By Guest BloggerI recently came across this Facebook post: I’m a South Asian/Desi too, and although I love many parts of my culture, this opinion rubbed me the wrong way (and apparently many others as well, since the comments section is basically a big debate). This also isn’t the first time that I’ve come across this viewpoint….
By Guest BloggerWritten by Aaminah B’hat. As a middle school student in Fairfax, VA, Abrar Omeish distinctly recalls peers in her eighth grade Algebra I class who were not provided with a path to excel at school. “A combination of factors, including lack of home stability, resources, and more importantly a gap in Fairfax County public school…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Marium Sadia Sosan Malik As I typed in “Father’s Day” in the Google search engine, I expected a Wikipedia page about the history to show up as the first link. However, I was fascinated to see how many Groupon ad messages appeared with activities to keep busy during the nationwide celebration. It…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Zeinab Khalil and Annie Sajid. For some of us Muslim women, the practice of dhikr might seem irrelevant in our lives. Those of us in the diaspora might understand dhikr as an outdated ritual with no benefit to us. For those of us that associate complicated experiences with places or practices of worship,…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Dalal Hillou, the international social media coordinator for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. One of the most distinctive memories that I have of my childhood is the news coverage of the second Intifada. Although my parents had immigrated from Palestine many years before, my mother always had the Arabic media news channels on the…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Maryam Khan. Follow her on Twitter at @MazHalima. It’s June 5, 2017 and it appears to be a normal Monday morning. I wish I’d taken my jacket off before I got on this train to work – the carriage feels like it’s rocking slightly with the weight of the people it’s carrying, crammed…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Neghena Hamid. As I woke up for suhoor on Wednesday morning, I scrolled through my newsfeed. Post after post from my Afghan friends and family on the bombing in Wazir-Akbar Khan, Kabul, filled my account. The suicide blast had affected hundreds of people during morning rush hour in the diplomatic district, leaving more…
By Guest BloggerI find Ustadh AbdelRahman Murphy to be very easy to listen to. His talks and khutbahs are relatable and full of anecdotes, which makes it easy to retain the lessons within them. In this khutbah (Friday sermon), he gives us some tips on how to make the most of Ramadan and some things that make this…
By Guest BloggerMy husband and I have been married for three years and I still don’t love him. Our marriage story isn’t extraordinary. I met him through a friend, who insisted that we would make a good match. “He’s just like you,” I remember her gushing to me one day over tea. “You like the same things.”…
By Guest BloggerEvery year during Ramadan, I put too much pressure on myself thinking about post-Ramadan life and psych myself out. I tell myself that this will be the year that I finally get my life together. This will be the year that I can be more than just a Ramadan Muslim. And then invariably, something goes…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Nyuma Waggeh For many of ya’ll who don’t know who Chelsea Manning is, she is a white trans-woman who was commuted by ex-President Obama for leaking sensitive documents and was released on May 17, 2017. Manning was originally supposed to serve a 35-year sentence and be released in 2045, which would have been the lengthiest punishment…
By Guest Bloggerif you want to see how broken women heal themselves when their lips have been sewn look for the ways they bloom in droughts and rise in fires @astarryeyedapril ; pretty are these weeds
By Guest BloggerWritten by Patricia Darwish. One of my favorite memories growing up was waking up to the smell of zataar and Arabic coffee. On the weekend, my mom would have a spread laid out for us when we woke up. She would have labne, eggs, khishick, foul, fetteh, homemade pita bread with dipping oils, and…
By Guest BloggerAfter the recent mixed-gender prayer controversy and the subsequent Internet debates, it is clear that the Muslim community has a great deal to say about feminism. In today’s day and age, it seems that everyone is stating the need for and impact of feminism on Muslim women while sidelining Muslim women themselves. So, we here at Muslim Girl decided to share…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Irtefa Binte-Farid Growing up, I took a lot of comfort in the idea of “community” in Islam. I was taught that Islam is not just a personal faith; rather, it is a faith that should be practiced collectively. Our daily prayers are our individual connections to God, but we get more barakah (blessings)…
