By ShannonEurocentric beauty standards: light skin, light colored eyes, straight long hair. Ever since the dawn of white people, humans all over the world have been trying to capture this look. We’ve got hair dyes, we’ve got colored contacts, and in many countries, we’ve got skin whitening creams. Skin whitening creams are essentially the reverse of…
By mahnoorjavedSix months ago, Shia cleric Nimr Baqir al-Nimr was sentenced to death for calling for peaceful protests against the persecution of Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia. Rightful outrage led to the organization of a Twitter storm. People from across the globe called for the release of Sheikh Nimr using the hashtag #FreeNimr. Here are some highlights:…
By The Editors#MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Another set of crazy headlines. Enjoy. Week of 5/11/15: Muslim girl not allowed to wear scarf in school. Apparently, the managing director of the school claimed: “If somebody wants to wear a religious dress,…
By Shannon“God will bring people into your life who were once your enemy and they will call you brother.” – Jose Serra The above statement was said by a young man delivering a sermon at a Christian retreat I attended while I was still considering a conversion to Islam. It was this statement that solidified in…
By Nihal Al QawasmiOn this day 67 years ago, 750,000 indigenous Palestinians were expelled from their homelands and forced to become the now seven million refugees scattered across every corner of the world. We call this day “Al-Nakba,” or “the catastrophe” — a day that fills our hearts with sorrow and grief, but most importantly, hope. As the generations go by, that…
By Sajida HydoubDisney finally decided to get its act together and introduce an African princess, but she will be… a white American? The announcement of the storyline for The Princess of North Sudan was met with heavy criticism online and in mass media. The story is said to be based on an American father who wanted to make his…
By ShannonI imagine that once you read the above title, any shred of respect you had for me as a blogger went completely out the window. Alas, I’m a human and the human desire to try absurd fitness trends proved to be too strong for my weak, weak mind. For the last two and a half…
By Nihal Al QawasmiFor her senior yearbook quote, Rafika Alami (@fefethevinc), who attends Summit High School in California, captioned her hijab-donning senior picture with: “Only reason I wear this is to give you females a chance.” The 17-year old’s photo instantly went viral. She told BuzzFeed that she did it because she thought it was funny. And indeed it was. When…
By ShannonThe television gods have opened their gates and now rain a blessing down upon us. ABC’s new show Quantico not only contains a Bollywood princess as a cast member, but an actual hijabi character as well. Yasmin Al Massri plays Nimah Anwar who is one of several new recruits at Quantico which houses the FBI Academy….
By MG StaffThe Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), a multi-art center in Brooklyn, hosted an event on Thursday to discuss the growing anti-Muslim sentiments being felt across the globe. In the shadow of the most recent event in Garland, Texas, where an anti-Muslim contest titled “Draw Prophet Muhammad” took place and concluded in the killing of two…
By HabeebaAnyone who’s ever been to my house knows that the floors squeak — like, a lot. The squeakiness paired with my parents’ early bedtime made for some very cautious tip-toeing down the steps when my cousins and I would crave cookies and milk at a late hour during a sleepover. My room is directly on…
By HabeebaDear Mummy, I know we don’t really celebrate Mother’s Day in our household… or birthdays or anniversaries or anything really, but I’m going to take this opportunity to type some words that I’m too shy to ever say to you in person. I love you. That’s silly, right? I mean other people say, “I love…
By Sara MaherEyebrow care is super important. So important, they made a saying for it — “Your eyebrows are on fleek, dude!” …Well, maybe people don’t say “dude” anymore, but “on fleek” is pretty popular nowadays! Now, we weren’t all born with the perfect arch or the fullest set of brows, but we live in a time and…
By sobiamasoodSalaam ladies! Sobi here with your spring/summer must-have footwear! #freaksandgeeks 1. Mules Let’s be real, stilettos are painful. Luckily, chunky heeled peep toe mules are comfy and just as cute! Find them here. 2. Slip on Sandals Irresistibly comfy and easy, ’nuff said. Check out this pair. 3. White…
By ShannonIn this weird era in which we find ourselves, hashtags are the quintessential way to get your point across. People have hashtags for literally everything and anything you can imagine. I made up a hashtag for my birthday last week, political movements are spawned from hashtags, and news facts come to light with the help…
