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In a time of conflicting clamor, it is hard for those serving quietly to make their voices heard. Noor Naghmi, a Pakistani-American actor and producer, has attempted to give voice to medical doctors from his country...

By the time film “Saawan” was ready to screen, Director Farhan Alam knew that the production had the makings of a good successful movie – a powerful script based on a real life story, absorbing performances by...

Describing the recent high-level engagement between Pakistani and American officials as useful toward rebuilding trust, Ambassador Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry has expressed the hope for re-invigoration of the bilateral relationship. Speaking at the World Affairs Council, Connecticut...

Virginia’s immigrant communities are vibrant, successful and have a growing political importance that may shape the outcome of November 7 gubernatorial election like never before. More than 12 percent of the state’s population comprises foreign born...

Khalilah Ali, activist and author, has stepped up her latest humanitarian effort- to raise awareness about the plight of Rohingya refugees and the need for U.S support for the persecuted community. The former wife of legendary...

“There has never been an America without Muslims.” By beginning his book, Muslims and the Making of America, with that sentence, author, Amir Hussain, challenges the assumption in certain current political discourse that sees American Muslims...

Photo: Screenshot/Television Academy on YouTube 69th Emmys Thank You Cam: Riz Ahmed From The Night Of British-Pakistani Riz Ahmed has won an Emmy award for best actor in a limited series or a television movie on...

On Monday, July 24th 2017, Muslim American Leadership Alliance held an event at the historic Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The event, “Muslim American Journeys: Collecting, Preserving, and Archiving Stories...

The chaos of our times is marked by so many factors – terrorism, gun violence, unprecedented onslaught of information, economic disparity, conflicting narratives, propagandist portrayals of the other and heart-rending images of human suffering – that...

Photo I, Laslovarga/Wikimedia Commons The cloud hanging over the future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – which allows nearly 800,000 Dreamers to study and work in the United States – has touched off a...