Category Archives: Muslim women

What’s oppressive to one woman, may be empowering for another.

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

Hello to those who’ve been reading my blog, I’m back after a long hiatus. It wasn’t my intention to neglect it for this long. I have new commitments these days and my schedule is becoming a little hectic, not to … Continue reading →

Posted in empowerment, equality, femininity, feminism, feminists, gender, Muslim women | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Friday Links: Updated

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

I’m going to start this up again, so here are some links for Friday. Update: I have added two more links. With the revolutions happening in Tunisia, Egypt and now Libya, Gaddafi is committing mass murder. Here are some links … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Asia, Bollywood, culture, India, Muslim women, Muslims, random, random links | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

When non-Muslims (try to) experience being Muslims

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

> Image via Wikipedia This past week I read a couple of articles of white American women, who have decided to see what it would feel like to be a Muslim, by donning the hijab or the niqab.  This article … Continue reading →

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>Multiculturalism: Le’ts talk about the meaning of this word shall we?

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

> Image by Getty Images via @daylife Multiculturalism is one of those words that seems to have lost all meaning.  Which shouldn’t come to no surprise to anyone, since the word has several definitions and it’s been thrown around so much. … Continue reading →

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