By: Saba Jobah / Contributing Writer Modern Feminism turned Aggressor Often muslim women wearing the hijab will find themselves as the victim of modern feminism. How could that be? Instead, it has become extremely one-sided in supporting sexual liberation and used in anti-feminist narratives. As stated by Haq, “… on October 4, 2021, a seven-year-old … Continued
By: Isra Saleh / Arab America Contributing Writer She is an Arab – Muslim who is continuously making religious and political history. The first-ever to be invited to offer prayer at a presidential inaugural. Dr. Debbie Almontaser was the founding and former principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn, NY. A twenty-five-year veteran … Continued
By: Noah Robertson/Arab America Contributing Writer If I were to walk up to a random person on the street in the U.S. and ask them if the majority of Arab Americans are Muslim, or if the majority of American Muslims are Arabs, at least 50% of the time I would be told yes to one … Continued
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY: ABIGAIL HAUSLOHNER SAN DIEGO — Fayaz Nawabi has never met President Trump. But he credits the president with convincing him to run for office. Nawabi, a 31-year-old candidate for San Diego City Council, supports almost everything that Trump opposes: He is pro-affordable housing, pro-environment, pro-immigrant and pro-refugee. That makes him part … Continued
By: Meriam Helal/Arab America Contributing Writer The Trump Administration has made another attempt to ban predominantly Muslim Countries in the executive order Travel Ban 3.0. Yet, it has much of the same restrictions as the previous travel bans. This travel ban comprises of the same countries as the last one, with the addition of North … Continued
By: Meriam Helal/ Contributing Writer American Muslims are one of the fastest growing populations in the United States, yet they are the most misunderstood. Pew Research Center and the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) took a rare look at this growing community to understand changes in the past decade. The American Muslim community … Continued
BY: KIM KOZLOWSKI SOURCE: THE DETROIT NEWS After more than a decade of work assisting impoverished women and children, a local humanitarian organization recently was targeted with hate mail. The letter was sent to executives of Zaman International and filled with anti-Muslim rhetoric, even though the organization is not Islamic, said Najah Bazzy, founder/CEO of … Continued
This video is part of “Who’s Afraid of Aymann Ismail?,” a series featuring Slate’s Aymann Ismail confronting fears about Muslims. Follow along on the series Facebook page. By: Aymann Ismail and Jeffrey Bloomer Source: Slate When you think of what happens to people who mock Islam, your mind probably goes to Charlie Hebdo, or Theo … Continued
By: Leyal Khalife Source: Stepfeed Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef has been pretty vocal about U.S. President Donald Trump … but this time his message was one of fear. The 43-year-old surgeon-turned-comic recently expressed his concern for Muslims living in Trump’s America in a video released by Now This. “I’m scared, I’m fu**ing scared,” Youssef says … Continued
BY: Christine Shahin/Arab America Ambassador Blogger Author of: Arab Beauty ~ Naturally, and Natural Hair Coloring: How To Use Henna, and other pure herbal pigments for Chemical Free Beauty When I was in Lebanon in 2013, Designer Hijabs adorned state-of-the-art high rise store fronts. These “modest” fashion designs were trail blazing a path four years ago. … Continued
Muslim community leader Khalid Hamideh, right, and Alia Salem, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, hold a news conference condemning the two gunmen who staged an attack outside a contest in Garland, Texas, for cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. (Brandon Wade / Associated Press) By Alia Salem The Washington Post One thing I … Continued
Source: Facebook/Mark Zuckerberg By Leyal Khalife Stepfeed American internet guru and co-founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg recently hung out with Muslim students while visiting the University of Michigan in Dearborn last week. The students were mostly immigrants who had fled from war zones in Palestine, Jordan and Iraq. Their discussion touched on various topics including … Continued
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