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For all the Muslim guys and girls who love Adele but just cannot connect with her new song “Hello,” Omar Esa’s got a new cover of the song you’re bound to love. When I was first introduced to this version by my dearest friend, I was obsessed. This song has the most beautiful twist to…

Trust is a big commitment. Before anyone else, we usually trust loved ones — our parents, siblings, best friends, etc. And for the particularly guarded, it can take years to work up the courage to trust someone. However, every so often, life throws people into our lives that are just so genuine and wise that…

You know when a song just touches your soul? Yeah, it’s an awesome feeling. Well I’m back with another “Arab meets Adele” cover, because Ahmed Alshaiba managed to do that for me as he skillfully played Adele’s “Hello” with the oud: a Middle-Eastern born pear-shaped instrument that produces the most epic strings of music. It’s not uncommon to…

While Snapchat has made us proud by occasionally featuring Muslim countries and events in their Live Stories (like this one), we’ve got you covered (pun intended) on a daily basis with these 8 totally inspiring Muslims to follow on Snapchat: 1. Ibtihaj Muhammad Team U.S.A. fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad regularly snaps her travels, competing and training (and…

Noel Kharman puts a classic Fairouz twist on the Adele song everyone’s listening crying to. For those who don’t know, Fairouz is a legendary singer and Lebanese beauty who’s highly admired in the Arab world. She is also my queen. Now enjoy this beautiful mashup of Hello by Adele and Keefak Inta (كيفك انت) by Fairouz. You’re welcome.

Apparently, white boy nerds aren’t ready to give up their monopoly on science fiction. Well, not all of them. But enough to start a #BoycottStarWarsVII movement on Twitter in protest of the diverse main cast of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, deeming the act of casting the two main characters as a woman…

You know those annoying newsletter emails you signed up for years ago and keep ignoring now that they won’t stop flooding your inbox? I have a bad habit of thinking I might actually read them at some point. So when I got an email titled “Our 35th Anniversary Cosmos Award Announced!” from The Planetary Society…

Lindsay Lohan took to Instagram to post what she thought was a harmless little pick-me-up message. Along a distressed and faded floral wallpaper read the words “You’re beautiful,” falsely translating the message right above which read in Arabic: “You’re a donkey” – a common insult you may hear being thrown around your average Arab household….

From the days when I “woke up in the morning feeling shy and lonely” to now, when “whatever it takes, I know I can make it through,” I have been a fan of the Degrassi TV franchise. I empathize with and learn from the diversity of characters and experiences depicted in the show. As a…

1. Trevor Noah is not Jon Stewart. I mean this in the most literal sense possible. While some of us are still mourning the loss of Jon Stewart as the host of The Daily Show, we might have missed the news that Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old TV veteran, is going to be sitting behind the…

There are no words in the English language that can explain the range of emotions I felt when I learned that Zayn Malik was leaving behind his four white backup singers in One Direction. I will miss his beautiful melodic voice and brooding glances into the camera. I think most of all I’ll miss getting…

In my sphere of the world, there are a lot of debates on the strides being made by women in the hip hop industry and how severely women are underrepresented. Unfortunately, when women finally do make it to the top, their lyrics are no better than what’s being pumped out by men. It’s all about…