We are quick to cry islamophobia but fail to see it in our own reaction to and about people who “islam” differently than us.
Author Archives: deenprogress
Read Leila Aboulela’s Minaret!
Minaret… explores Muslim women in their own element with an intimacy that can only come from within.
New: Sexual and Reproductive Health Content
Salaam and Hello all, I’m breaking character (as the random blogger who only sporadically blogs about books and other literary content) to let you know that I recently started a Medium page where I intend to put up articles on issues pertaining to SRH especially of women. Some of these will be more medical likeContinue reading “New: Sexual and Reproductive Health Content”
“She writes Sudan with such care!” (A Lyrics Alley review)
because success is much easier to understand than art…
Footsteps (Umm Zakkiyyah) – A Review
How a Muslim man might approach polygamy in a way that he doesn’t lose his current wife…
So Long A Letter (A Review)
So Long A Letter is a small book that encompasses so much of what it means to be an African Muslim woman.
Our Homeschool English Curriculum
I credit books, and a love for reading, in no small way for how our English literacy curriculum has shaped out.
Women’s rights in Islam? Enough talk! Walk the walk.
Originally posted on Minaretmuse:
Salams and Juma’ Mubarak, I could say a lot about this video – that I’ve been waiting for someone like him to say something like this for longer than I care to recall. That it’s an overdue wake-up call to the Ummah, especially those of us in the West…but I’ll let…
The Baby Is Mine- Oyinkan Braithwaite: A Review
The book was a nice read especially if you want a particular brand of drama and flair that is uniquely Nigerian.
SHOULD A MUSLIM MAN MARRY A DOCTOR?
Please do not be another burden a Muslimah has to bear.
