By Marwa AbdulhaiWhen people ask me about my favorite sport, I talk about my love for swimming. As a Muslim woman who covers, people often ask me curiously as to what I wear in the pool and how I manage to glide through the water with my baggy clothes on. As a regular swimmer at my college…
By Marwa AbdulhaiWe’re pretty pumped about the BOY/BYE project and so should you! Featuring a product line of pins, prints, stickers and patches all showcasing women of color, the BOY/BYE project is a lighthearted expression of solidarity with women who don’t often see themselves in the stories presented to them. The kickstarter reads, “It’s about creating your own space….
By Marwa AbdulhaiWith the fall semester just around the corner, you might still be having trouble looking for a roommate, and finding a Muslim roommate to calm your parents’ concerns does not make this process any easier. Enter MuzRoomie, where, “Searching for roommates has never been so simple.” Launched just several weeks ago, the website allows users…
By Marwa Abdulhai“When I do Wushu, my mind becomes free,” were the words of Fareeha Tafirm, a 14- year-old girl in Hyderabad, India. Despite much opposition due to tradition and orthodoxy, Tafirm won state championships of the martial art sport and was selected to participate in the national championships last year in the state of Assam. When…
By Marwa AbdulhaiAt the 9th Poetry Slam Competition, second place runner up Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, shook the world with her poem “This Is Not A Humanising Poem” at a charity event organized by Roundhouse with her moving words on showing true solidarity and love in a time of Islamophobia. The 22-year-old’s raw emotions send a powerful message to…
By Marwa Abdulhai“If you need me to prove my humanity, I’m not the one who’s not human.” The second place runner up of the 9th Poetry Slam Competition, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, shook the world with her poem “This Is Not A Humanising Poem” at a charity event organized by Roundhouse with her moving words on showing true solidarity and…
By Marwa AbdulhaiWe live in a world where wealth is the most important indicator of how much respect a person receives in society. It would be no further than the truth if one were to say that the overwhelming purpose of acquiring an education is gaining wealth. People spend a majority of their lifetime — say 15, 20,…
By Marwa AbdulhaiMeet Maryam Masud, a fifth grade student of An-Noor Academy in New Jersey who became a Hafiza of the Qur’an at the tender age of 8. She is the host of the kid’s program “Quran With Maryam” on GuideUs TV and has participated in many national and international competitions, a bulk of which she has won….
By Marwa AbdulhaiAn Emergency Rally Protest was held at Harvard Square in Massachusetts last week in response to the Immigration Ban Executive Order signed an hour earlier at 4:30 P.M. at the Department of Defense. Organized by Harvard Students, the rally was attended not only by students from all across the Boston area, but members of the…
By Marwa AbdulhaiIn the wake of the recent immigration ban by the Trump administration, there is worry among many international and undocumented students of their status in this country on whether they will be able to continue studying in their respective universities. Trump’s order bans the issuing of visas and other immigration benefits to “nationals of particular concern” for…
By Marwa AbdulhaiSigned in 2012 by the Obama Administration, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a program that provides more than 750,000 undocumented youth with temporary work authorization and the right to live without fear of deportation in the United States of America. Ever since, DACA recipients, or “Dreamers” have come back with success stories…
By Marwa AbdulhaiWhile the world waits in fear of a new America under the Trump administration, a young 16-year-old Muslim girl continues to work on playing her part in fighting bigotry and anti-Muslim sentiment in her community. Feeling that there is a lack of interest and representation in computer science, engineering, and STEM in general among Muslim…
By Marwa AbdulhaiThe New Year calls for New Resolutions — and for Morocco these seem to be confused and worrying plans of a possible ban of the production and sale of the burqa, a long, loose garment covering the whole body from head to toe. Worn in public by many Muslim women countries such as Afghanistan and…
By Marwa AbdulhaiThis vid is giving us all the feels. This video is has the whole Muslim Girl Fam crying their eyeballs out. The Global Goals just released their newest music video cover of the 90’s video “Wannabe” by Spice Girls (which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary; do you feel old?!) to shed light upon the problems facing women…
By Marwa AbdulhaiI was first introduced to Elie Wiesel as a junior in high school. Our teacher – like the other thousands of teachers across the globe – assigned us to read his Memoir Night with the intention of exposing us to the horrors of the Holocaust. I had been introduced to the subject multiple times before,…
