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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Jayal: Modi has been erasing India’s history — and now he’s gearing up to do it for another five years

Jayal: Modi has been erasing India’s history — and now he’s gearing up to do it for another five years

April 16, 2024

Over the weekend, I attended the Eid banquet hosted by Northwestern’s Muslim-cultural Students Association. An Eid meal occurs during the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which celebrates the end of the month...

NU men's soccer team player and Weinberg junior Ibrahim Obeid. Muslim student athletes balance training and schoolwork during Ramadan fasts.

Fasting for Ramadan doesn’t slow down Northwestern athletes

April 4, 2024

As a practicing Muslim on the men’s soccer team, Weinberg junior Ibrahim Obeid juggles his training schedule, schoolwork and Ramadan fasts — between 29 to 30 days without food or drinks from dawn to...

A Muslim student wearing a kufi, a traditional Islamic cap, stands in front of hundreds of attendees.

McSA fosters community, celebrate cultures with Ramadan iftars

March 31, 2024

At 7:12 p.m. Wednesday, about 160 Muslim students gathered in Parkes Hall to break their fast with a chewy, sweet date.  Every year, the Muslim-cultural Students Association holds iftars during Ramadan,...

The cover for Curtis’s book “Muslims of the Heartland” with landmarks from major US cities and notable locations in the book.

Edward Curtis presents book ‘Muslims of the Heartland’

October 27, 2021

Edward Curtis, a Syrian-Lebanese professor of religious studies at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, introduced his book in a Wednesday event hosted by Shepard Residential College. Curtis'...

Islam scholar Hamza Yusuf Hanson spoke at Lutkin Hall Monday evening. He spoke about his experience studying Islam in Mauritania.

Muslim scholar Hamza Yusuf Hanson visits Northwestern, discusses scholarship in Mauritania

January 14, 2020

One of the country’s most influential Muslim scholars, Hamza Yusuf Hanson, spoke about his experiences studying the Islamic sciences with Mauritian scholars on Monday in Lutkin Hall. Hanson is the...

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