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By MG StaffHappy New Year, baddies! It goes without saying that 2016 was a special one for the #MuslimGirlArmy. You joined us in flooding it with momentous milestones of revolutionizing Muslim women’s media representation to historic heights. You liked that alliteration, didn’t you? We’re proud to kick off 2017 with this: our #HEIC Amani Al-Khatahtbeh joined CBS’s…
By Maysoon KhatibDon’t let what’s going on in America today deter you from claiming your identity. As seen in this video, our Muslim Girl founder and HEIC, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, reminds us that we all have stories – some of us closer to the immigrant experience than others. Watch as she joins the MTV campaign to go #BeyondTheWall. We…
By MG Staff[tps_header][/tps_header] If you watched the VMA’s this week, you probably saw Muslim Girl #BOSSBABE and EIC Amani Al-Khatahtbeh mingling with celebrities. Rumour has it she even had a little run-in with Fat Joe, and had DJ Khaled give a special shout out to all the Muslim Girls around the world. (We fan-girled pretty hard). Here are…
By Maysoon KhatibWant to see the live highlights of the MTV Video Music Awards tonight, but you won’t be home in time to catch it? Or, do you want to see special moments and get exclusive access that you won’t be able to see on TV? We’ve got you covered! Muslim Girl will be covering it live…
By MG StaffAmani Al-Khatahtbeh, founder and editor-in-chief of Muslim Girl, interviews Shonda Rhimes, creator of Shondaland, and Billie Jean King, the former #1 professional tennis player in the world, at the White House’s United State of Women Summit on June 14, 2016. The plenary session was hosted among 5,000 attendees and fostered an intergenerational discussion on the…
By MG StaffSee any familiar faces? Our founder and editor-in-chief Amani Al-Khatahtbeh will be speaking at the White House on June 14, 2016 alongside Gloria Steinem, Shonda Rhimes, and other women titans to address gender equality in today’s evolving society. “When I was a little girl, I don’t know what I would have done to see a…
By Sumaia MasoomMuslim Girl’s founder and editor-in-chief, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, took the stage with former president Bill Clinton this past weekend during the opening session of the annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) event in Berkeley, Calif. The panel, in keeping with the opening plenary’s “Courage to Create” theme, also included Khan Academy founder Sal Khan, Egyptian revolutionary…
By MG StaffFounder and editor-in-chief Amani Al-Khatahtbeh spoke with President Bill Clinton at UC Berkeley on Friday on the importance of Muslim Girl‘s work to empower marginalized narratives. The “Courage to Create” opening plenary of Clinton Global Initiative University broke UC Berkeley’s record for event attendance with over 6,500 selected students present from all over the world….
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 MG StaffOrganized by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Thomson Reuters, this year’s GIES summit focused on bringing together more than 2,000 policymakers and business leaders from all over the world to connect and discuss the crucial issues affecting the global Islamic economy — which implements a certain lifestyle that understands the need to…
By MG StaffGet ready! We are very excited to bring Muslim women front and center at this year’s United Nations Youth Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York City. And we want to make YOU a part of it! The UN Youth Assembly is a congregation of over 1000 youth from 40 countries around the world…
