My father is a professor of African and African American history and I can vaguely remember seeing on his bookshelves … More
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Do You Know What Sincerity Feels Like?
Do you know what sincerity feels like? Have you seen it, have you felt it, have you lived or experienced … More
The Accidental Activist: How to Respond to Assault & Death Threats
If you challenge an unjust status quo, those invested in maintaining things the way they are will attempt to silence, … More
Book Review | Leila Ahmed | A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence from the Middle East to America
Leila Ahmed is a professor at the Harvard Divinity School and in her latest book A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s … More
On the Need to be Ethically Committed to being an American Muslim Woman
I was struck by the news this week that one orthodox Jewish newspaper had photoshopped Secretary of State Hillary Clinton … More
Being Muslim in the Age (and now death) of Bin Laden
Ten years ago on September 11th, 2001, I had just moved from New York to Virginia, and was at work … More
Hijab-less by Choice, Muslim Women in Their Own Words
NPR: Lifting the Veil It’s always so powerful and inspiring for me to hear people tell their own stories in … More
I Do Not Support the Burka/Niqab Ban
So France has banned the burqa/niqab. I blogged about showing some niqab solidarity way back in 2006. That post, which … More
Ilm Summit | Behind the Scenes of the CNN Interview
In my earlier post on Deborah Feyerick’s story partially filmed at Ilm Summit this past August, I mentioned I would … More
Chimamanda Adichie on the Danger of a Single Story
I’m not sure how I happened across this TED video of Nigerian author and storyteller Chimamanda Adichie but I’m so … More