Muhammad Ali, center, in procession from Market House with local Muslims on May 4, 1991. The man in the front on the far right is Adam Beyah, who at the time was the imam of Masjid Omar Ibn Sayyid ...

Today, the Masjid Omar Ibn Sayyid mosque in Fayetteville bears his name. Said was eventually claimed as property by James Owen of Bladen County (brother of N.C. Gov. John Owen), and he spent the ...

In 1831 Said wrote his autobiography, "The Life of Omar Ibn Said," which is likely the only autobiography written in Arabic by an enslaved person. It inspired the Pulitzer-winning opera.

A spellbound audience celebrated Islamic Heritage Month by watching a one-man play about "The Life and Times of Omar ibn Sayyid" at America's Islamic Heritage Museum and Cultural Center in southeast ...

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., told CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday that she was "not aware" that there was a trope about "Jews and money" when pressed about her old controversial comments.

This was Dr. Yolanda Pierce's response to the significance of Omar ibn Sayyid. She loved how he kept his Muslim faith even after having to come to America. (Created in Canva by Anna Hair) ...

The opera Omar is a broadly American story. But history hangs particularly heavy and close in Charleston, S.C., where the opera had its debut in late May. The real man on whom this opera is based, ...

Giddens hopes that Omar forms a pathway — and it looks as if Giddens has succeeded. Omar is already scheduled to be staged at other opera companies across the United States, including in Los Angeles, ...