On belonging, belief, and becoming.
By hodakatebiIt’s important for me, as an Iranian Muslim woman, to take up space. My narrative and identity are being constantly misrepresented, silenced and ignored–whether that is virtually, by way of audience at a panel event, or simply being constantly dismissed as angry and emotional. A few weeks ago, I spoke on a panel at the…
By akhalilAlthough Zeinab Mohamed bakes cakes and other sweet goodies for others, she received a not so sweet message from one of her customers. Mohamed, who runs a cake business from home called SweetcakeZ in Grand Rapids, Michigan, received a message from one of her customers to cancel the order she put in because Mohamed and her…
By MG StaffHold the press y’all: An American hijab-wearing Muslim woman is going to the Olympics this summer. That’s right, Ibtihaj Muhammad, sabre fencer from New Jersey, just secured enough points to ensure that she will be representing the United States Fencing Team. This might not seem like a big deal to some — a girl wearing…
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 StaffIn this unprecedented inclusion of veiled Muslim women in a glossy U.S. magazine, our MuslimGirl founder Amani Al-Khatahtbeh is among several young women leaders featured in Teen Vogue‘s February cover story “Power Girls” with The Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg! The story identifies “The New Voices of Feminism” with a photoshoot and personal statements from…
By Tahira AyubThis Crisis Safety Manual has been edited for clarification. An earlier version may have misled readers to believe that we recommend removing the hijab. While we at Muslim Girl believe that the safety of Muslim women is the utmost priority, we do not believe that women should feel pressured to either remove or wear their…
By The EditorsYou might have read this summer’s TeenVogue.com profile about MuslimGirl.net with Founding Editor-in-Chief Amani Al-Khatahtbeh. She discussed the rapid success that MuslimGirl has been experiencing within the past year and the many questions surrounding identity and politics that brought it to life in the first place. The article was circulated all over the internet and gave America…
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 Sabha AbourTopless women at a Muslim conference? This is supposed to be some sort of statement to liberate Muslim women? Apparently, every “true feminist” knows that liberating Muslim women from the oppression they live in everyday under those radical extremist men is the ultimate feminist victory. I mean, every woman who wears the hijab must be…
By Guest BloggerWhen my Baba was a young boy of seven in a village in northern Pakistan, he took apart the watch he was given as a gift from his uncle from America. His intention was to see what made the clock run and put it back once he figured it out. Of course, he never put…
By MG StaffSamantha Elauf, a 23-year-old, headscarf-wearing Muslim woman, has triggered quite the controversial debate surrounding religious freedom and the accountability of employers under civil rights laws. Click here to check out our earlier article for everything you need to know about the details of this case. What not to wear Seventeen-year-old Elauf was refused a sales…
