I will start this post positioning myself as a cissexual and heterosexual Binizaa–Latinx woman who converted to Islam about ten years ago. I am also an immigrant: a settler to the territories of the Algonquin, Cree, Anishinabe, Haudenosaunee and Métis nations, among others. The positioning is important because to discuss white supremacy is not only […]

We live in violent times… Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States, and Canada is battling its own white supremacist demons, as we see with figures like Kellie Leitch. At the same time anonymous acts of everyday violence against women, LGBTIQ folks, people of color, Indigenous and Black communities, immigrants and religious minorities […]

A few weeks ago Musleh Khan, a chaplain working for the Toronto Police, was all over the media for his comments on women and obedience on a 2013 webinar for couples. In the webinar titled “The Heart of the Home: the Rights and Responsibilities of a Wife” (the video has been taken down), he asserts […]

…However else the fiction functions, it fills you with the sound of crows chirping, alive alive alive. But that’s temporary too. Tell my story, begs the past, as if it was a prayer for an imagined life or a life that’s better than the life you live -For Brothers of the Dragon by Terrance Hayes […]

When I came to Canada almost ten years ago, multiculturalism was sold to me as the one and only policy that could guarantee the peaceful and productive mingling of cultures within a country. When I was enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL) program, “integration” was one of the things we were taught. Thus, […]

  The producing and dissemination of images by mainstream media has a direct impact on society. It affects the ways that we view ourselves and the way we perceive others. Television, film, advertising, and even education all play a role in spreading specific versions of reality. Communities who experience state-violence, police brutality, and increased rates […]

Four years ago I wrote “How are Muslim Women doing in Political Cartoons,” a piece that analyzed the use of gendered and islamophobic language in Anglophone political cartoons. At the time, I was writing my undergraduate thesis, which focused on media coverage of First Ladies in Mexico, particularly in political cartoons. Later that year, I […]

The growing use of social media in recent years provides opportunities for Muslim women to speak truth to preconceptions. Wired lists 5 women quashing preconceptions about Islam on social media (including MMW’s own Sana Saeed). A group of Saskatoon Muslim women in Canada is trying to break through stereotypes by inviting other women to meet them, and […]

This week’s Friday Links were compiled by Eren and Samya.  Australia Racism and sexism is creating a toxic mix for the hundreds of thousands of Muslim women living in Australia, says Dr. Mehreen Faruqi as they have become the most likely targets of those retaliating and venting their anger in the aftermath of terrorist incidents. Dr. […]

Upon learning about the Paris attacks and the #PrayforParis hashtag that emerged, I felt many things – but I was not shocked. Violence does not shock me. As a woman of colour and as an immigrant, it is part of my surroundings. I have become desensitized to violence. If you are like me and grew […]