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EDIT: Happy International Women’s Day! The project is up. Choice excerpts here and the whole 7-part compilation here. The voices of women are underrepresented in the secular community as a whole, and especially among representations of ExMuslims. In an effort to make our voices and stories heard, here is an …

POST! This one’s a journey. Sit back. More from the ‘what it’s like to …’ series here, here, and here. ~*~ This is a story and critique of what it was like to be raised in Hezbollah culture. Let me start it at another place: I know a couple who …

Reem Abdel-Razek, this is for you, in honor of your supreme struggle and your vast determination. I love you, sister-in-arms: We feel guilt that it takes us a long time to ‘get over’, to process unspeakable trauma and violence. We feel guilt being around our colleagues and friends because we …

  I’ve apparently come across this article a few months late. It’s a piece in which a white Western woman, Lauren Rankin, attempts to make the case that it is not Islam that contributes to misogyny and oppression of Muslim women. It is instead patriarchy, and characterizing Islam as a …

I’ve apparently come across this article a few months late. It’s a piece in which a white Western woman, Lauren Rankin, attempts to make the case that it is not Islam that contributes to misogyny and oppression of Muslim women. It is instead patriarchy, and characterizing Islam as a violent, …

I wrote a two-part personal account of my experiences as a Muslim woman, and they are experiences of horror, oppression, suppression, and pain. I have titled both parts of this “What it is like to be a Muslim woman”. In both pieces, I stressed that my experience is not presented …

For Part One, see here. For more from the ‘what it is like to…’ series see here and here. A defense and rationale for the title ‘What it is like to be a Muslim woman’ can be found here. [Content Note: violence, abuse, abduction] Some nights, I wake up from dreams of …

I’m sooo behind on several ex-Moose things! I’ve been putting off posting a few links because I’ve wanted to unify them in a blog post with commentary, but I’ve been caught up in grading, translation assignments, and love, and I realize the cost of delay is not worth the extended …

This morning, I posted the following status on Facebook: I have boobs, and I can grab them whenever I want to. One of my Facebook friends commented on the ineffective shock value of such a statement, calling it ‘Lady Gaga-esque’ and purposeless. We got into a discussion that I personally …

UPDATE: Thanks to the generous support of others, Reem was able to raise enough money to help her until she got her work permit. She now has a job and is building a new life while waiting for her asylum decision. A few nights ago, I was frustrated at a …