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Film Review: 3 Seconds Divorce


Posted by sobia on 18 Jul 2019 / 0 Comments
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3 Seconds Divorce is a 2018 Hindi-language documentary, which started streaming on Netflix in mid-June., Made by Indo-Canadian filmmaker Shazia Javed the film explores the tradition known as instant divorce, or triple divorce, often occuring in South Asia, in which a Muslim man divorces his wife by simply saying “divorce” three times in a row, […]

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The Intersections of Latinx Identities, Islam and Gendered Narratives


Posted by eren on 15 Apr 2019 / 0 Comments
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I have written extensively about media coverage of Latinx Muslims (here, here and here). My interest on the topic lays on my frustration regarding the amount of misunderstanding and erasure that goes on when people discuss Latinx Muslims. Most folks who address the issue do not understand Latinidad or the ways in which racial, class, […]

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Book Review: The Tower by Shereen Malherbe


Posted by sarabi on 10 Apr 2019 / 0 Comments
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Content Warning: bombings, death, mass shooting. With the the three-year anniversary of Jasmine Falling just around the corner, author Shereen Malherbe has graced us with The Tower, her second novel. Here’s the blurb from her website: “Reem is a Syrian refugee who has arrived in London, trying to discover the whereabouts of her 10-year old […]

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Taking Back the Narrative, One Panel at a Time


Posted by Fatin Marini on 19 Feb 2019 / 0 Comments
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The publishing world is slowly coming around to the fact that stories are more authentic when they are written by the people living them. 2018 thankfully continued to give us female Muslim characters in children’s fiction, young adult and adult fiction. This year is looking to give us even more. Huda Fahmy’s Yes, I’m Hot […]

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Culture/Society

No Country For Travelling Women


Posted by Guest Contributor on 02 Aug 2018 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Guest Contributor Saira Mahmood. Follow Saira at @sairamhmd and through her personal blog. Pakistan has problems when it comes to safe, reliable and affordable transportation. In 1947, the country gained independence from British imperial rule and inherited a sprawling network of tram and railway lines that allowed reasonable public mobility for […]

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Saudi Arabia lifts the ban on women driving, and it is not the feminist achievement we think it is


Posted by Guest Contributor on 28 Jun 2018 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Guest Contributor Aisha Jamal. Aisha is a former features editor of the Saudi Gazette, and graduate of the London School of Economics. Last year, Saudi Arabia announced that it was finally going to allow Saudi women to drive. It was hailed as a watershed moment, the result of Saudi female […]

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Remembering Siti on Ramadan


Posted by Fatin Marini on 19 Jun 2018 / 1 Comment
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I’ll never forget March 21st of last year. It was Mother’s Day here in Amman and across the Middle East. I spent my mornings driving from school to school attending my children’s performances.  Once I was done, I planned to take a cake to my grandparents house and celebrate with my grandmother since my mother […]

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An Account of a Brown Muslim Woman Observing Ramadan in Four Countries Around the Globe


Posted by izzie on 14 Jun 2018 / 0 Comments
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I moved to Singapore 4 months ago, after living in the US for 3 years. However, if only I had a dime for every time someone was shell shocked about what they call a “reverse” move. Especially when I tell them it was my conscious decision to move, not because my H1B visa expired, not […]

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Grappling with my Muslim Identity during Ramadan


Posted by sarabi on 13 Jun 2018 / 0 Comments
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Like Tasnim, I’m going through Ramadan in a relatively new and unfamiliar city. Though I’ve stumbled a few times, my fears have not entirely come to pass and I reached the halfway point with the intention to complete the remaining fasts. Generally, Ramadan is a lonely experience for me. I don’t have a Muslim family […]

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Remembering Myself this Ramadan


Posted by Guest Contributor on 11 Jun 2018 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Guest Contributor Rawiya, who is a university professor and a musician. “He who knows himself knows His Lord.” As an academic, my initial impulse is to authenticate my sources. Who uttered these words? Can we find a source to validate this phrase as “Islamic?” The above saying is disputed, attributed […]

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