Middle East

“Imagine you’re a star” is the theme for The Guild of Middle Eastern Dance’s 15th annual dance event to raise

Green Card Voices released a book about immigrants in Minnesota who are engaged in STEM careers. We feature four of them in excerpted form in this Innovators issue.

Muslim, Jewish, and Christian women from eight countries in the Middle East and North Africa (the MENA region) spend a

Photo by Sarah Whiting Asma Mohammed wants Muslim women to break their silence about sexual assault, in a way that enables them

As an author, ghostwriter, and social justice advocate, I enjoy finding and sharing true stories about extraordinary people. In recent years I

It was 2015 and millions of refugees were arriving on the shores of Greece. I watched in horror as images

Hanadi Chehabeddine was born in Lebanon and has lived in the U.S. since 2008. She is Muslim and is now

Women Wage Peace, which was founded on the premise that Israeli and Palestinian people had lost hope that there would ever be an agreement, and that women could change that attitude by instilling hope in the population.

“I never thought art would be my career,” says Saudi Arabia-born Hend Al-Mansour, who now makes her home in Minnesota.

“I was distressed about particularly the outcome of our involvement in Iraq. This seemed like something small that I could do to contribute in a positive way.”

“The bold question [for the café conversation] was ‘how do we prepare and propel more women into leadership roles in public life and civil society?'”

“Ever since I was little my dad and my grandparents have been telling me about Iran. … I’ve started understanding that not all laws are just and not all people are treated equal. [It’s] an issue I’ve become very passionate about.”