By Asiya BharadiaOldham Academy North in the United Kingdom has apologized after a video of a group of students forced to pray outside their school went viral on social media. The video shows a group of about eight young schoolboys praying Jummah prayers on the concrete in the cold and rainy weather. Oldham Academy North, a prestigious…
By Guest BloggerIt’s time we talk about reverts, and how we are often shunned by those who are born into Muslim because we aren’t the “right” ethnicity or from the “right” family when trying to marry. I’m 40, and white. My ex and I met at work 10 years ago. And on my end, it was butterflies…
By Elizabeth Ann AzizGrowing up, I saved every single penny I got for chores or good grades, which was about $2 a week, to buy American Girl dolls. They each come with a cultural story, and of course, I identified with none of them. But, as many brown girls know, you kind of go with the one that…
By Amani SalahudeenMs. Marvel and a rising superhero named Amulet team up for the first time. But that’s not the only reason we’re super stoked for this partnership. We are thrilled, because this newest member of the Marvel universe is an Arab American from Dearborn, Michigan! In the newest edition of “Magnificent Ms. Marvel #13,” readers will…
By Pegah SmileyWhat is beauty? How do we make standards for something that is literally based on a human being’s perception, and differs from everyone else’s? How do we judge “beautiful”? What makes certain features supposedly “not beautiful”? Why are some of our typical attributes viewed as flaws? And why on earth do we care so much…
By manalmoazzamThe best minute you’ll expend today is right here, in the manifestation of this one-minute short, “Commute.” Designed to poke and prod at society’s most explicit and implicit biases, “Commute” is the digital masterpiece we, as a society, need to draw attention to. This brainchild of Julie Larah, and William Bradford, supported by a talented…
By manalmoazzamOh, Brides, what are you DOING? Yesterday, it was brought to attention that Brides Magazine had an article circulating the cloud. The article in question? 10 Muslim Wedding Ceremony Rituals and Traditions, Explained. Sounds innocent enough, right? In this age of miscommunication, and persistent miscomprehension of each other’s cultures, this is the type of journalistic…
By Irum IbrahimOn January 26, 2018, the Muslim Law Students Association (MLSA) at Wayne State University (WSU) hosted a program titled, “From Refugee Camp to Runway,” featuring breakthrough model, Halima Aden. The event was attended by student members of the campus community, eager to learn about how Aden beat all odds on her meteoric rise to…
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 aishasalehFor those of you who are unaware, a short horror film from the tiny archipelago of Bahrain was screened at the 2018 ScreamFest Film Festival in Los Angeles! ScreamFest is the largest and longest running Horror Film Festival in the United States, and has premiered some of the most successful films in the Horror genre,…
By Vanessa ElShamy“I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality, and fraternity.” – B. R. Ambedkar Islam teaches all of these things — liberty, equality, and fraternity — but they’re not always shown by Muslims, especially not equality. Islam is a diverse religion with people all over the globe converting to Islam every year, but sometimes it’s…
By Hadeel Abdel-NabiHello brands, it’s me…just your average Muslim girl here, ready to share some advice. So, you see it, right? The fact that your marketing department starts to go into “Muslim-inclusive overdrive” around a certain time of year? It’s okay; you can be honest, because we can definitely see it too. In recent years, whenever Ramadan…
