common humanity with Gratitude exhibit
An exhibition of photographic banners, “Gratitude: a celebration of our common humanity” was displayed in Milwaukee City Hall from November 19 until after the Thanksgiving holiday, a collaborative project of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee’s...
Muslim lawmaker seeks to overturn ban on hats in Congress
A 181-year-old rule banning Congress members from wearing hats of any kind could be overturned in order to accommodate a newly elected Muslim lawmaker who wears a headscarf called a hijab. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who won election this month, is a...
George H.W. Bush: Reflecting on the legacy of our 41st President
On Saturday, November 30th, former president George H.W. Bush passed away at the age of 94. In the days that followed, statements poured in from politicians on both sides of the aisle which depicted the former president as a man of immense grace and...
Unrealized right, unfulfilled promises: A Day of Solidarity in Milwaukee with Palestinians
“The decades-long Palestinian struggle for self-determination, independence, and a life of dignity faces numerous obstacles, including continued military occupation of Palestinian territory, ongoing violence and incitement, continued settlement...
IRC Book Review: Proud, My Fight For An Unlikely American Dream
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. Proud: My Fight For An Unlikely American Dream by Ibtihaj Muhammad with Lori...
Daughters of Jamal Khashoggi recall a loving father and patriot
Writing for the Washington Post, the daughters of the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi declared: “This is no eulogy, for that would confer a state of closure.” Khashoggi, 59, a Saudi national and US resident who wrote for the Post, was last seen...
Bara Omari: Challenging stereotypes by breaking barriers and empowering girls with knowledge
This interview is part of an ongoing editorial series. Each segment highlights a woman in the Wisconsin community. The stories are intended to share personal struggles, public achievements, and the social complexities with their Muslim identity....
Coding as a tool to empower a new generation of Gaza’s Palestinian youth
When Yasmin Helles was an English literature student at a Gaza college, she would spend most of her time online looking for information that could help her in academic life. She always wondered who designed these websites, making all this information...
Syrian refugees volunteer as tour guides at historic museum
Leaning in closely over a brass sphere the size of a clenched fist, Hussein Kara Ahmed explains to his audience the mechanical workings of the world's only complete surviving spherical astrolabe, created by a 15th-century Islamic craftsman named Musa. A...
