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Why You Should Take Your Activism For Palestine Beyond Social Media

I’ll just start by saying it: if you’ve reposted what’s happening in Palestine, you aren’t even halfway there. What are you going to do about it? All these big, well-renowned news stations using the words “fighting” and “conflict” are creating a biased and skewed untruthful image of what’s actually happening in Palestine. If one throws…

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Bella Hadid Attends a Pro-Palestine Protest In Brooklyn

Palestinian supermodel Bella Hadid has always made her pro-Palestinian stance known. Yesterday, she took to the streets of Brooklyn, along with tons of other protesters, to stand against the injustices in Palestine. Hadid was seen carrying a flag that was a combo of a keffiyeh and a Palestinian flag, with a keffiyeh wrapped around her…

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Watch: How to Pray Eid Prayer at Home

Eid Mubarak! 💜🥳✨ May Allah accept our month of Ramadan from us. If you’re not able to go to the masjid due to COVID restrictions or other reasons, you can still pray the Eid prayer and inshallah, gain its blessings. Watch the quick video above to learn how to pray Eid prayer at home. Eid…

Spirituality

7 Muslim Girls Talk About Their First Time Fasting

Let’s be real, people: fasting ain’t easy for the faint of heart. Scratch that. Fasting just ain’t easy. Periodt. So, whenever someone chooses to do it willingly, for the first time, we admire them for their sacrifice. Whether it’s to join their Muslim friend in solidarity for the month of Ramadan, or because they are…

Women To Watch

Meet the 2021 Class of Muslim Women to Watch

We are honored to return with our annual Muslim Women to Watch list spotlighting the Muslim women doing the work shaping our communities. We asked you to nominate the Muslim women inspiring your world in 2021. From your feedback, the Muslim Girl editors selected 12 powerhouses who have uplifted all of us through their hard…

Spirituality

It’s 420, so We Asked Muslims if They Smoke Weed In Ramadan

There are many taboos in the Muslim community, but as our society becomes more Millennial and Gen Z-centric, the taboos slowly become an everyday conversation. As we become more open to discussing the previously-considered-censored topics, MuslimGirl is ready to explore the topic of marijuana usage, regardless of the discussion between consumption vs. intention. Yes, it…

Spirituality

5 Common Misconceptions About Ramadan and Women

As Ramadan is now upon us, more than a billion Muslims around the world have now completed their first few fasts of 2021. This year, like last year, is unlike any other Ramadans we have observed pre-pandemic. Pandemic aside, this month in our Islamic calendar has been made more notable because of the rewards we…

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Our Readers Share 4 Things They Miss About Pre-COVID Ramadans

So many things have changed since the pandemic hit the world, especially during Ramadan. We asked our readers what they missed the most about life during Ramadan in a pre-COVID world, and this is what they had to say. Iftars in large gatherings are truly missed @ellesbelles.17 wrote: iftar in the masjid @myreenmalik wrote: Iftar…

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10 Muslim Women Share Their Ramadan Resolutions

Ramadan is like a fresh start for so many of us. We asked the #MuslimGirlArmy what their Ramadan resolutions are for this year. We received some amazing responses, so of course we had to share! Check out their beautiful intentions for this Ramadan below. @pure_perseverance: To learn the Quran more and be more comfortable wearing…

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9 Ramadan Tips for Our Non-Muslim Friends

Ramadan officially starts today, which means Muslims begin fasting for an entire month. Allow me to share some tips for all our non-Muslim friends reading this, in case you’ve had some pressing questions that you’d like to ask a real-life actual Muslim. I call this my “Ramadan Muzzie Manual.”  This is practical advice. For starters,…

Muslim Women's Day

10 Tweets About #MuslimWomensDay You Should Read

This past Saturday was Muslim Women’s Day — our fifth annual one! We rounded up some of our favorite tweets about Muslim Women’s Day. Check them out below. @halima_begum reminds us why Muslim Women’s Day is so important @a_leesha reminds Muslim women to step into their power and continue speaking up about issues that matter…