The Seeds There are seldom few childhood favorites that I obsessively consumed in my formative years –be they books, films, TV shows- that haven’t molded my...
This year a good portion of the holiest month of the Islamic calendar is during Earth month. While a lot is happening worldwide and these global...
The expanding train of the Srebrenica genocide deniers includes the Nobel laureate Peter Handke, an academic Noam Chomsky, the Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, as well...
In 2016, First Lady Michelle Obama’s quote, ‘When they go low, we go high’, was first invoked in response to growing anti-black and racist sentiments hurled...
Note to the reader: Some Muslims debate which term we should use for someone who has chosen to accept Islam. Is it supposed to be “convert”...
The events of the past two weeks have highlighted the disastrous outcomes that emerge when racism and white supremacy interplay with police brutality. The unbridled aggression...
Beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allah (Sahih al Bukhari 4090) “Mama!” “I can’t breathe.” A gut-punch...
I thought I wasn’t racist. I grew up in Sudan and the humanity of my friends and neighbors was something I took for granted. Muhammadain taught...
“Eid-al-Quarantine” is what my sister has so fondly dubbed our upcoming Eid al Fitr this year. I find myself asking, “How are we going to make...
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has brought new challenges to society that demand solutions. One such dilemma that has emerged is the spread of the novel...
