By Sarah Karim, Executive Director, Ethaar Close your eyes for a moment and picture what comes to mind when you hear the word refugee. Like many...
In 2021, MuslimMatters hosted the Muslim Bookstagram Awards to celebrate and uplift Muslim voices in literature. We interviewed the judges of the awards to get their...
An elderly grandmother who comes to taraweeh every night turns out to be a war hero living in our midst. The remarkable tale of Hajjah Hasna...
When Ramadan rolls around every year there’s a buzz in the house of making menus, freezing meals for easy preparations, decorating the house, and sharing baskets...
As many as 811 million people across the world go to bed hungry each night. This is primarily due to them living in poverty, or environments...
A Nightmare Ramadan As Muslims around the world enter the month of Ramadan with fervor and excitement, displaced and refugee families prepare to experience either their...
By Hussam Ayloush After 20 years as a civil rights activist, I was detained for the first time – on International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10...
The influx of Central American refugees into the United States has surged dramatically in recent months and has created a humanitarian crisis on the country’s southern...
By Tasneem Hoque, MD This is a continuation of Save Rohingya: A Physician’s Journal, Part 1 January 16, 2018: Day 8, Thaingkhali Camp Block E4 It...
By Tasneem Hoque, MD The Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA) began medical relief missions to the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh in late December...