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Why, My Brother? On Terror in Ramadan


Posted by tasnim on 01 Jul 2015 / 2 Comments
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I was breaking my twenty hour fast when I saw the footage from Sousse for the first time, a video taken by one of the hotel workers who is heard saying, repeatedly: “aleish, aleish tugtel fil naas?” (Why, why are you killing people?). The familiar accent, and the bewildered tone of the man speaking, brought […]

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Defensiveness in the Time of Da’esh


Posted by tasnim on 29 Apr 2015 / 0 Comments
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One of the events at the All About Women program held at Sydney Opera House this year was entitled “Conversations with Muslim Women.” Featuring two Australian Muslim women, Randa Abdel-Fattah and Susan Carland, the event was advertised as a conversation with, rather than about, Muslim women. So the three women on stage have an engaging discussion, […]

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