The Public Commons
Bringing research and stories about Muslim American life to broader audiences through free, accessible and interactive media.
Projects
Lenses of Belonging: Muslim America in Focus
CME's student photo competition: pictures captured by American Muslim students across the nation, featuring visual reflections on everyday Muslim life in America.
Nava/Voice
A digital magazine centering American Muslim women’s voices and empowering women to tell stories of everyday leadership and the legacies they inherit.
Community Creative Voices
A space for community creative voices, featuring writing, music, and art from across Muslim communities.
Submissions welcome!
Know Your Muslim Neighbor
Handbook by CME containing information from scholars, student and activists with a shared mission of combatting hate and Islamophobia.
Your Muslim Neighbor: Lives Beyond the Headlines
Handbook by CME that challenges common misconceptions about Muslims and Islam through history, research, and dialogue, inviting readers to look beyond the headlines and better understand their Muslim neighbors.
Handbook to be launched in Fall 2026
About the Public Commons
The Public Commons is the bridge. It is the the transformation of the Repository's archives and the Hub's scholarship into documentary films, literary publications, reports and briefs, classroom materials, and public forums—connecting the wider Muslim public with ASU in a common endeavor addressing important questions and concerns of our times.
