Once, while in class at college, an Arab girl I was sitting next to said quite loudly to another, “Hey, give this paper to the ‘abdah”...
By Elham Saif, Sarrah AbuLughod and Wahida Abaza Fariha just started her freshman year at university. Overnight, she was separated from her support system of family...
He squirmed in his seat as his Middle East history professor–yet again–made a subtle jab about Islam, this time about the jizyah. This professor claimed to...
By Farzande Jehan “And what is the matter with you sister, you are not well either?” She is speaking to me in Urdu. We are...
By Dr Mohammad Usman Rana In their orientalist enthusiasm to reform Islam, in the sense of reconciling Islam with the always changing ideas and goals of...
By Jinan Shbat I grew up in an upper-middle-class suburb in Ohio, where I never felt different than the kids in my neighborhood. Sure, my siblings...
The Arab Spring and its immediate aftermath was a wake-up call to all those who feared for the security of their thrones
Make sure you maximize your sadaqah
By Afaaf Rajbee This time a few years ago, I anticipated Ramadan with anxiety. I had 3 children, all under the age of 5, and was...
