Finding balance: Lessons in holistic well-being
Psychologist and Islamic scholar Imam Ahmad Deeb, Ph.D., included a weekend in Milwaukee on a six-week U.S. speaking tour. He lives in Damascus, Syria. “I’m going to tell you a story,” visiting speaker Imam Ahmad Deeb told a group of more than 60 people...
Long live the student resistance
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDENT ORGANIZERS SET UP THE GAZA SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT ON APRIL 17, 2024. (PHOTO: SOCIAL MEDIA) Priscilla Yuen, Associate Director of Doctoral Affairs at Columbia Engineering, stands with papers flapping in hand, large sunglasses...
Milwaukee physician honoring the practice of ‘Namat Khana’ on Stop Food Waste Day
Food waste is a serious global issue being brought to light by Stop Food Waste Day. Once used a device to keep precious food from going to waste, a namat khana has become a phrase that nods at the respect and reverence for food. In the U.S. and around the...
The world cannot turn its back on Sudan and its neighbours any longer
Sudanese refugees who have fled from the war in Sudan get off a truck loaded with families arriving at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 13, 2024 [Luis Tato/AFP]At Renk in South Sudan, 40km (25 miles) south of the border with Sudan, I met...
3 things to learn about patience − and impatience − from al-Ghazali, a medieval Islamic scholar
Al-Ghazali’s book ‘Alchemy of Happiness,’ held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Al-Ghazali - Bibliothèque nationale de France via Wikimedia CommonsFrom childhood, we are told that patience is a virtue and that good things will come to those who...
Creating skilled, enthusiastic readers is the desire of IRC’s Summer Reading and Activity Program
Kids who participate in the IRC Summer Reading Activity Camp spend several weeks building positive feelings toward reading and frequenting a library that was specially created for them. Years of research has proven that summer reading programs translate...
Mental Health Effects of Video Games and Social Media in Adolescence
Playing video games can have both positive and negative effects on the mental health of children, depending on various factors such as the content of the games, the amount of time spent playing and the child's characteristics. Among the positive effects is...
Yale students launch hunger strike over school’s connection to Gaza assault
THE OLD CAMPUS COURTYARD OF YALE UNIVERSITY (WIKIMEDIA)Fourteen students at Yale University are on a hunger strike over the school’s connection to arms manufacturers currently supplying Israel with weaponry.The group sent Yale University Peter Salovey a...
Milwaukee Muslims remember Gaza while observing Eid al-Fitr
Photos by Kamal Moon Around 6,000 Muslims gathered Wednesday for the Eid al-Fitr prayer at the Baird Center in Milwaukee. Thousands more had prayed at 7:30 a.m at mosques throughout greater Milwaukee. Muslim families, dressed in their holiday best, flowed...
Unlocking the Mysteries of Multiple Sclerosis
A Medical College of Wisconsin physician-scientist, Ahmed Obeidat, MD, PhD, is conducting research he hopes will improve the treatment of MS. For all we know about multiple sclerosis (MS), a central nervous system disease that currently afflicts nearly 1...
