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September 2020

September 07, 2020

Life Matters: Lessons on Discrimination from BLM and COVID-19

Today we are fighting both in the Black Lives Matter movement and through the pandemic,...

April 2020

April 12, 2020

Solitude and the Virus | An Unexpected Silver Lining

The other day while gardening, I dug into the earth, a mound of loam, with...

October 2019

October 18, 2019

The Impact of Kindness and Compassion

Today I dug out a rose that had been terribly neglected, to transplant. It was...

September 2019

September 09, 2019

What Traveling the World Taught Me About Humanity

Whenever I travel by plane, I always look down and see the patches of landscape;...

August 2019

August 01, 2019

A Normal Mother-Daughter Conversation… About the Hijab

I had a conversation with my daughter in Phoenix the other day about fashion—specifically, the...

April 2019

April 15, 2019

The True Origins of Discrimination and Injustice

Even before we are born, life chooses for us which type of family we will...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Why a Near-Death Experience Made Me Appreciate My Parents

I recently had a close brush with death and the one thing I kept worrying...

January 2019

January 17, 2019

Leader or Follower? The Truth About Social Influence, Independence, & Religion

You know how we grow up learning that some people are leaders and others are...

November 2018

November 01, 2018

The Rape Culture and Being Muslim

Due to the #MeToo movement and #BelieveSurvivors, there have been many articles written about sexual abuse....

September 2018

September 10, 2018

5 Things the Muslim Community Needs to Know About Mental Illness

Mental illness is one of those topics that used to be taboo but is starting...

July 2018

July 20, 2018

Food and Feelings at the Local Mosque: Overcoming My Fear of Muslims

Written by Pamella Bowen I was on the scene when the Muslim community of Temecula...

April 2018

April 20, 2018

What “Interfaith” Means to Me

In the beginning, there was only an atom of energy, and that burst of energy...

April 01, 2018

The Unorthodox Rabbi Who Allied With Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

Written by Rabbi Allen Maller There were many Jews who supported Muhammad (peace be upon...

January 2018

January 23, 2018

“Dear Muslim Millennial…” | Letters to the Ummah

Dear Muslim millennial, I know how you feel. As a Muslim millennial in the West,...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

The Cult of “Specialness”: Why I Live for God, Not Society

Written by Anonymous Members of the American middle class are raised in a nation of...

October 2017

October 20, 2017

Broken Labels: Choosing to Define My Own Self-Worth

I have my bachelors in English and masters in Elementary Education. Growing up, I found...

October 16, 2017

I Can’t Say #MeToo, and That’s Part of the Problem

Written by Anonymous It breaks my heart to see this new hashtag taking over the...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

Preventing Sexual Abuse in the Muslim Community: A Collective Responsibility

Written by Nadiah Mohajir, MPH | Co-Founder & Executive Director of HEART Women & Girls TRIGGER...