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2018-12-23T14:50:33-04:00

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Radio Islam Book Review: The Heart of Aleppo

Last updated on: December 23, 2018 at 2:50 pm By NbAMuslims

NbA Muslims Staff Managing editor, Layla Abdullah-Poulos joined Radio Islam host Tariq ElAmin to talk about the book The Heart of Aleppo: A Story of the Syrian Civil War by Ammar Habib. Habib uses fiction to tell a story about some of the hardships and dangers children face when forced to survive in their war-torn city. Amazon Book Blurb: Once just a normal boy, 13-year-old Zaid Kadir is now caught in the crossfires of the Syrian Civil War! After standing for... Read more

2018-12-22T09:23:53-04:00

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A Muslim Goes to Church For Christmas

Last updated on: December 22, 2018 at 9:23 am By NbAMuslims

By Layla Abdullah-Poulos Christmas has an unavoidable presence in the Ameican Muslim experience. The holiday season encapsulating it infuses every facet of society, and Muslims recieve various requests to participate in celebrations. Every year, Muslims decide in what ways the will be a part of Christmas festivities for varying reasons. I recently read a post by lawyer Joe Milburn about attending Christmas Mass with his parents and was intrigued. I asked him to share his reasons for attending the ceremony,... Read more

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2018-12-17T08:15:41-04:00

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BOOK REVIEW: British Muslims Highlights Distinct Muslim Cultural Identity

Last updated on: December 17, 2018 at 8:15 am By NbAMuslims

Review by Layla Abdullah-Poulos BRITISH MUSLIMS By Philip Lewis and Sadek Hamid $7.41, pp. 252, Paperback & Kindle The tendency for majority societies to overgeneralize and ignore the multifaceted nature of the Muslim minority cultures within them contributes to prevailing stereotypes that feed discrimination and hate. Aversions to appreciating the many distinct Muslim cultural identities require written works that resist both external and internalized antipathy. In British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism, Philip Lewis and Sadek Hamid present some of... Read more

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2018-12-14T10:00:58-04:00

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Muslim Film Festival Centers Black Muslim Women

Last updated on: December 14, 2018 at 10:00 am By NbAMuslims

Layla Abdullah-Poulos One-dimensional stories about and depictions of American Muslims saturate the media, ignoring the richness of the culture. Black Muslim women are at the forefront of creating various forms of media to subvert prevailing misconceptions about the complex composition of Muslims in America and venture into further controlling our cultural narratives. Unfortunately, the talents of Black Muslim women creatives is largely ignored inside and outside of Muslim culture in favor of cultural productions that promote American Muslim phenotypes and tenacious anti-Blackness... Read more

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2018-12-03T20:30:13-04:00

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Layla Abdullah-Poulos Publishes Multiple Manuscripts Highlighting Muslim Fiction

Last updated on: December 3, 2018 at 8:30 pm By NbAMuslims

Original Post: SUNY Empire State College Exchange Alumna and Adjunct Layla Abdullah-Poulos Publishes Multiple Manuscripts Highlighting Muslim Fiction Date: 11/29/2018 11:00am Note: Since the publication of this post, Layla’s novel, My Way to You premiered in five Amazon best sellers lists on the weekend of its release. The Journal of Popular Romance Studies has published a peer-reviewed article, “The Stable Muslim Love Triangle – Triangular Desire in African American Muslim Romance Fiction,” by alumna and adjunct Mentor Layla Abdullah-Poulos. The link to the article is http://jprstudies.org/2018/11/the-stable-muslim-love-triangle-triangular-desire-in-african-american-muslim-romance-fictionby-layla-abdullah-poulos/(link... Read more

2018-11-19T09:23:07-04:00

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Muslim Book to Play Casting Call

Last updated on: November 19, 2018 at 9:23 am By NbAMuslims

A play rendition of the bestselling book Bashirah and The Amazing Bean Pie by Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins is under production. The book featuring African American Muslim character, Bashirah as she prepares for ‘Eid with her family, highlights an American Muslim social group with the longest history in the country. African American Muslims have a deep heritage extending from enslaved Africans. They were also fundamental in establishing Islam as an American religion. The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia launched a casting call to bring Bashirah... Read more

2018-11-12T11:36:12-04:00

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POPULAR AUTHOR LYNDELL WILLIAMS RELEASES NEW BLACK-AND-ASIAN ROMANCE, ‘MY WAY TO YOU’

Last updated on: November 12, 2018 at 11:36 am By NbAMuslims

Original Post: Digital Journal PRESS RELEASE Lyndell Williams is stoking some more flames of romance as usual with the launch of her new novel, ‘My Way to You’. This time, Lyndell tackles the theme of irresistible attraction between a pro-Black social justice writer and a successful Asian lawyer, and how love gets stronger as distances grow smaller. Will the world step in and tear them apart? Lawyer Simon Young has an eye for his best friend’s sister Regina, a social... Read more

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2018-11-03T06:28:41-04:00

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Radio Islam – Muslim Creatives at NYCC

Last updated on: November 3, 2018 at 6:28 am By NbAMuslims

By NbA Muslims Staff Tariq El-Amin and Layla Abdullah-Poulos’s recent Radio Islam interview focused on the first all-Muslim panel at the 2018 New York City Comic Con. One of the largest cultural convenings in the world, the panel—moderated by Shamika Mitchel, Ph.D.—featured Muslim creatives sharing their works and experiences with the audience. Abdullah-Poulos joined the panel as a cultural critic to talk about Muslim creativity as well as the merging of faith with artistry and societal challenges many Muslim artists... Read more

2018-10-24T07:44:00-04:00

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Black Muslim Breast Cancer Survivor Walks Over 17 Years for a Cure

Last updated on: October 24, 2018 at 7:44 am By NbAMuslims

Original Post: About Islam By Layla Abdullah-Poulos FLORIDA – October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, a time where people across the country work to raise awareness and funds towards research for a cure. It is estimated that approximately 12 percent of U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer during their lives, with over 200k of invasive and 64k of non-invasive forms of the disease in women and 2,500 in men. American women are at higher risk for developing breast cancer than any... Read more

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2018-10-17T08:33:04-04:00

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Muslim Author’s Book Becomes Play

Last updated on: October 17, 2018 at 8:33 am By NbAMuslims

NbA Muslims Staff In honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness month, the Page to Stage cultural initiative hosted a one-act adaptation of the book Expendable by Muslim author Sahar Abdulaziz at the Pocono Cinema and Cultural Center. Local actors presented Abdulaziz’s story about Bella, a woman whose husband subjects her to emotional abuse to the point that she suffers a traumatic mental break. In a recent interview, Abdulaziz shared her thoughts with NbA Muslims about the experience of seeing her writing brought to the... Read more

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