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Tag: postaweek2011

Dr. Sulayman Nyang | The History of Muslims in America

My father is a professor of African and African American history and I can vaguely remember seeing on his bookshelves … More

America, History, Islam, Muslims, postaweek2011, Sulayman Nyang

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

DiscoverU, Master Your Emotions, postaweek2011, sincerity

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

assault, death threats, postaweek2011, Pray In, protest, violence

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

Feminism, hijab, Islamist, Leila Ahmed, Muslim Women, postaweek2011, social change, social justice, Veil

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

American Muslim, culture, gender segregation, Muslim Women, postaweek2011

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

American, death, fear, Muslim, Osama bin Laden, postaweek2011, Terrorism

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

Choice, hijab, Hijab-less, Muslim Women, postaweek2011

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

ban, burka, CNN, hebah ahmed, hijab, mona eltahawy, niqab, postaweek2011

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

CNN, Ilm Summit, postaweek2011

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

America, Chimamanda Adichie, chinua achebe, ibo, identity, igbo, Nigeria, postaweek2011

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