Milwaukee’s Blue Star Café: A tiny Somali café with a big reputation
Photos by Cherrie Hanson (Left to right) Alia Muhyadin and Abdirizak Aden opened Blue Star Café in 2012 and have nurtured it into one of Milwaukee's best-loved family restaurants.Food critics call Blue Star Café, at 1619 N. Farwell, “a hidden gem,” “under...
Israel Responds to Hamas crimes by ordering mass war crimes in Gaza
A man weeps in the rubble of Gaza City after Israeli airstrikes on Oct. 9, 2023. Photo: Belal Khaled/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesISRAEL’S DEFENSE MINISTER Yoav Gallant used genocidal language and ordered mass war crimes in the occupied Gaza Strip on...
Wisconsinites fearful for family members in Gaza
Photos by Hosny SalahThis article is accompanied by photos taken in the Gaza Strip by Hosny Salah, a Palestinian photographer who lives there. Sources’ names have been changed for the protection of their family members in Gaza. Some fear relatives may be...
Israel Can’t Imprison Two Million Gazans Without Paying a Cruel Price
Behind all this lies Israeli arrogance; the idea that we can do whatever we like, that we’ll never pay the price and be punished for it. We’ll carry on undisturbed.We’ll arrest, kill, harass, dispossess and protect the settlers busy with their pogroms....
“Hostages?” How the U.S. media is distorting the news from Palestine
The mainstream U.S. media is using the word “hostages” to describe the Israelis who Hamas militants have captured and taken into Gaza. Analyzing this usage is a good way to introduce how the mainstream is distorting this latest crisis. First, some of the...
27th Steak and Potato serves halal ‘American style’
Photo courtesy of Mohammad Imran27th Steak & Potato owners Osama Abushanab (left) and Mohammad Imran (right) serving halal food at their new restaurant at 3158 S. 27th St. There is no “Islamic cuisine.” Muslims have brought the foods of their many...
A bright light on New York’s Bengali past
When Alaudin Ullah was growing up in East Harlem in the 1970s and 1980s, he loved hip-hop, graffiti art, and the New York Yankees, like many kids did at the time. Still, there was one readily evident difference between Ullah and his peers.Ullah’s parents...
Draw Me Egypt – Doaa El-Adl, A Stroke of Freedom
Doaa el-Adl is an Egyptian cartoonist currently working for the Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper, known for her satirical cartoons with strong political, social or religious themes. She has been cited as Egypt's most famous female cartoonist. Draw me Egypt -...
8th annual Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival returns with PBS, photography exhibit and traditional music
Milwaukee Film and the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition (MMWC) present the eighth annual Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival (MMFF), one of the country’s only Muslim film festivals, on October 19-22, at the historic Oriental Theatre (2230 N. Farwell Ave). “We...
Lines of destiny: the immaculate beauty of the Arabic alphabet
The Arabic alphabet is a fascinating script with a rich history and a unique structure that has captivated scholars, artists, and linguists for centuries. Long has Arabic enchanted people with the ebb and flow of its peerless scripts adorning books, walls,...
