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Saints and Misfits and Everything in Between


Posted by Fatin Marini on 02 Jan 2018 / 1 Comment
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Trigger Warning: This post contains mention of sexual assault. There was an excerpt of Saints and Misfits by SK Ali before the book was published in Entertainment Weekly. It  read: “I stand and cringe at the sucking sound as my swimsuit sticks to me, all four yards of the spandex-Lycra blend of it. Waterfalls gush […]

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Friday Links

Friday Links


Posted by samya on 04 Nov 2016 / 0 Comments
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Two teenage girls in Morocco face up to three years in jail on homosexuality charges after they were caught kissing. According to Article 489 of the Moroccan Penal Code, any person who ‘commits an unnatural act’ with an individual of the same sex may be sentenced to six months to three years of imprisonment. In […]

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A Clash of Principles: Examining the Niqab in Canadian Courts


Posted by Guest Contributor on 09 Apr 2013 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by guest contributor Maria Salman. In 1992, a young woman gathers the courage to pen a deeply personal journal entry for a teacher. She finally breaks the silence over an earth-shattering secret that she is the survivor of childhood sexual abuse committed against her by two male family members. Fast forward […]

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678: A Film to Appreciate


Posted by emanhashim on 27 Jan 2011 / 0 Comments
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Egypt, like the rest of the Middle East, has been suffering for a long time from street harassment. Naturally, different Egyptian intellects have been trying to emphasize the problem and highlight what can be the start of solving it. Mohamed Diab, a young Egyptian writer, wrote and directed the movie “678,” which focuses on this […]

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Disorder in the Court: the Niqab and the Courtroom in Canada


Posted by Krista Riley on 09 Feb 2009 / 0 Comments
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A Toronto judge has recently ruled that a complainant in a sexual assault trial – who happens to wear the niqab, a face-covering worn by a small percentage of Muslim women – will have to uncover her face in order to testify.  According to this article, The judge, Ontario Court Justice Norris Weisman, determined he […]

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