By MG StaffPutin’s latest attacks on Ukraine and its current refugees have reminded the Middle East of the death of innocent civilians of Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Palestine. The death of innocent and innocence itself is what combines the mentioned countries and Ukraine’s oppression. Civilians flee and become refugees. There is no choice left: either you leave everything…
By imaanasimDuring the 2020 Golden Globes, actress Michelle Williams accepted her award to make a political opinion — confidently going against Ricky Gervais’ request that performers needn’t use this platform to share an opinion as “the public doesn’t care what you think,” since everyone in that room was working with organizations knee-deep in exploitative practices. …
By Islamophobia in Germany, and increasing racist hate crimes against Muslims in Germany did not scare Seema from choosing to begin fulfilling her religious obligation – to don her headscarf. There I stand, at the bathroom sink, making my wuhdu to pray Salat-ul-Dhur on the day of Eid-al-Adha. Seema walks in. She looks very different. So…
By It’s 2011, a few weeks after I had started wearing a hijab, and I’m rummaging through the chip section of a 7-11. In the early stages of my hijab, there were days that I forgot I even had it on, and there were days that I was hyper-aware of every look I received or conversation…
By Maysoon KhatibIn 2012, my family and I moved from a bigger city in the Midwest to a much smaller college town in the south, population: 17,000. Yes, the move was inconvenient to my social life (no more Fun Day Mondays with the girls), but I chalked it up as one more adventure with my crazy family. With…
By akhalilThe Citadel, a military college in Charleston, S.C., is considering allowing a Muslim woman who was admitted to wear the hijab on campus. The college has strict rules on uniforms, and this move would be the first religious accommodation in 175 years with regards to the dress code. I used to live five minutes away…
By Sahra MaganA teenager has been stabbed in Huntington Beach, CA for “speaking Arabic.” The incident is not being investigated as an alleged Islamophobic hate crime, despite displaying some glaring hallmarks of a hate crime. Karam Jarrah, 17, was walking home with his brother-in-law, when the three suspects began verbally abusing them. Jarrah recounted to KABC that the three…
