A Muslim Student’s Advice On Making College Classes More Inclusive
While many colleges and universities around the United States are committed to diversity and inclusion, they often forget to include religion in that vision. Many educators prioritize secular approaches and, as a result, exclude rather than include the...
Untreated diseases could kill more than bombings in Gaza, WHO warns
As the truce in Gaza continues for a fifth day, aid agencies say more humanitarian assistance is needed. Untreated diseases could eventually kill more people in Gaza than bombings if the health system is not restored, the World Health Organization says....
Self-defense or genocide? Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli views debated at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Illustrative photo by Cherrie Hanson This illustrative photo intends to capture the disconnected conversation between polarized perspectives in Wisconsin's first major discussion on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, says its creator, Cherrie Hanson, WMJ...
In Gaza, the cease-fire accentuates the barbarity of the war
Palestinians walk by buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Nov. 25, 2023, on the second day of the temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) (RNS) — The...
Three Palestinian students aged 20 shot in Vermont, US: What to know
According to police the victims were speaking Arabic and two were wearing keffiyehs when attacked in Burlington.Three young Palestinian men have been shot near a university campus in Vermont in the US weeks after a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy...
Prestigious Amsterdam documentary festival faces boycott and protests following anti-Palestinian statements
FILMMAKERS AND ATTENDEES PROTESTING IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE AND AGAINST IDFA’S STATEMENTS, AMSTERDAM, NOVEMBER 13, 2023. Filmmakers are taking action against the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) following the festival’s...
Harvard Law Review editors vote to kill article about genocide in Gaza
Students protest for Palestine during a football game as the Harvard Crimson take on the Yale Bulldogs on Nov. 18, 2023. Photo: Williams Paul/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesA WEEK AFTER Hamas’s October 7 massacre, by which time Israel’s all-out assault on...
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hosts dialogue on Palestinian-Israeli conflict
Photos by Cherrie Hanson(Left-right) Professor Caroline Seymour-Jorn; Rabbi Joshua Herman, executive director of Hillel Milwaukee; Professor Shale Horowitz, Ph.D.; and Othman Atta, executive director of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee participate in the...
Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center helps new MPS teachers from Nigeria feel at home
Photos by Kamal Shkoukani Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center hosted a welcome event Oct. 28 for new teachers Milwaukee Public Schools recruited from Nigeria to help fill the teacher shortage. Facing a growing teacher shortage, Milwaukee Public Schools hired...
In a flash, Melissa Joudah lost 60 family members and use of her legs
Melissa, 16 months old, was pulled out of the rubble, completely still and quiet [Atia Darwish/Al Jazeera]Deir el-Balah – About 4am one night during the second week of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, Yasmeen Joudah woke up to her mobile phone ringing...
