Azal Coffee in Walker’s Point delivers on global flavors and local hospitality
Photos by Cherrie HansonOwners Mike Kaid (on left) and Musa Jamal and Bobby Kaid (not shown), have familial business roots in Milwaukee but this is their first coffee shop.Azal Coffee is Milwaukee’s newest Muslim-owned coffee shop, located in the heart of...
Zeshan B: Rising star talks about “Brown-Skinned Soul” and his identity
Chicago-born Indian-Muslim artist, Zeshan B performed a special concert of his remarkable blend of music at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts on September 15. Zeshan B weaves soul music from the 1960s and 1970s with Indo-Pakistani folk...
Community partnership fulfills hometown dream for Zeshan B with Marcus Center concert
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts and the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition partnered together on September 15 for the first time to host a cultural entertainment special with the American-born Indian singer and songwriter, Zeshan B....
IRC Book Review: Zeitoun
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. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, © 2009 ISBN: 9781934781630 For those of you that are...
SAFLI students from UW-Madison experience a day of language and cultural immersion
For the fourth summer now, students from the South Asia Flagship Languages Initiative (SAFLI) program through the University of Wisconsin-Madison visited the Islamic Resource Center for a local cultural immersion experience. The special initiative of the...
Maryam Al-Khawaja talks about survivor’s guilt in Marquette democracy project
Maryam Al-Khawaja is a Bahraini Human Rights Defender, works as an Advisor on Advocacy with the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), and is on the Board of the International Service for Human Rights. She previously served as the Co-Director for the GCHR...
Mark Pocan among U.S. Representatives who condemn Trump’s actions against Palestinians
U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Betty McCollum (MN-04), Raúl Grijalva (AZ-03), and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) today released the following statement condemning the Trump Administration’s recent actions...
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reflects on life affirming lessons in “Becoming Kareem”
Based on his NYTimes best-selling book, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was in Milwaukee on September 7 for his live on-stage show at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts - Uihlein Hall, and the Wisconsin Muslim Journal caught up with him on the red carpet....
Political Science class on terrorism prompts backlash from UW-Madison students over racism
Originally published by Parker Schorr as Terrorism class syllabus prompts critiques of bias, racism in UW political science department on The Badger Herald UW student Ali Khan's critique of class on Facebook quickly tallied hundreds of likes, comments, and...
Zeshan B’s concert to share his new genre of music with Milwaukee
Virtuoso vocalist Zeshan B is widely being recognized as one of the most unique singers to come out of Chicago. He will be at the Marcus Center’s Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall for one night only on Saturday, September 15 at 7:30 pm. Blending the...
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