By MG StaffThe mumbling in the entire bus was the last thing Zarqa wanted to deal with. She was already tired, stressed, and experiencing pain in her body. Her only focus was getting a seat on an overly-crowded bus to relieve her pain and to find comfort from the gazing of men and women alike. On the…
By Editor’s note: As we rapidly approach the end of Ramadan, let’s take the lesson this article offers as battle-cry against the period-shamers from this moment into the following Ramadans to come, inshAllah! While Muslims around the world scrambled to prepare for our Holy Month of Ramadan, I found myself casually scrolling Twitter, eager to catch…
By Ainee FatimaWhatever you choose to call it, periods are dreadful. During 5th grade, I remember hearing whispers from my classmates about the horrors of getting your period and learning about all the wonders of puberty. However, for a long time, talking about something that was a natural occurrence in the human body was considered taboo. At…
