Watching The Message during Ramadan
Director Moustapha Akkad with actors Anthony Quinn and Abdullah Gheith at the filming set of The Message [Al Jazeera Documentary Channel] My great-grandfather Rasim Tabaković served as an imam in the eastern Bosnian town of Višegrad. Always impeccably...
Why Egypt’s water scarcity problem runs deeper than the Nile
No country in the Middle East is a stranger to water scarcity. But Egypt, the region’s largest, is rebranding itself as a leader of the Arab world’s fight against water stress. Home to the world’s longest and perhaps best-known river, Egypt finds itself in...
No rescue: Palestine, representation, and global capitalism
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 25: Pro-Palestinian protesters rally in front of the News Corporation building and near the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, and march on 42nd Street, 5th and Park avenues on Monday, Dec. 25, 2023, in New York City....
Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award honors Milwaukee organizations seeking justice in Palestine
Photos by Elizabeth VorndranRepresentatives from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Muslim Student Association (center) accept the MLK Social Justice Award from organizing committee members Lauren Cross (left) and Jarrett English (right).If Dr. Martin...
US Supreme Court Defends Free Speech on Palestine
Speaker at Washington, D.C., march on Washington for Gaza on Jan. 13. (Diane Krauthamer, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)Free-speech defenders welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to take up a lawsuit that outlandishly claimed a civil society group provided...
Palestinian and proud: American rapper Anees turns up the volume on Gaza
Palestinian musician Anees Mokhiber aka "Anees" performs in concert in Baltimore, Maryland, USA on January 21, 2024 (TRT World/William Castro).Anees Mokhiber wants the world to experience Palestinian joy.The 31-year-old Washington, DC-based musician, who...
Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. establishes a welcoming community hub in Greenfield serving up traditional beverages
Photo by Safiya Schaub Faraz Shuja and Anas Alharani opened Milwaukee's first Qamaria Yemeni Coffee shop in the heart of their community bringing traditional and classic coffee favorites. By some accounts, Yemen was the original home of the beverage that...
Book Review: The Adventures of Nur Al-Din by Badees Nouiouat
The Adventures of Nur Al-Din by Badees Nouiouat Young Adult Fiction A great book takes the reader on a journey. I encourage you to join Farid on his epic journeys through medieval Spain and the surrounding Mediterranean. In the story, Farid, a strong and...
Have the Houthi Red Sea attacks hurt Israel’s economy?
Houthi forces boarding the cargo ship Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea on Sunday, November 19, 2023 [Houthi Media Center via AP]Tensions in the Red Sea have extended to Yemeni land after the United States and the United Kingdom led bombings against multiple...
Art showcase to raise awareness about and funds for Gaza
Milwaukee multidisiplinary artist Liala Amin had the idea to put on an art showcase to raise awareness about Gaza.Artist Amal Azzam, co-founder of Fanana Banana art collective in Milwaukee, received an Instagram message in early December from her friend...