By The EditorsBesides women winning half of Ethiopia’s cabinet roles, Ethiopia just made history this past Thursday by electing its first female president. The newly-elected president, Sahle-Work Zewde, is Africa’s only female head of state, and promised to work to build a “society that rejects the oppression of women.”
By The EditorsSubmit your #ShitTSASays horror stories to us via email or Facebook // Twitter // Instagram! Zainab Merchant was just about to embark on a trip from Boston to Washington, D.C., to speak at an event, when she was pulled aside by a Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) agent for a “a deeper look” that involved…
By The EditorsOn May 20, 2016, thousands of Teens Take the Met to explore how the museum and the Empire State can empower them to take on the world. And this year, we’re proud to announce that Muslim Girl is part of it! Muslim Girl is partnering with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, alongside the Global Action…
By The Editors#MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Welcome back to another week of #MGProbs — Enjoy! Week of 1/02/16: The far right isn’t happy about Paul Ryan’s “Muslim Beard.” I mean, hello. Beard = Muslim. Duh. [Esquire] Rhyl man admits religiously…
By The Editors#MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Welcome back to another week of #MGProbs — the last round of 2015 headlines. Its been quite a year, don’t you agree? Happy New Year my lovely friends! Thanks for sticking around. Week of…
By The Editors#MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Welcome back to another week of #MGProbs! Week of 12/19/15: The US government is not saying why a Muslim family of 11 was barred from a Disneyland-bound flight, despite obtaining clearance. Customs and Border…
By The Editors#MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Welcome back to another week of #MGProbs. Enjoy my darlings. Week of 12/12/15: Muslim teacher fired after showing a video of Malala to her class. Keep in mind, a non-Muslim teacher at the same…
By The Editors#MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Saw these headlines coming, didn’t you? Week of 12/06/15: Why Franklin Graham says Donald Trump is right about stopping Muslim immigration: “Every Muslim that comes into this country has the potential to be radicalized —…
By The Editors#MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Another week. Another set of crazy headlines. Enjoy my darlings. Week of 11/22/15: Armed mosque protestors publish Irving Muslims’ home addresses. Creepy much? Personal violation much? Anyone? Also, these protestors apparently call themselves B.A.I.R…….
By The EditorsAnd you’ll like it. Did you think we were just a fashion a blog? Wrong. We decided it was time to finally become a part of the political conversation — and everyone agreed. MuslimGirl will now have a voice on one of America’s top business and political platforms: Fortune Magazine. Now you can read about…
By The Editors#MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Another week. Another set of wild headlines. Try not to panic. Week of 11/20/15: Canadians try to explain hijab so people will stop vandalizing local mosques. A Muslim group in Halifax held a Hijab Day…
By The EditorsYou might have read this summer’s TeenVogue.com profile about MuslimGirl.net with Founding Editor-in-Chief Amani Al-Khatahtbeh. She discussed the rapid success that MuslimGirl has been experiencing within the past year and the many questions surrounding identity and politics that brought it to life in the first place. The article was circulated all over the internet and gave America…
By The Editors#MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Another week. Another set of wild headlines. Enjoy my darlings. Week of 11/08/15: Oregon councilor stands by Anti-Muslim remarks. Honestly, would this be #MGProbs if we didn’t have at least one story about #CreepingSharia?…
By The EditorsAs the race for America’s next president begins to buckle down, here at MuslimGirl we’ve caught ourselves doing a double take from some of the things we’ve been hearing from the candidates. We hit the streets of New York City to ask people if they could tell the difference between quotes said by our 2016…
By The Editors#MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Another week. Another set of crazy headlines. Enjoy my darlings. Week of 11/01/15: Marco Rubio wants to grab a beer with Malala Yousafzai. Yep, the underage Muslim. Key words: UNDERAGE and MUSLIM. I can’t…
