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Coverage of the Assaults in Cologne, or When People Suddenly Decide Rape is a Muslim Problem


Posted by nicole on 18 Jan 2016 / 0 Comments
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The New Year’s Eve assaults and sexual assaults in Cologne (as well as in other European cities, including mine, Zurich) have been all over the news lately and people have been taking cultural relativism a little too far. Within the difficult context of the ongoing influx of refugees since last year in Germany, many see […]

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Culture/Society

Iqbal Al Assaad: Doctor or Refugee?


Posted by Shereen Malherbe on 12 Jan 2016 / 1 Comment
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I am incredibly proud of Iqbal Al Assaad. The news of her being possibly one of the youngest doctors in the world has been in and out of the media over the last few years. Her story is not a new one and it remains inspiring and yet tainted at the same time. Assad excelled […]

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Friday Links

Friday Links – American flag hijabs, hate crimes, refugee crisis


Posted by nicole on 20 Nov 2015 / 0 Comments
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Saba Ahmed, the founder of the Republican Muslim Coalition, appeared on Fox News in an American flag hijab. See the BBC news article here (as I refuse to link to anything going to Fox News) and if you want to buy her hijab, Forbes has let us know it is ten dollars and can be […]

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Making Connections: Gender, Islamophobia and the Refugee Crisis


Posted by eren on 10 Sep 2015 / 3 Comments
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I write this post as an expression of solidarity, because as someone who lives in Turtle Island (Canada) and has close ties to Latin American immigrant and refugee communities, I find myself needing to speak out. I come from a country where the situation of violence and poverty since the mid-90s (and before) has driven […]

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