Muslim community-engaged research highlights Muslim Americans’ end-of-life healthcare gaps and needs
Photos by Mouna Rashid David Zimmerman of CSTI, Iqbal Ashraf of MCHC and Renee Foutz, M.D., and Laila Azam, Ph.D., of MCW stand by a poster presentation of research on Muslim Americans’ perceptions of hospice care at MCW's 10th Annual Community Engagement...
A Look Into How Hollywood Has Portrayed Muslims Throughout History
Like so many of my generation, I was ‘raised’ in a sense by TV and movies, from watching Jackie Chan and Jim Carrey as a child to my adolescence filled with the Hard R action of John Woo and Tarantino to my adulthood in which films have become akin to a...
Empowering South Asian Voices: Bridging the Media Diversity Gap
With over 5.4 million South Asians residing in the United States, this vibrant and rapidly growing community now surpasses the population of 25 U.S. states, including Utah and Oregon. Despite the size and diversity of this group—which includes people from...
“Tatreez for a Cause” promotes understanding, raises funds for Palestinian children
Photos by Mouna Photography Honoring their Palestinian heritage, Huda Asad (left) and Heba Mohammad (right) organized a hands-on tatreez class to raise money and awareness for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. Cousins Huda Asad and Heba Mohammad of...
Western literature serves Israeli colonisation, US publishers must cut ties
While well over 40,000 Palestinians have been martyred, publishing has perpetuated a propagandised Zionist narrative, write Books Against Genocide. [GETTY]“The effort to become a great novelist simply involves attempting to tell as much of the truth as one...
US House fails to pass anti-NGO bill that could target pro-Palestine groups
Legislators in the United States House of Representatives have voted down a bill that would have granted the Department of the Treasury broad authority to revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofits deemed to be supporting “terrorism”.On Tuesday, the Stop...
Veterans For Peace brings renowned anti-war activist Ann Wright to Milwaukee, calls for armistice in Gaza
Photos by Kamal MoonAnti-war activist Ann Wright, a retired Army colonel and former U.S. diplomat spoke Monday at Milwaukee Veterans For Peace's Armistice Day commemoration. Milwaukee Veterans For Peace’s 18th Armistice Day celebration Monday in Milwaukee...
A Green Revolution in the Muslim World
You never thought you would witness something beyond your imagination, nor did you anticipate that the next generation would be so caring and responsible toward the planet and its communities. Yet, on November 10, 2024, in a small hall brimming with over...
Madison’s Canaan Palestine Co. empowers farmers with distribution to worldwide markets
Photos courtesy of Canaan Palestine Women farmers who work with Canaan Palestine as part of the women cooperatives organized under the Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA) Palestinian company Canaan Palestine preserves the centuries-old culinary and...
No, there were no ‘antisemitic pogroms’ in Amsterdam. Here’s what really happened.
A crowd of Israelis tear down a Palestinian flag hanging on a building in the city of Amsterdam. Hundreds of Israelis and fans of the notoriously racist Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team had traveled to the city for a match in the city. Following a string of...
