By MG StaffWe spoke with three generations of New York Muslim women activists for the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the upcoming fifth anniversary of the award-winning memoir ‘Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age.’ This is an excerpt from the forthcoming film Generation 9/11. Guests: Aisha Al-Adawiya, community organizer and founder of Women In Islam Inc.; Linda…
By MG StaffThere are many stereotypes about what Muslim women are and are not, especially in the West. Mexican-American Muslim comedian Sofie Lovern is here to chat about “the American Muslim experience.” According to Sofie, she enjoys “bunnies, long walks on the beach, and world domination.” Does that world domination happen due to item 7,8965 on the…
By MG StaffWhile this revert offers five good habits for reverts to add to their lives, may we suggest all Muslims to include them as well.
By MG StaffThere’s a new show on television — and this time we’re meeting an entire ensemble cast of Muslim women characters. In Peacock’s new show “We Are Lady Parts,” starring Anjana Vasan, Amina is an awkward but musically talented brown girl trying to keep up with her friends all getting engaged. Her journey leads her to…
By MG StaffAfter seeing the rise in popularity of makeup tutorials on YouTube — and the subsequent increase in self-esteem issues among young Muslim girls — Aisha Rosalie knew she needed to send a powerful message to her sisters in Islam about the most important makeup one can wear: the noor from Allah. Regarding the makeup tutorials,…
By MG StaffIn this TED talk, Turkish journalist Mustafa Akyol discusses how certain cultural traditions are sometimes confused for being part of Islam, when they have no Islamic basis. Check it out above, and let us know what you think. Why do you think it’s important to learn to differentiate between culture and religion?
By manalmoazzamVideo courtesy of SoulPancake’s Facebook page If there’s anything to learn from the interaction in the video above, it’s that your greatest chance of finding a cache of resilience is amongst a group of determined girls, chockfull of courage and conviction in their beliefs. We commence with the introduction of 11 year-old Kheris Rogers, a…
By aishasaleh2018 has been the year of incredible diversity and inclusion in the film industry, giving us all hope that maybe we are witnessing a progressive push forward from tokenism to genuine representation. Just this February, the world was gifted Marvel’s Black Panther, featuring an almost entirely black cast showcasing what black excellence looks like on the big…
By rhiannabeaumontSaira Khan, Hana Yusuf and Piers Morgan debate the necessity for hijab in the workplace. With a new law in the UK giving employers the authority to stipulate a religiously neutral dress code, it puts a lot of Muslim women at risk of no longer being employable or being faced with having to remove their…
By AmaniMany muslims believe that nail polish creates a barrier against wudu, or ablution water, and thus invalidates prayer. Oftentimes I deal with people leaving comments on my social media asking about (or straight up judging) my claw situation. I’m a woman who loves doing my nails and always have. I mean, we even launched a groundbreaking…
By leahvernon“S**T White Girls Say to Muslimahs” I’ve wanted to do this since last year (another vlogger did a version of this video as well) but I never had to guts to actually film it. This is my first time doing something super ridiculous. Unfortunately, a lot of these questions I’ve actually got from individuals in…
By Ahlam AbdelkaderI did an unboxing of the recent care package! Let me know what you think in the comments below!
By yathripabdelgadirHere at Muslim Girl, we love to introduce outstanding women that inspire us; Ekhlas Ahmed is one of those outstanding women. Ekhlas wrote a letter to Ellen DeGeneres thanking her for helping her learn the English language as she was growing up after her family left Sudan as refugees to escape the genocide in Darfur….
By Marwa AdinaWe are living in a time where the entire world is watching us to see how we will react to Islamophobia. News flash, haters, you can’t phase us. True Islam, an organization aimed towards educating non-Muslims on Islam, took an initiative to show the world how much hate Islam gets on social media platforms such as…
By yathripabdelgadirAt first sight, the current events surrounding us are frightening. The banning of immigrants from seven Muslim majority countries is enough to send shivers down anyone’s spine. But, like I always say in any situation in my personal life: there’s always a positive side. No matter what is happening, there is always something good to look…
