A black Muslim hero: Othello adaptation explores religious roots of Shakespeare’s tragic Moor
An adaptation of Othello subtly reinterprets the tragic hero's religious identity, presenting to audiences the possibility that the Moor of Venice was a closeted, practicing Muslim. Produced by the English Touring Theatre, there is an Arabic recitation in...
Sports Hijab is enabling Muslim girls to be more active while upholding beliefs
American Muslims are more visible than ever across the nation, which is quite ironic in the midst of a political climate trying to erase their existence and contributions in the Land of the Free. In recent years, we’ve seen comedian Hasan Minhaj rise to...
An illness that does not discriminate by culture, ethnicity, or faith
No matter what your ethnicity is, we are all human-beings and mental disorders are common. Individuals need to be more vocal if they feel like something is wrong. Bipolar syndrome can be diagnosed and the condition needs proper care with therapy. Walking...
Kashfia Rahman’s participation in “Science Fair” featured at Milwaukee Film Festival
Winner of the Sundance's "Festival Favorite Award,” the National Geographic documentary follows the lives of nine brilliant and dedicated high school students from 78 countries, as they participate in the International Science and Engineering Fair. The...
New film explores the life and legacy of Nobel laureate Muhammad Abdus Salam
The film "Salam: The First ****** Nobel Laureate" begins and ends with a gravestone in a quiet mass cemetery in Pakistan. We see the deceased’s name: “Professor Muhammad Abdus Salam,” followed by his birth and death dates, 1926 and 1996, and a puzzling...
The new Islamophobia looks like the old McCarthyism
These days, our global political alliances seem to shift with remarkable rapidity, as if we were actually living in George Orwell’s "1984." Are we at war this month with Oceania? Or is it Eastasia? In that novel, the Party is able to erase history, sending...
Sayyid Sameer Ali: The ministry of social justice
As a hospice Chaplain, Sayyid Sameer Ali works extensively with people of other faiths, helping them cope with the conditions of hospice. As a Shia Imam, he is part of a new generation of Imams who are challenging notions within the Muslim community. In...
Olympian and rapper share stories to conquer Muslim stereotypes
Nine-year-old Zainab Sharifa-Mukhtar, who started wearing a hijab to school this year, came to the University at Albany Wednesday to meet two examples of who she could be when she grows up: an Olympic fencer and a chart-topping rapper. "My main thing was...
Proposed change to make green cards harder for low-income families to obtain
Rights groups say proposed public-charge rule change will adversely affect low-income families, people with disabilities. The first thing Alfredo* bought for his parents when he started working was a refrigerator. He was still in Mexico, in the city of...
Who Is Hussain? Memorial March brings a message of peace to Milwaukee
The Chicago chapter of Who is Hussain co-hosted a memorial march in downtown Milwaukee to inform the general public about Hussain Ibn Ali’s (R) message of compassion, social justice, and equality on October 13. Who is Hussain is an international movement...
