Gender

Join the Ex-Hijabi Fashion Photo Journal!

  I’m very excited about launching this new project: the Ex-Hijabi Fashion Photo Journal! Featuring ex-hijabis with awesome hairstyles and tattoos and piercings. Ex-hijabis in bikinis and little black dresses and cargo pants and hiking boots. Ex-hijabis who are femme and ex-hijabis who are butch. Ex-hijabis who are women and …

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Human RightsOpinion

The racism of the white wolf who cried Islamophobia

  There’s a bee in my bonnet. Let’s talk about the racism of the white wolf who cried Islamophobia. I’m tired of a certain faction of Western liberals, especially white guys, Westsplaining about how anti-Muslim bigotry and Western colonialism and imperialism and international geopolitics provide *essential context* for understanding the …

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Gender

Ex-Hijabi Interviews and the Underrepresentation of Ex-Muslim Women

[UPDATE: The Huffington Post has published the Ex-Hijabi interviews; find them HERE.] A few weeks ago, Valerie Tarico, a psychologist, author, and journalist, released a piece in the Huffington Post entitled “Is the Hijab A Symbol of Diversity or a Symbol of Oppression?” While I was glad to finally see …

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Gender

What it is like to be an Ex-Muslim woman

Life and love post-hijab… …wherein also I reveal a bunch of my faces [Content Note: Body image, dissociation, mental illness, also small spoiler from Disney’s Frozen] More from the ‘what it’s like to be a…’ series here, here, and here. Some nights, I wish for remnants of that old Muslim …

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Share your story: Voices of ExMuslim Women: Solidarity on International Women’s Day

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 …

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Voices

What it is like to grow up in Hezbollah culture

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 …

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GenderHuman Rights

The bigger lies you’ve been told in denial of Muslim women’s oppression

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, …

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Gender

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 …

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FreeThoughtReligion

Listen and judge: an interview on Islam, cultural pluralism, and the future of secularism

http://nothingismere.com/2013/10/28/listen-and-judge-an-interview-with-marwa-berro/ I’ve been meaning to write about the recent Washington DC meetup that I attended with members of the ex-Muslim and secular communities and Richard Dawkins. I’ve also wanted to write a little bit about the goals and struggles of the ex-Muslim cause, but unfortunately haven’t gotten around to either …

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The ExMuslim Blogs and the Stories from Ex-Muslim Women project

Hello folks! I have two important and teeth-chatteringly exciting updates. A day I’ve been anticipating has finally arrived. I’m excited to announce the unveiling of a unique collaborative effort: The world’s first unified Ex-Muslim blog platform! Check it out at http://www.exmuslimblogs.com/ The Ex-Muslims of North America has created this website …

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