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Are Converts News?


Posted by eren on 03 Dec 2013 / 5 Comments
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Growing up in Mexico, I had a very rudimentary understanding of religion and religious diversity. While the national census showed that about 80% of Mexicans practiced Catholicism, I was raised an atheist. My parents, born Catholics, had left religion during their teenage years for various reasons. My paternal grandfather (who was never really religious either) […]

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Sexy Fun and What’s Up with “Halal” Sex Shops


Posted by eren on 07 Nov 2013 / 0 Comments
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Growing up in Mexico, immersed in a culture that debated “Western” values and was skeptical of its imports, I spent my early years in a society that taught me from the beginning that my sexuality was not mine, but someone else’s. Even when the institution of marriage started to crumble and common-law unions became more […]

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The Ramadan Blues


Posted by eren on 05 Aug 2013 / 1 Comment
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Since my conversion to Islam, I have spent every Ramadan in Canada. My Ramadans are often filled with the fasting experience and sumptuous iftars in my local mosque, as well as visiting fellow converts, for whom Ramadan can be a very lonely experience. This year was different. My life is currently in flux, first because […]

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Getting to know the Sexual Muslimah


Posted by eren on 08 May 2013 / 0 Comments
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When I converted to Islam, before Love Inshallah (which Merium reviewed last year) and Sex and the Citadel, I was immersed in a religious culture that had an ambivalent relationship with sex and sexuality. While the women in my community occasionally discussed matters of “lawful” vs. “prohibited” when it came to sex, they were also […]

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Are “Latina” Muslim Women the New Face of Islam?


Posted by eren on 26 Feb 2013 / 1 Comment
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What do you think when you hear the word Latin? Or Latina, to be more exact? Spicy? Or perhaps “loud,” “flamboyant” and “sexy”? Maybe the word just inspires images of women like Salma Hayek and J-Lo. Many of us are, sadly, very familiar with the image of what “Latinas” are supposed to look like. Just […]

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Culture/Society

Finding Common Ground in Gender Equality and Democracy: Shirin Ebadi and Nadia Al-Sakkaf Speak in Mexico


Posted by eren on 14 Nov 2012 / 0 Comments
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Last July, Mexico had elections. Six years ago, the Mexican conservative government was accused  of electoral fraud to maintain power, while this year the party that ruled Mexico for over 70 years through undemocratic elections has returned to power. Very much like the “democratic” regimes in the Middle East, Mexico has never really known democracy. […]

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Merchandise/Commodities

When Barbie Became Muslim


Posted by eren on 05 Sep 2012 / 1 Comment
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Growing up in Mexico City in the 90’s meant for me that I grew up in a completely different context from my parents. Since my parent’s generation did not have the luxury of foreign products, due to the economic restrictions on international goods, my parents grew up with yellow pencils made in Mexico and traditional […]

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Ramadan 2012

Mexican-Lebanese Ramadan Food


Posted by eren on 26 Jul 2012 / 0 Comments
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Growing up in Mexico City, one of my first interactions with Arabs and Muslims was through the Lebanese community in Mexico. Although Mexico is a largely multicultural country and its cuisine has been largely recognized as a mix of different cultures, the dominant identity discourse these days is the mix between Indigenous peoples and the […]

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