Over 100 journalists call for foreign media access to Gaza as pressure on Israel mounts
With Israel continuing to deny international media access, global coverage has relied almost exclusively on Gaza-based Palestinian journalists. (AFP/File)LONDON: More than 100 prominent journalists have called for “immediate and unsupervised foreign press...
14 Democrats Urge Biden to Shift Approach to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Probe U.S. Aid Violations
U.S. President Joe Biden signing a guestbook at the residence of Israel's president in Jerusalem, last year.Credit: EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/ REUTERSWASHINGTON — Fourteen Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Biden administration to undertake a foundational...
PBS Wisconsin special features Wisconsin’s Muslims
Photo credit: Lila Aryan, courtesy of PBS WisconsinMilwaukee photographer Lila Aryan captured images of Nariman Manasrah (second from left) and her family in Fond du Lac, one of 16 families she photographed for The Wisconsin Muslim Project’s online...
‘Just like everyone else’: Muslim Americans strive to make Eid Al Fitr a school holiday
Muslims pray during on the first day of Ramadan at the Islamic Centre of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. EPA It all started last year, when Saamih Bashir’s eldest son, Kareem, a ninth-grade pupil in the US state of Michigan, started...
Seher Kaya: Paving the Way for Muslim Women in CrossFit, All the Way to Madison
Photo Credit: PC (@ athleteseyephotography)Like many CrossFit women, Seher Kaya has long battled people telling her she’s too muscular.The difference for 2022 CrossFit Games rookie, though, is that oftentimes these disapproving comments come from...
Local Jewish academics respond to Israeli assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque
Photo courtesy of Yasir Gurbuz Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock is the third holiest site for the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims. On April 4th, 2023, Israeli security forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque firing stun grenades and using rifle butts to beat...
Muslim Calls To Prayer Sound on Streets of Astoria For the First Time
Atef Mohamed standing near where he intends to put the Adhan speaker. [Haidee Chu/THE CITY]It was just past 4:33 p.m on Wednesday when the unfiltered sunlight overhead cast a shadow of Sheikh Atef Mohamed that matched his height — a telltale sign that it’s...
Calls for a ‘green’ Ramadan revive Islam’s long tradition of sustainability and care for the planet
Plastic, yes. But at least the bottles are being reused. Marwan Naamani/AFP via Getty Images)For many Muslims breaking fast in mosques around the world this Ramadan, something will be missing: plastics.The communal experience of iftars – the after-sunset...
Eat Halal Milwaukee kicks off first Suhoor Food Truck Fest during Ramadan
Photos by Kamal ShkoukaniThe Suhoor Food Truck Fest in Milwaukee brought families and friends together to celebrate Ramadan in the ample parking lot of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee.Eat Halal Milwaukee created the first ever “Ramadan Addition” Suhoor Food Truck...
When Ramadan means an escalation of Israeli occupation violence
Israeli police arrest a Palestinian worshipper at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, April 4, 2023. Palestinian media reported police attacked Palestinian worshippers, raising fears of wider...
