By Umm Yusra Have you ever spent all your nights and days making dua for one specific thing? I mean crying your eyes dry in the darkness...
When things that you thought were entirely unrelated to each other come together, it is a joy and a relief. A joy because you experience firsthand...
My first taste of racism occurred in kindergarten, where my classmates barred me from drinking out of the water fountains. When I was in fourth grade,...
Ali had two young children. While he was playing baseball one day, a ball hit his chest. A few days later, he was gone at the...
I believe in the divine plan. I do. I have read up on Islamic eschatology. I know that the current climate of strife and warfare and...
By Shani Banks and Sumayyah T. The New York Times article “Why Women Compete With Each Other” attempts to delve into the psychological reasons as to...
Assalamu Alaikum! Welcome to the Drama Mama on Muslimmatters. I’m so happy you’re here. Let us get cozy. My name is Hiba. I’m a ‘very...
By Ismail Shaikh “What do you think of the genital mutilation of those young girls in Africa?” asks Joe during our meeting. The abduction of young...
Dear Son, You are ten and we haven’t had the talk yet. I don’t mean the talk about puberty or sex ed, that we have been...
By Umm Reem Why Teen Girls maybe Joining ISIS In retrospect I became a part of what I believe now was a cult because I had...
