Though I am quite inclined to stare out the window and daydream (I can't tell you how many times I've nearly missed a stop), on public transit I usually take the aisle seat to keep strangers from sitting next to me. Only when it gets moderately crowded and there are fewer seats available do I …
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"Why don’t you wear hijab?"
For the purpose of this post hijab will refer to the headscarf. I didn't think I'd ever write an entry about this, because I'm quite nonchalant on the matter of hijab and myself (and because I am thoroughly fatigued with the subject of hijab altogether.) But whattheheck, let's get it out there. I highly suspect …
The Importance of Grammar, and Verse 33:33
I think we've all experienced the frustration of knowing what we mean and feel but lacking the words needed to explain ourselves. Sometimes it's a result of too much depth and complexity in our own minds for us to organize, and especially if we are particularly disorganized people. But in some cases, it is because …
Beauty, Islamic Feminism, and Choice
(Cross-posted; originally written for a guest post at The Beheld.)Muslim feminism and beauty: "The timeless fight for choice." (image via)"We are not reformists. We are revivalists," writes Nahida of The Fatal Feminist. The "we" she refers to are Muslim feminists, and Nahida's blog is a treasure chest of Islamic feminist thought. Whether she's writing about …
So have you met Chally? You have probably met Chally.
But if you haven't you must! And here are some things you must read!Hair, hair, hairEvery eight weeks or so I get my hair trimmed. I’ve finally found a hairdresser who gives me a good haircut. (This is a rarity: you’d think that my kind of hair came from outer space.) We’re slowly getting it …
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Interfaith Relations: Erasure
Because I'm a religious minority, it is always surprising and pleasant when there is some sort of friendly acknowledgement of my existence in everyday life, outside of depressing news stories. Receiving a Ramadan Mubarak or Ramadan Karim or simply "Happy Ramadan" from distant acquaintances and classmates when I've disclosed I'm on my way to break …
Oh My God. Shut Up About the Christians.
So you know what's annoying? When I am in the middle of a debate with a Muslim man, and I am telling him his projections interpretations are sexist and unIslamic, and he begins going on about Christians and how we Muslim women are so much better off than our "Christian counterparts." Then he starts taking …
the fatal feminist 