By Salma ElkhaoudiMohammad JD, a native Chicagoan and current graduate student in San Francisco, is on a mission to call the world’s attention to the Syrian refugee crisis. “No Place Like Hope,” is the title of this mini-documentary, a product of Mohammad’s time spent teaching and helping with medical attention in Northern Greece’s refugee camps. It was written and…
By Salma ElkhaoudiDr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born exactly 87 years ago, in 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Twenty-six years later, he would lead the 385-day Montgomery Bus Boycott alongside Rosa Parks. Eight years after that, he would help lead 200,000 people to the Lincoln Memorial where he made his infamous “I Have a Dream” speech. Two…
By Salma ElkhaoudiAhmed Mohamed’s rise to internet fame has been skyrocketing. People across the world have been posting their support on social media — from President Barack Obama to Mark Zuckerberg to Sophia Bush — united by a single hashtag: #IStandWithAhmed. This entire movement can be drawn back to one 23-year-old MuslimGirl from Arlington, TX: Amneh Jafari….
By Salma ElkhaoudiOn Friday, Jan. 30, Muslim women in Los Angeles gathered at the Women’s Mosque of America for Friday prayer. The event itself isn’t abnormal. Thousands of Muslim women across the country flock to their nearest mosques for Friday service. What’s different about this gathering in particular is that it’s the first of its kind, set in…
By Salma ElkhaoudiThe night of Darren Wilson’s non-indictment, amidst all the circulation about white privilege and injustice in the land of red, white and blue, one particular statement stood out. I was scrolling through Tumblr, my frustration with the American justice system beyond the usual, when I saw a post by @mercedesbenzodiazepine: “Just wondering…. Who’s still proud…
