How Ottoman culinary traditions continue to shape Ramadan meals across South Asia
As the call to prayer softens the edges of dusk, kitchens across South Asia begin their quiet transformation. Dough rises beneath muslin cloths, milk simmers into silk, and dates are deseeded, split open with care. Hundreds of miles away, in the shadow of...
Waves of Change: Meet Wisconsin Green Muslims founder and director Huda Alkaff
Huda Alkaff, founder and director of Wisconsin Green MuslimsWaves of Change is a new online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region.This month, we spoke...
PBS and NPR leave out key facts in their Israel stories
TAMARA KEITH OF NPR ON THE PBS NEWS HOUR “POLITICS MONDAY” SEGMENT ON FEB. 26, 2024. SCREENSHOT.I watch and listen to public broadcasting, and in recent days, commenters on those media have repeatedly mystified Israel coverage with statements they have to...
Bint Jamila’s Table’s unique creations unite people around Palestinian cuisine
Photos by Kamal MoonFood artist Muna Riyad Sharma of Bay View (left), an event stylist and producer, named her business “Bint Jamila's Table.” Bint Jamila is Arabic for “daughter of Jamila.” Her mother Jamila (right) is her inspiration, she said.Friends...
Will Biden’s Gaza stance cost him Wisconsin primary votes?
Actress Susan Sarandon, center, stands with activists from the group CodePink on Feb. 15 outside the Capitol Hill offices of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., as they advocate for Gaza. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A Wisconsin advocacy group is urging Democratic...
Weekly Briefing: Aaron Bushnell calls U.S. progressives to their greatest traditions
A VIGIL FOR AARON BUSHNELL OUTSIDE THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON ONE DAY AFTER HIS DEATH. PHOTO FROM DEMOCRACY NOW! When news broke last Sunday of the death of the US Air Force member Aaron Bushnell, who declared, “I will no longer be complicit in...
Honoring Milwaukee’s Muslim entrepreneurs and visionaries on International Women’s Day
Photo by Mouna Rashid Taqwa Obaid, owner of Taqwa's Restaurant and Bakery at 4651 S. 27th St, grew as a caterer into an influential Muslim restaurateur in the Milwaukee area. As Milwaukee’s Muslim community has grown during the past 30 years, Muslim women...
Arab, Muslim organisers praise ‘uncommitted’ protest vote for Gaza in Michigan primary
The Council on American-Islamic Relations conducted an exit poll of Muslim voters and found that 94 per cent of the community chose uncommitted on the ballot. [Getty]Arab and Muslim advocacy leaders and groups are praising the high turnout of...
6 tips for balancing individualism and collectivism in a modern world
Living in the West, many of us have been taught to value our personal achievements and oftentimes, give little thought to pursuits that benefit the community as a whole. In Islam however, the beauty of our religion is how it gracefully entwines aspects of...
How a midlife crisis started Wisconsin’s new Albanian organization
Albanian language students and their teacher Albana Zagloul celebrated Albanian Independence Day Nov. 28 during class at the Oak Creek Library. By all accounts, longtime Milwaukee Muslim community member Albana Zagloul has just gone through a midlife...
