Throughout Ramadan, the dua that we make the most is, “O Allah, you are Forgiving and love forgiveness, so forgive me”, how hard would it be...
A predator on Instagram posing as a hijab modeling consultant, going by the name of @samahnation, tried to prey on me- an underage, 16-year-old. We don't...
By Samaiya Mushtaq Soon after I started residency in psychiatry, the movie Spotlight was released, about The Boston Globe’s investigation and groundbreaking story on sexual abuse...
This brother in his 60s with a beard and jubbah sat in front of me with his head hung down and hands clasped firmly together while...
“I don’t know why you’d want to live with all that anger and bitterness!” a woman said in response to a survivor who’d expressed that she...
The scenario is becoming more prevalent: the person you trusted with your spirituality, inspiration, and maybe even secrets, turns out to be tragically corrupt. The man...
Melanie was verbally and physically abused through childhood. But Melanie’s obligation was to love and honor her mother, she told herself. This is what Melanie believed...
A Ramadan iftar fundraiser and I had a pregnant woman, two elders, and mothers with nursing babies and toddlers at my table. We had just opened...
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...
By Ahmed Shaikh As the population continues to get older and the elderly live longer, elder abuse is a large and growing problem in the United...