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October 2014

October 02, 2014

#WhySheStayed and the American Muslim Community

This post was written by Laila Alawa (@lulainlife). A few weeks ago, the online world blew up...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Book Review: Muslim American Women on Campus by Shabana Mir

As an American Muslimah who graduated from an American university in 2004, I was very...

May 2014

May 19, 2014

A Muslim Woman Is Running for Congress – So What?

This post was written by Laila Alawa (@lulainlife). There’s a new face in town this congressional election...

April 2014

April 03, 2014

“Hijabi Experiments”: Are They Enough to Change America’s Perception on Hijab?

Every time we think this discussion about hijab and burqas has ended, the internet surprises...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Grey Zones of #letsamahplay

Crossposted from Tumblr. I have been sent @DivineDavis’ recent popular tweet - complete with the...

March 20, 2014

“Alice in Arabia” Sounds Like a New Drama That’s Going to Tell the Same Mind-Numbing Story

Cross-posted from Tumblr. We don’t know much about ABC Family’s new drama, “Alice in Arabia”,...

November 2013

November 14, 2013

The Snore Heard ‘Round the World

A few days ago, my Facebook newsfeed was awash with people sharing articles about a...

October 2013

October 14, 2013

“Torn”: A Tale of Tolerance and Doubt

After reading the synopsis of Torn , a film written by Michael Richter and directed...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

An Interview with “Haldol and Hyacinths” author Melody Moezzi

I recently read Melody Moezzi’s new memoir, Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life. In the...

July 2013

July 15, 2013

A Tale of Two Ramadans

My grandmother set down a plate of six or seven parathas with determination in her...

April 2013

April 17, 2013

The Cracking Façade of Tradition and Patriarchy

This post was written by guest contributor Yasmin N. Ali. I was seventeen years old...

February 2013

February 14, 2013

Responding to Hijab “Costume”

Last week, several major news outlets in Minnesota reported St. Paul police officers dressed as...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Book Review: Sophia Al-Maria’s “The Girl Who Fell To Earth”

The Girl who Fell to Earth is the coming-of-age story of a self-described “Qatarican” (Qatari/American)...

January 01, 2013

Nur Media’s “Ask A Muslim” Series: Black Muslims Talk Islam

Finding black Muslim women in mainstream media circuits can be like finding a needle in...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

MMW Eid Roundtable: Part 2

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

October 24, 2012

Book Review: The Islamophobia Industry

Nathan Lean’s book The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims is a...

September 2012

September 11, 2012

Muslims at Catholic Colleges: Aliens From Outer Space Are Thriving on Earth

The other day, I stumbled across a piece on the increasing number of Muslim students...

May 2012

May 10, 2012

Dead Muslim Women As Opportunities

In April of 2011, 20 year-old Jessica Mokdad was allegedly gunned down by her stepfather...

April 2012

April 11, 2012

Islamophobia in Transnational Feminist Discourses

Around 4,000 academics, scholars and activists gathered from March 16-18th at Pace University’s annual Left...

April 04, 2012

What Killed Shaima Alawadi?

This post was written by guest contributor Maheen Nusrat. On March 24th, 2012, a 32-year-old...

February 2009

February 19, 2009

Muslim in America: The Experiment

CNN recently featured a story of a social science experiment conducted by Dr. Akbar Ahmed,...