Muslims perform hajj to worship God, commemorate Prophets Ibrahim and Muhammad
This year’s hajj season wraps up this week. Performing hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the five pillars...
Nargis Hakim Rahman is the Civic Reporter at 101.9 WDET. She works with the Documenters program to increase civic engagement. Rahman graduated from Wayne State University, where she was a part of the Journalism Institute of Media Diversity. Rahman started as an intern at WDET in 2010. She participated in the Feet in Two Worlds food journalism fellowship with WDET's Detroit Storymakers project in 2018.
Rahman is a Bangladeshi American who was raised in Metro Detroit. She is passionate about community journalism in the Greater Detroit area. She hopes to give American Muslims and minorities a voice in the press.
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit officials will limit downtown Ford Fireworks viewing areas
Detroit is limiting where people can watch Monday night's fireworks display. The city is closing the Riverwalk and 10 additional...
Social worker Mubeen Qureshi: It’s courageous for men to seek mental health care
Mubeen Qureshi, a licensed master social worker and owner of Qureshi Therapy, says men are significantly less likely to see...
BIPOC healthcare storytelling platform NOWINCLUDED expands to Detroit
NOWINCLUDED is an online storytelling platform that helps communities of color learn about health and healthcare disparities among minority communities....
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit adds ambulances for summer months after signing emergency contract
The Detroit Fire Department is expanding its services to include an average of 40 running ambulances per day during the...
Crossing the Lines: Supreme Café brings halal organic gourmet food options to Detroit’s Bagley neighborhood
This story is part of WDET’s Crossing the Lines: Live6 series, exploring the neighborhoods around the intersection of Six Mile...
Detroit Evening Report: Housing canvassers to visit 60K Detroit homes to raise foreclosure prevention awareness
Canvassers in Detroit will knock on 60,000 doors to raise awareness about tax foreclosure prevention options in the city. Subscribe...
Detroit Evening Report: Demolition of Detroit incinerator scheduled for June 11
Detroit officials say they'll use explosives to demolish the shuttered incinerator smoke stack later this month. Subscribe to the Detroit...
American physician documents Syrian refugee crisis in new book
Nour Akhras is a Syrian American pediatric infectious disease physician and author of “Just One: A Journey of Perseverance and...
Detroit Evening Report: Community fridge provides access to free food on Detroit’s westside
A community refrigerator with free food was placed outside a church on Detroit’s westside over the weekend. Subscribe to the...
Detroit Evening Report: City of Detroit accepting applications for Arts Alley Fellowship program
The City of Detroit’s Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship has launched a new Arts Alley Fellowship program, where fellows...
Garden City dentist leads focus elevating women Arab American business owners
Dr. Asmaa Abdel-Salam is a general dentist at Precision Family Dental in Garden City and leads the Arab American Women's...