By Evette JahangiriMuslim Girl sat down with the inspirational and talented Yusra Mardini to discuss her upcoming Netflix documentary, “The Swimmers.” Muslim Girl: You have overcome a lot in your life, how does it feel to see your story reach so many people? Yusra Mardini: It’s crazy to see where we are today. My sister and I,…
By Jessica DaqamssehInternational media outlets inundate the world with images of broken-hearted mothers forced to flee Ukraine, seeking safety and stability for their young children. These noble women leave behind brave husbands, sons, fathers, and male relatives who desperately fight to protect their nation’s sovereignty from an oppressive invading force. Foreign Policy details: “The silent suffering of…
By JUMMANAHOn January 25th, news broke that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, and Sundog Pictures founder Sam Branson were to adapt author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice and make it a TV series. The Daughters of Kobani features the story of the…
By sarahmohrLately, the United States mainstream media has been showing less news about the crisis in Syria. So it’s unsurprising that despite weeks in captivity, U.S. media doesn’t seem to be covering the story of a British aid worker, living in Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province, who was arrested by a dominant armed group. His exact whereabouts…
By sarahmohrA Muslim Girl writer recently stated in a blog post that President Trump is unfit to be president for several reasons. His Islamophobia, and racism, and the fact that he is inciting domestic terrorism. The facts that he is accused, according to PBS, by 16 women of sexual assault, (including a 13-year-old child) as well as…
By Guest BloggerAfter five long years in the struggle for civility in Syria, the temporary cease-fire was a welcomed sigh of relief…that is until a refugee camp was blown to bits the very next day. The United States and Russia assured that they would investigate to determine who killed 28 and injured 50 more civilian refugees who…
By Guest BloggerIf you were questioning your sanity after the Mike Huckabee Q&A, don’t worry — you heard him completely correctly. The former Arkansas governor said, in some attempt at twisted humor, “Are they [Syrian refugees] really escaping tyranny, are they escaping poverty, or are they really just coming because we’ve got cable TV?… [Syrian refugees] could…
By MG StaffAccording to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 12,751 people have been tortured to death by Bashar al-Assad’s regime since 2011. Photographs depicting the bodies of those tortured and killed by the regime were smuggled out of Syria by “Caesar”, an anonymous ex-military photographer who defected and fled the country, as he was unable to…
By ShannonOne of the most difficult things about being a convert to any faith is telling the people in your life about that decision. Personally, I waited a very long time before letting my friends and family know. If I had a time machine, I’d go back and wait even longer. My decision to full on…
By emmaMore than 100,000 dead in 2 years. This astonishing figure is the ghastly reality for Syrians today, who now live in a country where no corner has been left untouched by the fighting between the government and a diversely composed band of rebels whose divergent motivations are unified only by the goal of ousting the…
By AmaniThe Harlem Shake, the new viral sensation taking over Youtube, is being put to some revolutionary use in this video.
