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August 2015

August 14, 2015

Friday Links

Linda Sarsour is a woman in a hurry. Only 35, she has already helped to...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

Friday Links

Seven Muslim women from around the world are bicycling across Iowa as a way of...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Book Review: Sin is a Puppy that Follows You Home

Reading Hajiya Balaraba Ramat Yakubu's Sin is a Puppy That Follows You Home was to...

July 2014

July 14, 2014

Finding My Ramadan Prayers

Fasting during Ramadan is one of the easiest duties for me as a Muslim. Even...

June 2014

June 16, 2014

On Wasila Umaru and Child Marriage

The plight of Nigerian girls recently caught the attention of the world after the kidnapping...

May 2014

May 12, 2014

All of Our Missing Daughters

On April 15th about 300 girls were kidnapped from a Government Girls Secondary School in...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

Radio Amina and Aisha’s Song: Short Films Giving a Voice to Nigerian Girls

Radio Amina and Aisha’s Song are two documentary-style short films produced by Grain Media, a...

December 2013

December 10, 2013

Forced Conversions and the Nigerian Media

If Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, the fastest growing religion in...

September 2013

September 19, 2013

The #ChildNotBride Debacle in Nigeria

During Ramadan, a great uproar took place in Nigeria over actions by the government that...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

Tired of Explaining: An Interfaith Relationship in Ramadan

This year marks the second or third time I’ve observed Ramadan as an adult in...

June 2013

June 06, 2013

No (Wo)man Is an Island – Polio Vaccination in Northern Nigeria

I recently came across this video by UNICEF Nigeria about a community’s difficulty in getting...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

MMW Eid Roundtable: Part 1

As you know, last Friday was Eid-ul-Adha, a major holiday for Muslims around the world. ...

October 10, 2012

Nigerian Female Pilgrims Detained in Saudi Arabia

Two weeks ago, a dispute erupted between Saudi Arabia and Nigeria over the former's detainment...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

On the To-Watch List: Braids on a Bald Head

Braids on a Bald Head is a short movie, released in 2010, by Nigerian director...

August 2012

August 17, 2012

Fasting in a Nigerian Catholic School

I grew up in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, and when I was younger, my...

July 2012

July 24, 2012

Iftar in a Nigerian Home

I am usually not good at taking pictures of food because I tend to have...

January 2012

January 17, 2012

“A Country and a Continent”: Fatimah Tuggar and the Politics of Montage

Fatimah Tuggar is one of the artists Jiwa has discussed, in his article on Imaging, imagining and...