Once the Prophet was with a man whose young son came to him, and the man kissed his son and lifted him onto his lap. Then the man’s daughter came and he sat her in front of him. The Prophet asked, “Why did you not treat them equally?” (al-Haythami) Even for something as minor as …
nail polish as I bleeeed (and gifts)
I am in SO. MUCH. PAIN. Luckily, there are painkillers. My period commenced yesterday, a day early. So today I randomly grabbed a bottle of nail polish to apply. It’s a sort of coral, an orange with an undercurrent of tender pink I would imagine on a fish. Out of season, obviously, but I never …
breastfeeding
Women should breastfeed EVERYWHERE.
Aasiya bint Mazahim, Queen of Egypt
Aasiya, the Queen of Egypt during the time of Prophet Musa (Moses), was a woman with faith and determination so strong that the greatest tyrant could not shake her values. Centuries later, the Prophet Muhammad named her as one of the best women of Paradise, and in the Qur’an she is an example to which …
Get Me Off This Damn Pedestal
A couple of years ago one of my classmates wrote a piece in which he hypothesized that centuries of oppression have made women stronger, more beautiful, far more intelligent, and overall superior to men. Luckily, he showed it to me before it ever saw the light of day, and in accordance with my feminism I …
Perpetuating Rape Culture in Men’s Magazines
If rape jokes substantiating the mentality of rapists that all men think like them weren’t bad enough, men's magazines sound like rapists. A group of people given quotes from British lad mags and excerpts from interviews with rapists failed to distinguish between them. From Jezebel: The participants couldn’t reliably identify which statements came from magazines …
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The Western Muslim Woman, Part III
The last installment. This little series has felt quite tentative, possibly because I’d attempted to discuss an expansive subject in three parts. An appreciative ‘thank you’ to anyone who tolerated the disorganized writing and disheveled thoughts between essays and finals. I hope that somewhere in the midst of it all I managed to make some …
the fatal feminist 