Toni Breidinger: First Arab American female driver to compete at NASCAR

February 12th, 20211 NORTH CAROLINA — Toni Breidinger, 21, a rising star in the car racing world, is set to become the first Arab American female driver to compete in a NASCAR national series. Breidinger, who is also a successful model, hails from the Bay Area in California. Her mother was born in Beirut and Breidinger currently has family in...

North Carolina attorney becomes first Yemeni American to serve as judge

January 23rd, 20210 NORTH CAROLINA — Yemeni American Rashad Hauter recently recently made history by being appointed district court judge in the Wake County Judicial District Court. The online publication Yemenis of America announced that Hauter is the first Yemeni American to become a judge in the U.S. Hauter was appointed by Governor Roy Cooper...

America’s first Muslims were slaves

February 1st, 20191 WASHINGTON, DC — In 1807, a wealthy 37-year-old scholar was captured in West Africa, in what is now Senegal, and transported to the United States to be sold into slavery. That man, Omar Ibn Said, lived the remainder of his life enslaved in the American South, and his story might have been forgotten if not for the handwritten...