Over the past year I have read some brilliant articles, opinion pieces and commentary on the pending European niqab and burqa bans; each one presenting strong and well reasoned arguments. I could rehash the best of them but there is no need to convince anyone who values their freedom that limiting the rights of others, specifically a minority group, more...
it rained tonight and my hair fell out in bunches and in the mirror my eyes betrayed a fear too deep to hold and outside it was dark the water struck the roof with wild indifference and i sat on the floor staring at my scalp it rained tonight and my hair fell out in my hands and the solitude was inconsolable as i threw away the black strands of my womanhood more...
I was driving my brother to a club in Observatory when I first told him that I was considering embracing Islam. I just looked over at him and said, “I think I want to become Muslim”. He laughed uproariously, and then proceded to tell me that I would never be able to change my life like that. Secretly, I half agreed. But there was something more...
