American Cinco de Mayo outshines its boring roots
Growing up in Mexico, Cinco de Mayo celebrations were about as exciting as Arbor Day. The American version may not be authentic, but it’s even better than the real thing.
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16 Aug
Young Muslim counts the blessings of Ramadan
The scent of home-cooked food at three in the morning and the calm of utter silence as hundreds of people stand together in prayer can only mean one thing: it’s Ramadan. In my mosque, people from Egypt, Tanzania, Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Denmark and countless other countries come together to commemorate this blessed month. While [...]
20 Jul
Seattle Muslims prepare for long Ramadan days
Fasting for 17 hours a day is no walk in the park. But it’s that much harder when the person sitting next to you is eating a cheeseburger, or a succulent slice of pizza. Or, for Mohammad Ismail, there’s that tempting looking Starbucks on the way to work. Born in Pakistan, this is the second [...]
15 Jun
New citizens celebrate Flag Day as Obama promises to end youth deportation
Refugee and immigrant community organizers gathered in the country’s most diverse neighborhood, on Wednesday to redefine how Seattleites celebrate Flag Day. Immigrant rights organization OneAmerica put together the event in a Columbia City park to provide citizenship information, voter registration and other resources to new immigrants and refugees. Organizers said they hoped to revive the marginal holiday, which [...]
21 Apr
Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates Easter, sans bunnies.
In the early 90′s, ethnic conflict tore Yugoslovia apart along religious lines, driving thousands refugees in search of peace elsewhere. One of the largest groups to arrive in the the Seattle area were Orthodox Christians, most of them Serbian. When they got here, many of them found a home at St. Sava’s Serbian Orthodox church in [...]
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