From The National (UAE) A woman in Britain who has become the first judge in the western world to wear a hijab hopes to be an inspiration to young Muslims. Raffia Arshad, 40, who grew up…
From The Irish Times (Ireland) It’s 6pm on a Friday in February and Met Éireann has issued a snow and ice warning for most of the country, urging people to stay inside as temperatures plummet nationwide. Flecks…
From Detroit Free Press by Niraj Warikoo | Detroit Free Press | January 24, 2021 Starting next month, the new top federal prosecutor in Detroit will be Saima Mohsin, the first Muslim to be a U.S. attorney…
From The Week by Arsalan Iftikhar | July 28, 2020 There are very few gatherings on the face of the Earth which capture more of the world’s imagination than the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca….
From KPFA Radio | September 8, 2021 Guest: Arsalan Iftikhar was a young human rights lawyer in the days following the 9/11 attacks. It would change his life. He joins us for a conversation on how the…
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) — First Lt. Saleha Jabeen, the U.S. military’s first female Muslim chaplain, graduated from Air Force Basic Chaplain Course Feb. 5 at Maxwell Air Force Base. The graduation ceremony for BCC Class…
From MIT Astrophysicist Nergis Mavalvala has been named the new dean of MIT’s School of Science, effective Sept. 1. She will succeed Michael Sipser, who will return to the faculty as the Donner Professor of Mathematics, after…
From TwinCities.com Qorsho Hassan is a fourth-grade teacher at Echo Park Elementary School in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. “It means a lot,” Hassan said of the award. “It’s very validating.” Hassan, who has been…
