February is Black History Month – a time that is often overlooked, both in the Muslim community and wider society. While there may be some token...
She ducked her head and sank into her seat in Summit High School’s auditorium after she failed to answer a U.S. history question correctly. Flailing beneath...
118 Ummi’s house is beaten by the aroma of a whistling kettle filled with red zinger tea grandchildren bouncing in & out screen doors firecrackers conversing...
(Follow on Twitter | Facebook | YouTube) Like many other things in this world, words too can have a lineage by which they can be traced....
Hasan Minhaj’s comedy special on Netflix, Homecoming King, is simply amazing. His honesty, talent for telling stories and jokes, and integrity to himself create an important...
By Melanie Elturk It’s an interesting time to be a hijab-wearing Muslim woman right now. In between flashes of political turmoil on TV, hate crimes, burkini bans...
Here’s a little exercise. Try naming 5 prominent Muslims of African origin from the history of Islam. Pick from any period right from the early Makkan...
Do Muslims perpetrate the vast majority of terrorist attacks around the globe? Pull most people aside on the side of the road and they’ll either explicitly respond...
The biggest challenge of parenting is to accept that we are facing a world very different from the one in which we grew up. This is...
