Announcements Free Backpacks & School Supplies Giveaway On Sept. 12 & 13 The BacktoSchool Giveaway last year when there was no pandemic, and social distancing wasn’t required. (Photo via YM Brooklyn, with permission) KENSINGTON/CONEY ISLAND – NYC public schools are getting ready to open on September 21, [/nyc-school-re-opening-pushed-back-ten-days/] and like every year, community organizations are getting together to give away free
Announcements Ramadan In Brooklyn During A Pandemic: A Virtual Community & Stronger Faith The Quran. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – At this time last year, streets in Muslim-majority communities were packed. People were buying last-minute food items: a box of dates, a big bottle of Rooh Afza (a syrup that makes the most refreshing drink when mixed with water), and frozen samosas for
Announcements ‘Young Muslims’ On Brotherhood And Being Young Muslims In America Ahmad Sleiman (left) and Muhammad Zeb. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – In a country where the president spews anti-Muslim rhetoric, and in a world where many Muslim-majority countries did not join the United Nations’ call to end the mass detention of Uighur Muslims in China, [https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/
