By Guest BloggerI am a Muslim Black Woman who works in the realm of Political Sociology, and as expected, often the topic of discussion in my circles revolve around power, social stratification, race, culture, politics — the usual culprits of preoccupation for someone who moves in the “Arts” world. But over this past summer, I have spent…
By ShannonPicture this: an adult woman drives to a secluded area late at night. She parks her car, grabs her camera and waits. She waits until a young couple, under the assumption that they are alone, walks into the secluded area and engages in some intimate activity. While this private moment is happening the woman in…
By Guest BloggerThis Tuesday, the White House hosted its annual Iftar dinner for Muslim leaders, particularly young leaders, invited from all around the country. Attendees included Samantha Elauf, recent victor of the Supreme Court case against Abercrombie & Fitch; Munira Khalif, founder of the nonprofit Lighting The Way and one of a handful of high school students admitted…
By Guest BloggerRecently, Michelle Obama spoke to a group of young Muslim women in East London. She spoke about how her struggle as a Black woman in America, from the South Side of Chicago, is similar to the struggles of young Muslim girls living in East London. Her speech received a standing ovation. I was initially inspired…
By #MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. This lot of headlines is particularly blood-boiling. Enjoy. Week of 5/31/15: If you haven’t heard about Tahera Ahmad and her soda can, you probably haven’t been on any social media lately. Apparently, a United…
By Salma ElkhaoudiMy social media feed erupted last night with news of the anti-Islam Phoenix mosque rally. Pictures of gun-toting white men, angry supremacists, and hate-filled bloggers encouraging them behind the scenes combined in a depressing cacophony of pointed fingers and misplaced rage. And what’s worse is the frightening media coverage that always seems to have the…
By ShannonWomen who don the veil have always been an interesting subject to the general unveiled public. The unveiled want to know why these women cover and what kind of lives they lead. But this may be the first time someone actually thought to ask the question — how do they see? Hassan Ammar, a photographer…
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 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 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 najiatameezWe have become used to adding names to the list of slain Black brethren and mostly expect our cries for reform and justice to be ignored. We do not expect indictments for murders. We just hope to make enough noise so that someone, somewhere, hears our cries. So when our calls for justice are actually…
By MG StaffBaltimore is in a state of emergency and fell under a week-long curfew last night. Tensions have risen after police severed Freddie Gray’s spine while he was in custody, resulting in his death. This is how curfew went down on the first night.
By MG StaffPam Geller doesn’t know much about Islam or Muslims, that much is clear. What she does know, however, is how to rally the troops to incite racism. From funding Islamophobic bus ads to maximizing offensive Muslim stereotypes, it’s clear that there’s only one thing on her agenda — and that’s hate. In response to the…
By MG StaffIn the last year we have been inundated with media coverage on police brutality; particularly police brutality against the Black and transgender community. A handful of names have made it into the collective conscious, but they are representative of thousands of lives that have been extinguished by what is essentially discriminatory state-sanctioned violence. These deaths…
By najiatameezOn April 19, 2015, the United States Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) penned a press release regarding “the tragedy that befell Armenians” in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. Rather than call the tragedy what it was, a genocide, USMCO is calling for the characterization of those events to be “balanced, constructive and…
