Over the past week, increasingly fallacious rhetoric about the Honduran migrant caravan, currently making it’ way towards the U.S.-Mexico border, has been uttered from the realms of the White House. This rhetoric has been designed to blow the facts way out of proportion, in order to paint a picture depicting an army of criminals making…
#MuslimGirlCampfire: “I Sleep Here!”
This story is based on an adaptation of true events: This story starts innocuously enough. My best friend flew out to visit her cousins in India, as she did every summer. I used to miss her, but the plus side was that she would always return from India with a treasure trove of jinn stories,…
Muslim-Led Crowdfunding Efforts Raise Thousands for Victims of Synagogue Shooting
In the aftermath of the heinous shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue this past week, a fundraising effort led by two Muslim-American groups has raised $150,000 from about 3,600 different donors, within the span of 48 hours. The fundraiser, hosted by Celebrate Mercy and MPower Change on the crowdfunding website LaunchGood, commenced with an…
Famed Singer Sinead O’Connor Finds Peace in Reversion to Islam
This past week, Sinead O’Connor announced, via her Twitter feed, that she had officially embraced Islam. Along with the proclamation that she now goes by the name Shuhada, she shared a melodic rendition of the adhaan (call to prayer). Regarding her rendition, Shuhada wrote, “I got some pronouncition [sic] wrong because emotions took me from my…
#MuslimGirlCampfire: The Legend of Silverpilen
Gather around the campfire, #MuslimGirlClique, as we countdown to Halloween with the spookiest stories our girl gang has to offer! Check back on the daily to jump in fright to a new story every day… This story is an adaptation of true events. The metropolis of Stockholm. A beacon of Scandinavian efficiency, and resourcefulness. On…
#MuslimGirlCampfire: The Little House on the Corner
Gather around the campfire, #MuslimGirlClique, as we countdown to Halloween with the spookiest stories our girl gang has to offer! Check back on the daily to jump in fright to a new story every day… In our neat little complex of townhomes in the eastern city of Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, there was a nondescript little…
Michelle Obama Just Launched a New Initiative for Girls and We’re Freaking Out
“I want every girl to know that her voice can change the world” – Malala Yousafzai. On this exceptional day, the International Day of the Girl, Muslim Girl’s Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, spent her morning with Michelle Obama and a host of individuals driving real change, at the official launch of the Global Girls…
Yazidi Activist and Rape Survivor, Nadia Murad, Wins 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
This past Friday saw another blow to the heinous practice of sexual violence. Yazidi activist and rape survivor, Nadia Murad Basee Taha, was named co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. She shares the honor with one Dr. Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist who currently heads up the Panzi Hospital in the Congolese city of Bukavu,…