Islam’s Fetish with Gender Segregation
Disclaimer: This post is a rant. I was extremely outraged when I first read the news that UK universities are pandering to the Islamists’ request of implementing gender apartheid in universities. It is the 21st century where we are supposed to have equality. And yet, we have to deal with …
A sad, lucky story.
“We will call your mom. We have to call your mom right now. We can’t afford such indecent behavior in our school.” These words stabbed parts of me that can never come alive again. My crime? Liking a guy. And I mean, just having a massive crush on a guy. …
Divorce is a human right, too.
It’s amazing how much Muslim cultures pride themselves for being anti-divorce and for having supposedly “low rates” of divorce. They tell you it is the case because “we know the value of family and family life”. In reality, it is the case only because of how stigmatized divorce is – …
“Why I HATE Malala Yousafzai” ~ a guest post by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Over the past few weeks, what with the Nobel hoopla and all, everyone has had something to say or write about Malala Yousafzai. The politicians propagated their own agenda, liberal fascists whined about their cause and journalists used the issue to put forward their personal agendas through the debate surrounding …
Why I find it important to tell the world that I like boobs.
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 …
Should Brown/Muslim Women Be Sacrificed To Save Culture? The Case of Malala Yousafzai.
In the last year since the Taliban’s assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani woman who has been an activist for girls’ education in Swat Valley where she’s from, there has been a virtual truckload worth of articles, commentaries, and blog posts that have been written about her, and …
for my own good..
This is a guest post and video by Nesrin. Let me start by saying, I am no writer, philosopher or poet, ..nor do i pretend to be.. Most of my blog posts will be short passages of memories, thoughts, and opinions of my journey out of Islam. How I slowly …
Oppressor–a poem
So some of you might know that my current primary academic field is creative writing. I’ve never been good at poetry; fiction has rather been my forte, mostly because of how difficult I find it to achieve conciseness of image. This I’ve worked on for a while though, a persona …
Stop Pretending Your Right To Hijab Is At Risk: Totally accidental midnight rant
http://inkontheside.com/2013/09/23/how-to-dress-free/ Hello. It is nigh on 4am*, I am sleep-deprived, have been working for many hours, and saw something that inspired a little bit of rantiness and before I knew it a I had a spiel, substantive enough for a blog post, so allow me to give you the eloquence …
An Open Letter to the Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center
Dear AUBMC Department of Psychiatry, This is an open letter from a former patient. The intent of this letter is to expose the unethical treatment of patients in your department due to violation of doctor-patient confidentiality, which is especially crucial when it comes to mental health, and to urge you …