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Has Quantico got positive female Muslim roles covered?


Posted by Guest Contributor on 04 Nov 2015 / 7 Comments
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This post is written by Guest Contributor Fatin Marini (@FatinMarini1) As of this writing, the author has watched up until episode 5. We will have a follow up post soon!    When I first heard about ABC’s Quantico, I rolled my eyes. A show about FBI recruits, one of which was a Muslim hijabi woman, with […]

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When Invisibility is a Superpower: Farah Nazan in Heroes Reborn


Posted by Guest Contributor on 21 Oct 2015 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by guest contributor Heba Elsherief (@iamsheba).  “Full stories are as rare as honesty.”  ― Zadie Smith, White Teeth When, in a recent episode of NBC’s Heroes Reborn, a prayer mat appears atop an expansive and pristine Arctic landscape, my pulse quickened. A woman could be seen completing the prayer, Dhuhr or Asr […]

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Review of Desert Dancer (2015)


Posted by syahirah on 16 Apr 2015 / 0 Comments
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Six years ago I attended a contemporary dance workshop, and while I’ve been dancing for most of my life, what struck me most was one improvisation that involved dancing as if you were the furniture in your room. When we had come up with a sequence of movements representing various wardrobes, nightstands, mirrors, beds and […]

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