By imanabidElaine Welteroth gets our Sisters’ Keeper superlative in our first-ever #MGTop8. The #MGTop8 highlights fearless changemakers that are making an impact on elevating Muslim women’s voices. To view the rest of our #MGTop8, click here. “It’s the only place where I can get news about ‘Riverdale’ and DACA”, a young activist told LA Times at the Teen…
By imanabidChildren of color die every day. Whether in their schools or “driving while Black,” they have lost lives due to gun violence by their peers or police. We lose them to violence on the streets, inadequate law enforcement, school systems that don’t invest enough time in their children…just to name a few. The irony is…
By imanabid(Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images) Yesterday we heard that the Supreme Court reinstated the Muslim Ban and lifted the injunctions granted by the Fourth and Ninth Circuits. This decision will inevitably give permission to the president and all those likeminded to heighten the negative rhetoric used to legitimize the fear and hate that has…
By imanabidPresident Donald Trump recently released a second version of the Muslim ban that many are titling as the Muslim Ban 2.0. Since mid-January, the battle between the court and administration has been head on. More than a dozen legal battles have been on-going while the implementation of the Orders themselves have been questioned daily. As…
By imanabidImmigrant and refugee families are provided long-standing federal and state civil-rights statutes that ensure the protection of every individual regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation and disability. In a time where almost every executive order has worked against the immigrant community, we have seen a rise in events that create hostile environments…
By imanabidMillions of people rallied for the Women’s March in D.C. yesterday — and in other cities across the globe on the basis that one’s liberation is bound in each other — to ensure that all women are treated fairly and equally. Photographer Ridwan Adhami, a Muslim, has been making a statement in the art and photography…
By imanabidThe Senate Judiciary Committee has been reviewing Jeff Sessions’ history at the Confirmation Hearing since this past Tuesday. With the majority of conversation surrounding an attack on African Americans, civil rights, and “Law and Order,” you would be confused between what decade you were in. You’ve probably already heard a multitude of things about Sessions…
By imanabidThousands of women all across the country will be working their way to D.C. on Jan. 21 to begin what many believe is the beginning of a revolutionary wave. Publicized as an all-inclusive march, vowing to help the voices of the minority prevail, is a moment we will witness only a few days before our…
By imanabidWritten by Iman Abid. With 2016 winding down to its final days, we have seen a wide variety of stories unfold. On one day, President Obama dismantles NSEERs — and on another day, we are hearing a Muslim Registry will be created as soon as President-elect Trump takes office next year. Then, just when we…
