The Muslim Nook story atlas

50 states.
Countless ways to contribute.

Meet the neighbors, volunteers, educators and institutions making a difference. Choose a state to start with one documented local story, then follow the connections.

Every state has a story.

AlabamaFrom a Birmingham student association to schools and community services
AlaskaAn Anchorage family’s welcome, an art business and a community center
ArizonaChandler’s MOVE programs and a public welcome in Tempe
ArkansasLittle Rock’s volunteers, shared spaces and civil-rights history
CaliforniaA Concord rescue and the long work of building a Los Angeles clinic
ColoradoWomen-led family services and a Denver oral-history record
ConnecticutConnecticut’s Muslim volunteers connect shelter service and chaplaincy
DelawareDelaware’s Muslim community builds a campus and works beyond it
FloridaFrom Tampa Bay refugee support to Tallahassee community life
GeorgiaDriving lessons near Atlanta and an Arabic manuscript from Sapelo
HawaiiHonolulu stories: Jan Rumi’s care work and a mihrab’s journey
IdahoBoise’s refugee students organize, read and tell their own stories
IllinoisChicago’s neighborhood work, with another view of its skyline
IndianaStudent service in Indianapolis and community life in Bloomington
IowaWorker organizing in Iowa City and a landmark in Cedar Rapids
KansasLawrence’s Muslim community and the study of Islamic art
KentuckyLouisville’s Ali Center preserves a life and develops young leaders
LouisianaKenner’s relief volunteers and the long aftermath of Hurricane Ida
MainePious Ali and Portland’s work to put students in the conversation
MarylandMaryland stories: a volunteer doctor and a manuscript in Baltimore
MassachusettsMuslim Massachusetts: Roxbury service and Wayland’s community history
MichiganDetroit’s housing, oral histories and community health care
MinnesotaEbro Ahmed’s rescue and Saint Paul’s public recognition
MississippiHow a Jackson exhibition grew into a museum of Muslim cultures
MissouriMuslim Missouri: a St. Louis clinic partnership and civic recognition in Columbia
MontanaMissoula’s Muslim community: advocacy and a new gathering place
NebraskaOmaha’s Muslim institutions and the work of preserving Malcolm X’s legacy
NevadaNisaa Seifullah’s Las Vegas legacy includes a classroom
New HampshireAli Sekou, a Concord meeting place and a route into civic life
New JerseyZamir Hassan’s mobile service and a route into Newark’s Islamic art
New MexicoAlbuquerque’s shared activities and Abiquiu’s adobe architecture
New YorkAsiyah Women’s Center and a different route into New York’s cultural life
North CarolinaFrom Charlotte’s Welcome Home to an Arabic manuscript in Fayetteville
North DakotaFowzia Adde helps newcomers build businesses in Fargo–Moorhead
OhioDr. Malika Haque and the two years behind Noor Community Clinic
OklahomaOklahoma’s welcome kits show how partnerships respond to arrival
OregonCommunity support and mosque-building histories in Portland
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia’s family volunteering and neighborhood institutions
Rhode IslandMuslim Rhode Island: refugee-led support and a community-built mosque
South CarolinaDr. Reshma Khan founded a free clinic for people without insurance
South DakotaTaneeza Islam led an emergency fund that helped 1,750 immigrant families
TennesseeMemphis neighborhood work and Murfreesboro’s path to a new mosque
TexasHouston’s Ibn Sina Foundation and routes into Texas art and community
UtahMuslim youth, family heritage and a West Valley City landmark
VermontVermont mosque members made education part of being neighbors
VirginiaA Muslim-organized, interfaith team opened a free clinic
WashingtonA Redmond clinic and the neighbors who stood with MAPS
West VirginiaMuslim West Virginia: student service and Islamic art in Huntington
WisconsinMuslim Wisconsin: Milwaukee volunteers and an Altoona gathering place
WyomingArshi Rizwani-Nisley’s work in Wyoming teacher education