By Guest BloggerWritten by Patricia Darwish Dear God, That’s it! I give up! There is only so much one person can handle. What more can I go through that I need to show you I have faith? I love you. I surrendered to you. Why am I still being tested? I want answers God. Why aren’t you…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Anonymous. For 20 years, I had suffered physical and emotional abuse by the hands of my step mother. Its impact is something that I carry with me to this day. She had herself and me, a young and innocent child of seven, convinced that I was the cause of all of her problems….
By Guest BloggerWritten by Patricia Darwish. This is Patricia’s journey. If you missed Part 1, feel free to read it now before continuing. We will continue to provide you with her story every Friday. *** It’s Friday morning and I haven’t slept at all. My alarm goes off. What? I have to get up and go on…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Vanessa Taylor, Founder of The Black Liberation Project. You truly thought this shit started 15 years ago This election season bore no surprises for me. I’ve scrolled through Twitter and Facebook, looked at texts from family without bothering to reply, scanned panicked emails. “Trump’s going to come after women,” people would say in…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Sammia Jallaq. I am a female Uber driver. I am a Palestinian female Uber driver. I am a Muslim, Palestinian, female Uber driver. I am a Muslim, Palestinian, daughter of an Immigrant, female Uber driver. A few weeks ago, word broke that Uber CEO Travis Kalanick joined Trump’s economic advisory board. News spread quickly, and more…
By Guest BloggerWritten By: Lina Abdul-Samad. “Drop the A-word.”* Abed. Abeed. The Arab community knows this word all too well; “Abeed” is a derogatory Arabic slang term that is used to refer to Black people. This word is almost synonymous with the N- word. The main difference between these two racist terms is that the N-word is…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Patricia Darwish. In sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, through the good and bad I will cherish you. Vows people make when they form a union. Someone dear to me said these words today leaving me to reflect on its true essence. It hit me hard! I began to think,…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Tayyaba Bukhari. If you’re not a white male* who voted for the GOP in the 2016 presidential election, then the next four years might really suck for you. Simply put. This includes people of all races, ethnicities, and religions. The key word to remember here is, MIGHT. So what can you do about…
By Guest BloggerWritten by: Memoona Ahmed. This is a sonnet about estrangement from friends because of parents’ distrust of foreigners — and a message to mingle and utilise our strengths. After all, we are stronger together. An island on the bottomless ocean, Carved long ago with a curved butcher’s blade. Time and waters eroded the garden, That shrivelled,…
By Guest BloggerKellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, who became famous for coining the term “alternative facts” (an apparent euphemism for “falsehood”), is now defending the Muslim Ban. On Feb. 2, Conway stated, “President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized — and they were…
By Guest BloggerThe portrait of the “Afghan Girl,” a 10-year-old Afghan refugee was first printed on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985. The piercing green eyes became an internationally-known symbol. Even today, the iconic image shows the pain and difficulty that countless refugees face, and the effect that war can have on a child. It has been more…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Abed Ayoub, Legal Director at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. It’s Day 5 of the Trump presidency, and several executive orders have been signed — from the Dakota Access and Keystone XL Pipelines to abortion rights abroad to directing a committee to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. But it doesn’t end there. In the upcoming…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Marina Farook. If you want to get trendy and follow what’s out there, I’m sure detox teas and smoothies have been on your list. They’re advertised by countless celebs, fitness models, and pretty much all over Instagram. But, let me ask you this: When is the last time we actually stopped to…
By Guest Bloggerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=91&v=dqkWcxK3Igw Atif Aslam, a renowned Pakistani singer, stopped his recent concert midway when he saw a female attendee being sexually harassed. He addressed the attackers directly, saying (in Urdu), “Haven’t you ever seen a girl? This could have been your mother or sister right here.” He then had his crew members help the young woman…
By Guest BloggerNow that I am becoming a high school junior, the college application process is around the corner. I see my friends enrolled in 6-7 AP classes, including ones such as AP Human Geography, which have no real connection to their respective futures nor to their genuine likes. In addition, they are applying for internships at popular research…
