Celebrating Ramadan Under the Shadow of COVID-19
Former Fi2W fellow Nargis Rahman reports from Detroit.
Tag: Muslims
Brooklyn Artist uses Call to Prayer to Focus on Attitudes Toward Muslims
Artist Ateqah Khaki highlights the everyday lives of Muslims and encourages dialogue about Islam in new multimedia project.
"Prince America": The Old World Annoints a "New World" Leader
Sen. Barack Obama is back on American soil, but his tour through the Mideast and Europe cemented the presidential hopeful’s international rock star appeal. Criticisms of Obama’s appearances abroad were few and far between. Foreign newspapers and journalists offered praise for Obama’s trip…
Obama and Muslims: Part II
By Aswini Anburajan We began blogging about Barack Obama’s troubled relations with Muslims and Arab-Americans yesterday. Today the headline in The New York Times reads “Muslim Voters Detect a Snub From Obama.” The article, which has an interview with Rep….
Lifting the veil on Obama's relations with Arab-Americans
The sharp outcry last week after two Muslim women wearing headscarves were told they couldn’t appear behind Senator Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Detroit, has raised questions about the credibility and motivations of Obama’s post-racial, multi-ethnic message and…