By Fatima ZaidiThis year’s Muslim Women’s Day theme was the “The Digitization of Muslim Women and Girls”. We advocate for how digital platforms have significantly aided the empowerment of Muslim women throughout the globe across a variety of spaces and possibilities. This year, Muslim Women’s Day featured models, athletes, content creators, artists and beyond to highlight their…
By Zainab KhanThe Women of Iran are our honorees for Muslim Women to Watch 2023, Muslim Girl’s annual list of the prolific Muslim women making our year. Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman was visiting Iran in September 2022. As she was exploring the streets of Tehran, the morality police approached her concerning the way Amini had draped…
By JUMMANAHStill can’t get over #MuslimWomensDay? These 12 captivating stories that will give you all the feels!
By JUMMANAHIt is December 7, 2015. We watch Trump read this statement aloud to his raving crowd at a rally in South Carolina: “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on.” As we hear…
By JUMMANAHAre you ready for Muslim Women’s Day 2022? We’ve been working with some of the best partners on the planet to pave the way for this year’s sixth global campaign. We’ve been rolling out opportunities focused on community: We announced our design contest in official partnership with Twitter. We also announced opening paid pitches on…
By JUMMANAHAre YOU going to be the featured creator of Muslim Women’s Day 2022?
By MG StaffThis past Saturday was Muslim Women’s Day — our fifth annual one! We rounded up some of our favorite tweets about Muslim Women’s Day. Check them out below. @halima_begum reminds us why Muslim Women’s Day is so important @a_leesha reminds Muslim women to step into their power and continue speaking up about issues that matter…
By MG StaffYesterday was our fifth annual Muslim Women’s Day! Muslim Women’s Day was launched in 2017 in response to the travel ban, as a way to center Muslim women and our stories. Each year, we partner with top-tier media partners such as Twitter, Tik Tok, Spotify, Bustle, Allure, Elle, and more to bring you content for…
By MG StaffThe Opportunity It’s that time of year again: On March 27, it’s officially #MuslimWomensDay, and we are excited to announce an amazing opportunity for our creatives in the #MuslimGirlArmy! (We’re talking about you!) With #MuslimWomensDay fast approaching, we’re looking for a logo that captures what our international campaign is all about — us! That’s right:…
By Amina RadwanMarch 27th, 2019 was the first year that I was a part of Muslim Women’s Day. Girl! It was a day I will never forget. It soon became apparent that there was much celebration all over the world, and I found myself feeling particularly proud to be a part of such a powerful movement. Muslim…
By manalmoazzamFrom our allies, to our partners, to our #MuslimGirlArmy, we really felt the love for our third annual Muslim Women’s Day! Initially pioneered in 2017 as a day dedicated to the visibility of Muslim women and their accomplishments, Muslim Women’s Day has grown year after year to include more partners and allies who have committed…
By manalmoazzamCould Muslim Women’s Day ever be complete without us sounding the alarm on all things politics and identity? We think not! Of course, there’s no denying that the conversations surrounding our current cultural and political discourse are so pertinent, perhaps more so than ever before. And so, we are exceedingly proud to bring you a…
By manalmoazzamAs the third annual #MuslimWomensDay campaign came to a conclusion, we came face to face with a tsunami of original content celebrating and elevating Muslim women taking their respective fields by storm. From a barrage of original art, emotional odes, and proclamations of allyship that flooded our timelines and newsfeeds arose narratives that depicted the…
By vanessaelshamyThank you to everyone who made this year’s Muslim Women’s Day — our third annual one — a huge success! With all that’s been happening in the world lately, particularly with all the bigotry, religious intolerance, and hatred that’s being spewed on a daily basis, it was nice to see lots of support and good…
By Mariam NouserWhile we honour our identities every day at MuslimGirl.com, we are excited that our annual #MuslimWomensDay campaign is used as a day to celebrate Muslim women globally. This day is crucial to challenging stereotypes and generalizations in the discourse surrounding Muslim women, and is becoming more and more pertinent due to a global increase in…
