75 community members greeted each other and quietly took their seats as Muslim women were given microphones. For two hours of uninterrupted time, the speakers shared about their lives, their faith, the challenges they face and ways everyone in the room could be allies.
Tag: Arab Women
Nabra Hassanen’s Murder is a Reminder That Feminists Must Fight Islamophobia
17-year-old Nabra Hassanen was chased, beaten and murdered outside of her mosque. Police don’t consider her death a hate crime—but activists are fighting Islamophobia in its wake.
Afghan Women March On
“It’s just the fear so far, and hopefully nothing will happen. But that’s the thing: You don’t want to live in fear.”
Peace Heroes: Afghanistan’s Mary Akrami
Extremist ideologies have been on the rise for decades, but does dropping a bomb solve the problem? We interviewed Mary Akrami, an award winning women’s rights defender and director of the Afghan Women Skills Development Center, about this issue.
Q&A: Filmmaker Roberta Staley on Women in Media and Gender Equality in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is not an easy place to be a woman—but Roberta Staley sees hope via the increasing participation of women in Afghan media.
Woman Forcibly Taken to Saudi Arabia While Seeking Asylum
Dina Ali Lasloom, a 24-year-old Saudi woman, was attempting to seek asylum in Australia last week before she was detained at the airport in Manila, Philippines and forcibly sent back to Saudi Arabia against her will.
NEWSFLASH: Muslim African-American Woman Judge Found Dead
Late Wednesday, the body of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam was found in the Hudson River near Manhattan.
WATCH: Muslim Activist and Rapper Mona Haydar Makes a Feminist Statement in “Hijabi”
The music video for Syrian Muslim-American poet and activist Mona Haydar’s rap song “Hijabi” shows how it feels to be questioned as a woman who wears a hijab.
5 Ways We Can Defend Women’s Rights and Muslim Rights
How do you speak up against the backlash targeting Muslims while still advocating for women’s rights? How do women from Muslim heritage speak up without emboldening or strengthening political extremes?
Arab Women Defy STEM Stereotypes
This summer, I spent a week in the Persian Gulf state of Abu Dhabi, which is part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). People in the West might know that the Gulf states have a high percentage of non-citizen migrant workers, and they might have heard of the oppressive conditions under which many of these […]