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November 2014

November 14, 2014

Serial Episode 8: Confirmation Bias FTW

For now my takeaway from this episode is this - its not just cops who...

November 07, 2014

Serial Episode 7: In Which I Exhale

The wind is fickle and so are people. In the past few weeks the tenor...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

Serial Episode 6: The Worst of It

You may think that today was a particularly bad day for those of us on...

October 29, 2014

Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About

I realized that while I and others close to Adnan were mired in the minutiae...

October 27, 2014

Not Totally “Loosey-Goosey”

Volunteer EMT and star track runner FTW.

October 24, 2014

Serial Episode 5: Lets Talk About Cells, Baby

Now, according to Serial's investigation and plotting the cell towers for the rest of the...

October 17, 2014

Serial Episodes 3 & 4: What Tangled Webs

My theory is that Mr. S wasn't connected to Hae's death but heard something from...

October 08, 2014

Serial Episodes 1 & 2: The Alibi Mystery and Dating on the DL

"Dating" among Muslims and Southasians is tricky. So tricky that most people aren't even comfortable...

October 03, 2014

Life Plus 30: Murder, Lies, & The Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction

“Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle. She died young.” ― John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi The facts...

September 2014

September 10, 2014

Why They Stay: Battered and Immigrant

I am certainly missing many other reasons women stay with their abusers, but these are...

September 09, 2014

Are Returning ISIS Fighters a Threat to the U.S.?

ISIS has emerged from all other violent extremist groups as the most organized, successful, and...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Unmosqued By The Prophet

Things Muslim women think as they sit behind mosque walls: What did the Imam just...

August 14, 2014

Summer of Our Discontent

Recently I and the other Muslim writers on Patheos were called out for being...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Have A Samosa

This post is going to seem like a weird and abrupt departure from my last...

June 25, 2014

Ten Things About the Hartman Program

As Twitter continues it's meltdown over my Time article yesterday, which I fully expected, I...

June 15, 2014

A Gift for Abu

"What do you gift to a man who doesn’t have everything, but wants virtually nothing?...

June 04, 2014

Jerusalem: Full Disclosure

People connected to me on social media, and in my own personal life, know that...

May 2014

May 01, 2014

How to Get a Divorce

"I’m not being facetious when I say this. The Quran and Sunnah are fairly clear...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

Give Muhammad a Chance

"I truly appreciate the attempts by our scholars and others to cultivate the will and...

April 22, 2014

Passover The Christian Extremists

"I’m invested in combating violent extremism against all people, because as far as violent hate...

April 01, 2014

The #DisHonor Diaries

"On the face of it, the film seems to be a legitimate attempt to highlight...

March 2014

March 14, 2014

Beware the Fire

We have movement – people are talking, people are planning. Those in our communities who...

March 10, 2014

Wa’Mutasima!

As the mother of of two young girls, it brought more tears because I thought...

February 2014

February 13, 2014

Wa’alaykum Salaam, Love

cried, I cringed, I laughed, I called my husband over to share something, I read...

February 10, 2014

World, Meet Mr. Beans

I'm not saying you're a God-awful person if you don't like cats. But your entire...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

All Hijabbed Out

can’t believe I’m doing this. So early into my blogging career and here I am....

January 20, 2014

“These Birds Walk” Soars

"The children in the film repeatedly spoke of God, showing hope in Him and His...

January 17, 2014

In The Beginning: A Note to Myself

"It’s both a very short and very long life. Finding purpose, making a difference in...