By AZMIAFeatured photo: CAIR-Florida’s Orlando Regional Director, Rasha Mubarak, alongside Orlando’s Muslim Women’s Organization members, with Orlando’s mayor, Mayor Buddy Dyer. Photo credit: Instagram, @rashamk We here at MG have some exciting news to share! Our Muslim Girl initiative, the first inaugural #MuslimWomensDay, has been declared an official day for the city of Orlando, and for the entire…
By AZMIAToday is the day. Seriously, it’s LIT(erature)! Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age, by Muslim Girl’s founder, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, is now available everywhere books are sold. You can grab your copy at Amazon (shoutout to their free same day delivery!), on iTunes, in store at Barnes & Noble, or wherever you like to buy your…
By AZMIADua, an Arabic word that literally means supplication or invocation, is one of the most powerful tools a Muslim has at his or her disposal. Making dua is a conversation with God. It’s a time to ask God to grant your requests, both large and small, for both here and the hereafter. The Prophet, pbuh,…
By AZMIANow that we’re well into Ramadan, chances are we’ve all been relentlessly hit with the same tireless questions and comments that we’re just tired of hearing. In no particular order, here’s a quick list of things Muslims get tired of hearing during Ramadan, strictly for bants. 🙂 “….not even water?” “….so, like, you don’t…
By AZMIAIt is with great sadness that we report that brother Muhammad Ali, beloved boxer and civil rights champion, has passed away. Muhammad Ali died Friday evening at a Phoenix-area hospital. NBC News reports that he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications. He was 74. The three-time World Heavyweight Champion boxer fought a…
By AZMIAIn honor of Malcolm X’s 91st birthday, we put together a gallery of our fave Malcolm X quotes.
By AZMIA“We used to work together…now we are partners,” said Hamdi Ulukaya, the billionaire business owner behind Chobani yogurt. Ulukaya, a Muslim immigrant from Turkey, told Chobani’s 2,000 full-time employees at its upstate New York plant that they’ll each be receiving shares worth up to 10% of the company’s value when it goes public or is sold. That…
By AZMIAThe United Kingdom’s National Union of Students (NUS) has elected its first Black Muslim woman as the president, Malia Bouattia. Naturally, in the last few days, her election has stirred up quite the controversy. Bouattia first came to the media’s attention after speaking against an NUS motion “to condemn the IS and support Kurdish forces fighting…
By AZMIAThis past week, the Sesame Street franchise unveiled its latest character, an adorable pink muppet named Zari. As you may have noticed, she’s sporting a hijab! The new kid on the block is slated to make her small-screen debut on Baghch-e-Simsim (“Sesame Garden”). This is Afghanistan’s locally produced answer to Sesame Street. Though her debut may be small-screen, Zari is…
