Ramadan

Why I miss Ramadan…

I miss Ramadan. Not the fasting and praying by any means, but the insanely warm and tingly atmosphere, the food and chattiness and thankfulness. It gets to you. Because the whole city is awake, and even the littlest of your cousins is up at 4am. You sit on chairs beneath …

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FreeThoughtHuman Rights

A call for mercy, because of what Muslims and ex-Muslims share

I wrote a blog post a couple of weeks ago. It was read by tens of thousands of human beings. This would be unnerving in and of itself, but the feedback I received is what really moved me.  It was so resounding that I am still shaking from the grace …

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Gender

What it is like to be a Muslim woman

…and why we know what freedom is. For Part Two of this, see here. For a defense and rationale of the title ‘What it is like to be a Muslim woman’, see here. For more from the ‘what it is like to…’ series see here and here. ~.~ I have keys. …

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Uncategorized

Why you should contribute to Reem Abdel-Razek’s campaign TODAY

UPDATE: Since Reem fell short of her goal on her first campaign, she created a new one. Help Reem this month! Her new campaign can be found HERE. UPDATE2: Kind thanks to all who have been contributing. A note: for some reason the campaign website doesn’t load properly some of …

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