I was travelling today, so I did not fast. I considered fasting anyway, because I wanted to be part of the community, at least virtually – my Whatsapp right now is a constant scroll of friends and family checking in with each other, asking what everyone is having for iftar, sending both cheesy and/or moving […]

Over the past half year or so, I’ve been working on my mental health. While I wouldn’t consider my experiments a success just yet, I’ve figured out a few habits that help me maintain a reasonable quality of life. In the week leading up to Ramadan,  a disruption to my schedule left me feeling like […]

Not enough can be said about sexual relationships that start in a coercive silence; the damage can be indefinite and lifelong. Shreerekha, In the Wake of His Damage.   My past few Ramadan seasons have been complex ones. And this year, despite my efforts to have a time of reflection and renewal, as I believe […]

After a health setback a few years ago, I was under medical instructions not to fast for Ramadan.  In the years since, I kept thinking “maybe I can fast next year.”  I wrote about this in 2016.  It is now 2018 and it doesn’t look like I will be fasting again any time soon. Although […]

Salaams to our readers, and Ramadan Kareem to those celebrating! Since 2012, MMW has published its Ramadan Series. As writers, these posts are dear and near to our hearts because they are our personal stories. We see these posts as a time to reflect on religion, worship,  family, food, mental health, loss, community, and everything […]

This post was written by Guest Contributor Habeeba Husain. Habeeba blogs at My Future is at My  Finger Tips and tweets at @HabeebaHusain.    When a Rutgers University student finally found a seat on the campus’s usually overcrowded bus, she witnessed the Caucasian man next to her shoot her a dirty look and abandon his seat. “That […]

This post was written by Guest Contributor Saira Mahmood. Follow Saira at @sairamhmd and through her personal blog.   Noor Tagouri became the first Muslim woman in a hijab to be featured in Playboy in October of 2016. This was viewed by some people as a radical decision for a magazine that had earned its fame […]

This post was written by Guest Contributor Saffiyya Mohammed. Saffiyya tweets at @saffiyyam. Living in the Caribbean has its perks; and believe it or not, it also has its drawbacks. With our colonial past, it’s become a melting pot for people over the world, with societies comprised of African, Indian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, European and Indigenous peoples. […]

This post was written by Guest Contributor Habeeba Husain. Habeeba blogs at My Future is at My  Finger Tips and tweets at @HabeebaHusain.  After occupying a top floor unit in an abandoned Baltimore building for nearly a year, Asma Hanif got a bitter taste of what it’s like to be homeless. People living with addiction health issues […]

Today marks the first anniversary since six men were killed in a shooting at a mosque in Quebec City. Memorials are being held across Canada to remember the men and to resist ongoing expressions of racism and Islamophobia. This is a talk I gave yesterday at a neighbourhood memorial in Montreal. Assalaamu alaikum – peace […]