By Noha AlgahimiNagin Cox, once fascinated by Star Trek and Carl Sagan’s Cosmos as a little girl, is now a Tactical Mission Lead on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover. Growing up in an environment where women were perceived as “useless,” as a Muslim teenager, Cox became determined to dismantle the stereotypes cast on her and chase her…
By Noha AlgahimiOn August 5, 2020, five members of a Senegalese-American Muslim family incurred fatal injury in a fire that consumed their Colorado home. Denver authorities have opened investigations into the fire, citing evidence of potential arson. The Diol family, consisting of Djibril Diol, his wife, daughter, sister, and niece, were a vital part of the Denver…
By Noha AlgahimiInspire a Learner is a recently launched online service offering tutelage in Egyptian colloquial, modern standard Arabic, Quranic Arabic, and Islamic studies. The organization is unique in its emphasis on a personalized learning experience, offering step-by-step instruction to ensure the comfort and success of each student. Inspire a Learner is managed by a mother-daughter duo…
By Noha AlgahimiI’m subscribed to both The New York Times and The Washington Post. I have the apps downloaded on my phone and every morning I dutifully scroll through my daily briefing, but most days, that’s about as far as I read. As I continue with my day, I am guilty of both not giving a second…
By Noha AlgahimiAs Eid approaches, we are each faced with a set of mixed emotions. We are ready to enjoy a day of celebration, commemorating our 30 day dedication to our faith and our personal improvement, and for this, we are excited. But with Eid comes the end of Ramadan, a month of family and reflection, a…
By Noha AlgahimiHVMAN, an elite Silicon Valley biohacking/nootropics company, began 2017 in a way as markedly notable and strange as its name — with a seven-day company wide fast. CEO Geoffery Woo insisted, in an interview with The Guardian, that this hyper-immersive study conducted by company officials was a way to test productivity born out of hunger-clarity. A…
By Noha AlgahimiFollowing a tumultuous few years for immigrants around the world, this year’s #MuslimWomensDay campaign has centered around Muslim women talking back to immigrant life. So it seems fitting that you should grab a cup of hot cocoa, and dive deep into these books that invite their readers into the messy, complex, and beautiful realities of…
By Noha AlgahimiOn the 1st of February,1960, four Black college students sat, nervous but determined, at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, patiently requesting service. As the “Greensboro Four” expected, they were largely ignored. But the next day they came back, supporters in tow. For six months they staged the same protest, drawing a larger crowd…
By Noha AlgahimiOn October 2nd of 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist and American resident, was reported missing by his fiancée. He had unknowingly pursued a one-way trip into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. By the end of the week, his death had been all but confirmed. At the top of the suspect list was the government he…
By Noha AlgahimiA full timeline of the Russian Investigation In June of 2016, The Washington Post broke a story detailing the first public element of an operation a year in the making. The Democratic National Committee had been hacked. And Russian intelligence was the undeniable culprit. Slowly but surely, the following year offered up a growing list of…
By Noha AlgahimiIn the December of 2016, I gave my first competitive speech on the Rohingya Muslims, a people I had only found out about myself 30 minutes before. As I stood there, informing a singular judge about the brutalization of an entire ethnic group, I was horrified at my own apathy. Why was I only just…
By Noha AlgahimiThere’s nothing more American than debating politics. Flip on the T.V., and an angry blonde is defending this supposed “golden age” of the nation, and how political correctness is keeping us from realizing our full potential. Log onto Twitter, and a New York Times journalist you’ve never heard of, but has a little check mark…
