By SaraIsraeli “fashion designer” Dodo Bar Or recently launched a new women’s collection made up of flowing dresses, bouncy skirts, baggy tops, rompers, and even a kaftan. Good for her..except for one glaringly obviously, and downright despicable thing: They are all made in the universally recognizable checkered and tasseled design of the keffiyeh. Dodo Bar Or’s…
By SaraDonald Trump made an embarrassing blunder this past Monday at a rally in Buffalo, NY, when he called 9/11, a day that transformed the political landscape of the entire world, 7-11, the slurpee-toting convenience store. Dude…what ARE you saying? We damn sure don’t know, cause YOU don’t even know. “It’s very close to my heart…
By SaraLet’s imagine a scenario. A middle-aged Muslim man takes to social media to rage about perceived injustices, spewing racism and bigotry. Christianity, in his eyes, is the scourge of humanity, threatening his already crumbling castle in the sand. His unemployment status — no doubt the work of immigrants and refugees keen on robbing his country…
By SaraWe all know better than to venture into that terrifying place where anonymity gives wings to absurd, racist and often violent opinions: the dreaded comments section. But sometimes our curiosities get the best of us and we go there, despite our better judgment, only to be reminded why we so stringently avoided them in the…
By SaraAl Jazeera America will be shutting its doors this coming April after a two-year stint on cable television. The news was announced at a staff-wide meeting last Wednesday. In an email sent to the staff, Al Jazeera America chief executive Al Anstey cited economic reasons for the media agency’s closure, saying that the “decision by…
By SaraAmani Al-Khatahtbeh, MuslimGirl founder and editor in chief, joined several Forbes honorees Monday morning as she rang the opening bell at the Nasdaq in New York City, N.Y. The ceremony took place at the major commercial sector in Times Square, and was showcased on the Nasdaq MarketSite Tower. This historic moment marked a hijab-clad woman…
By SaraSix months after his notorious escape from Altiplano maximum security prison in July of last year, Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was recaptured in a bizarre series of events, proving reality can be stranger than fiction. Initially arrested in Guatemala in June of 1993, following an extensive manhunt, Guzman, who is the head…
By SaraA suspect was taken into custody on Dec. 25 for allegedly setting fire to a southwest Houston mosque. The two-alarm blaze occurred around 2:30 P.M. on Christmas day, and was classified as “incendiary” by the city’s investigators. 37-year-old Gary Nathaniel Moore is being charged with felony arson after prosecutors said that surveillance cameras captured Moore…
By SaraOn Monday night, Republican hopeful Donald Trump released a statement calling for the preclusion of all Muslims setting foot in the United States. “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” the press release reported….
