Inside the Making of the 2026 TIME100 Next Covers
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Juwayriah Wright
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Juwayriah is a journalist and editorial producer at TIME Magazine, where she's covered Muslim life in America, polio vaccination campaigns overseas, infanticide, and other atrocities afflicting the Muslim world.
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TIME100 Most Influential People in AI: Mohamed Moussa
80% of Muslims aren't native Arabic speakers. This was barrier CTO Mohamed Moussa wanted to break down when he co-founded Tarteel AI, an AI-powered Quran app.
This Teenager Isn't Waiting for Adults to Fix the Youth Mental-Health Crisis
What began as an Instagram account with mental-health content quickly evolved into an organization with infrastructure and reach: Mind4Youth, a youth-led mental-health nonprofit.
This Teen Activist Wants to Make Sure No Girl Is Denied the Right to Play Sports
Maegha Ramanathan has grown Girls4Sports into the world's largest youth-led effort to combat gender inequality in athletics.
AI Tools Are Transforming Muslim Worship
From Quran memorization apps to AI imams, Muslims worldwide are navigating the benefits and spiritual risks of artificial intelligence in faith.
Why Are Ramadan Fasting Times Changing This Year?
When clocks in the U.S. spring forward on March 8, the daily rhythm of fasting will suddenly shift by an hour, disrupting routines.
Discord: A Group Chat with Global Power
From gaming chats to geopolitical force, Discord became Nepal’s de facto parliament—helping protesters organize, topple a government, and reshape power in real time.
Video: AI, Explained by Humans
TIME producer Juwayriah Wright explains how Muslims around the world are using AI in their religious practices, developing their own tools to ensure that they reflect Islamic values, and the pushback against using AI in religious practice altogether.
Highlights From The Closers 2026 Toasts in Atlanta
In a moment when conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion face renewed scrutiny across corporate America and beyond, TIME convened its 2026 class of The Closers for an evening that felt both celebratory and urgent.
How We Chose the 2026 Closers
TIME's list highlights the contributions of 18 Black leaders who are working toward greater equality.
Angela Doyinsola Aina Demands America Invest in Black Mothers
As Black women die at disproportionate rates in childbirth, Angela Doyinsola Aina is pressing America to fund the community care that works.
Isabel Allende Tells the Stories of the Silenced
“I like to give voice to those who have been silenced—women, the people who are defeated, the people of color,” author Isabel Allende tells me in my conversation with her for TIME.
What Medieval Muslim Philosophers Knew About Your Digital Habits
Imagine replacing your late-night existential conversations with ChatGPT with lessons from a real philosopher—one grounded in ethics, metaphysics, and the intellectual rigor of the Islamic Golden Age. That’s what you’d find in The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century.
Israeli Strike Kills Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif, Who Left a Final Message from Gaza
Like many journalists working in Gaza, Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif wrote a final message to be posted in the event of his death.
The Malnutrition Crisis in Gaza Will Outlive the War
Babies are supposed to grow. But for the last eight of his 20 months of life, Enas Alwaheidi’s toddler son, Taim, has remained at the same weight: 9 kilograms, or just short of 20 pounds. “We don't have enough flour, so every day we make three pieces of bread,” Alwaheidi tells TIME from Sheikh Redwan near Gaza City.
Journalists In Gaza Are Documenting Their Own Starvation
Last month, unable to carry the weight of two cameras, a work laptop, and his body armor, Gazan photojournalist Bashar Taleb made the decision to prioritize his health over his work. The 30-year-old, who has worked with Agence France-Presse since 2010, had lost 35 pounds while documenting the crisis he now lives in the midst of.
The Disorienting Saga of a Dallas Woman Detained By ICE on Her Honeymoon
Ward Sakeik stands in a Dallas kitchen making watermelon juice. For 140 days, someone else decided what and when she would eat. The 22-year-old wedding photographer spent the last five months in ICE detention after being arrested on her own honeymoon.
Islamophobia Surges Online After Zohran Mamdani’s Win
Zohran Mamdani’s win sparked a massive online Islamophobic backlash, highlighting rising digital hate in politics.
Trump Calls Mamdani a 'Communist Lunatic' After NYC Primary Upset
“Zohran Mamdani, a 100% Communist Lunatic, has just won the Dem Primary, and is on his way to becoming Mayor,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
As Sanctions Ease, Syria Weighs What Comes Next
The dramatic fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime has unlocked not just political change, but a complex web of economic possibilities — and risks — that could reshape the lives of millions of Syrians still reeling from war.
🎥 Hajj 2025: Narrated Report
Saudi Arabia’s 2025 pilgrimage will look drastically different. In this TIME video, I narrate the key reforms based on my original reporting.
Hajj Begins With Sweeping New Changes
Saudi Arabia has announced drastic changes for the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage that begins today, including new rules prohibiting children from accompanying pilgrims, and prioritizing pilgrims traveling for the first time.
The Search for Food in Gaza
Once vibrant with produce and daily bustle, markets have been hollowed out by months of siege, bombardment, and economic collapse.
How Muslim Voices Can be Amplified Through Collaborative Journalism
The idea of liberation goes beyond personal freedoms or the ability to move through the world unchallenged. It speaks to a larger, shared responsibility to amplify truth, challenge falsehoods, and foster understanding across the divisions that too frequently separate us.
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TIME100: The Most Influential People of 2026
From pioneers, leaders, and titans to artists, innovators, and icons, introducing the 2026 TIME100.
The TIME Earth Awards | 2026
Each year TIME honors individuals whose actions have had an indelible impact on global efforts to address one of the most pressing crises facing our planet: climate change. This year marks TIME’s fourth annual Earth Awards, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
TIME100 Health 2026
In today's changing health landscape, these leaders are advancing care, shaping policy, and driving innovations that transform lives.
The Closers 2026
18 extraordinary Black leaders working toward greater equality.
Davos 2026: A World in Transition
How global leaders see the challenges and opportunities of the year ahead.
The Age of Longevity
Science-backed insight into the latest longevity research—and what your golden years could look like.
The Best Inventions of 2025: Special Mentions
Here are the 2025 best inventions earning special mentions
The Best Inventions of 2025
Here are the 300 best inventions making the world better, smarter, and more fun.
The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025
Meet the innovators, leaders, and thinkers reshaping our world through groundbreaking advances in artificial intelligence.
Girls of the Year 2025
TIME's first-ever Girls of the Year list, presented by LEGO, features young leaders inspiring communities around the world. 💜🌟
TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2025
These are the world's most influential businesses of the year.
TIME100 Health 2025
In a rapidly evolving global health landscape, these are the most influential voices leading the way—advancing care, shaping policy, driving innovation, and transforming lives.
7 Leaders From Gold House’s A100 List
Gold House unveiled its annual A100 List, recognizing the 100 most impactful Asian Pacific leaders across industries.
The TIME Earth Awards | 2025
Each year TIME honors individuals whose actions have had an indelible impact on global efforts to address one of the most pressing crises facing our planet: climate change.
The 2025 Closers
TIME highlights 25 Black leaders who are working to close racial equity gaps.
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024
Gripping novels and short stories, eye-opening histories, moving memoirs, and more. These are the books that entertained and enlightened us.
The Best Inventions of 2024
200 innovations changing how we live
The 2024 TIME100 Next
Meet the TIME100 Next 2024: the emerging leaders from around the world who are shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership.
Latino Leaders 2024
17 trailblazers changing their industries, the U.S., and the world.
Kid of the Year 2024
Heman Bekele, a 15-year-old from Virginia, has a big idea with life-saving potential—an affordable soap that could be a new and more accessible way to deliver cancer medication.
TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2024
The TIME100 Most Influential Companies list recognizes the organizations that are making extraordinary impact around the world.
The TIME Earth Awards 2024
Honoring individuals influencing the future of the planet through their work on climate justice, awareness, and activism.
The Closers
Striking change-makers working towards racial wealth equity
200 Best Inventions of 2023
Groundbreaking innovations that are making the world better, smarter, and a little more fun
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