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Our Minnesota community, in one place
Local businesses, events, job opportunities and trusted services, in Arabic and English.
- Free for community members
- Every listing reviewed
- Arabic & English
A directory you can trust
Every listing is reviewed before it goes live, with real reviews from community members.
View allEvents with real registration
Register, reserve seats and get reminders, instead of comment threads.
View allReal job opportunities
Searching and applying is always free for job seekers.
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Productive Families
Home kitchens and makers from inside the community. What you used to ask a group chat about now has somewhere to live.
Home kitchens
Pastries, cakes, Eid sweets, home-made jams and pickles.
Crafts and handmade
Sewing, bakhoor and perfume, henna, handmade goods.
Listing is free
Add your name and photos of what you make, and orders reach you directly.
Where to eat and shop halal in Minnesota
Restaurants, butchers, grocers and bakeries, each saying how far the halal claim reaches: fully halal, or halal options alongside others, and whether anyone has checked. Not one badge that flattens the difference.
Find a place
Browse by city and by what kind of place it is, and see whether anybody on the team has asked.
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Browse the directoryList your business with the halal badge
Free. Add your business, switch the badge on and say how far it reaches, and it appears in this directory alongside everywhere else.
Add your businessThe badge is the owner's own word until somebody on the team asks them, and the directory says which of the two it is.
Helping each other
A board where people ask for what they need and pass on what they no longer do. You can ask without anybody knowing your name.
Need a hand?
A lift to an appointment, a form translated, volunteers for a day, or urgent support. Ask with your name or without it.
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Ask for helpSomething spare?
Furniture, clothes, food, or an hour of your time. Add a photo and whoever needs it will find it.
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Offer somethingEvery post is read by a moderator before it appears, and contact stays between the two of you.
The community is on Facebook too
The Minnesota Family group is where this started, and where the day-to-day conversation still happens. This platform sits alongside it rather than replacing it: the directory, events and jobs live here in a form you can search, and the conversation lives there.