Following the North Star By Shaheen Pasha Feature Shaheen Pasha explores how the trauma of a loved one’s incarceration unravels her carefully planned-out existence, and sets her on a new, unexpected path to find meaning in the meaningless.
All that Was Innocent and Violent: Girlhood in Post-Revolution Iran By Naz Riahi Feature Naz Riahi recalls her vibrant childhood in a suburb of Tehran, and considers how the harsh realities imposed by the still new Islamic Republic seeped into her family’s life.
I’ve Done a Lot of Forgetting By Jordan Michael Smith Feature When I was a kid, I wanted my antisemitic tormentors to accept me. I wanted to be their friend.
The Secrets We Keep By Deena ElGenaidi Feature Deena ElGenaidi takes stock of the truths she and her Muslim family members hide from one another.
‘I Feel Closer to My Faith Than I Did Before’: Holding On to Ramadan By Danielle Jackson Highlight Poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib reflects on why he still fasts during Ramadan.
A Muslim, a Christian, and a Baby Named “God” By Rachel Pieh Jones Feature Rachel Pieh Jones, a Christian American living in Djibouti, reflects on her friendship with a Muslim woman there, and the more universal aspects of faith.
Like Sheep to the Sanitized Slaughter Zone By Michelle Weber Highlight “Turkey, in all of its modernist efforts, is just covering up the smell of its own shit.”
The Silent Prayer That Derailed Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf’s NBA Career By Matt Giles Commentary After converting to Islam in the ’90s, the point guard began to pray during the national anthem. He was soon traded.
Finding Her True Self: Queer and Muslim By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A Muslim international student came to New York City, and soon embraced her sexuality and all the cultural challenges it would create.
‘But Islam Does Not Forbid Love’: How Young Muslims Define ‘Halal Dating’ By Krista Stevens Highlight Today’s young Muslims are finding ways to develop romantic relationships and while observing Islamic beliefs forbidding pre-marital sex.
Between Their Arab Past and American Present By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Lauren Alwan narrates her family’s migration from Syria to California to explore how people’s evolving identities help gain them a foothold in America and create unintentional tensions across generations.
An Imam’s Jihad Against Ignorance and Radicalization By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight At The Walrus, Nadim Roberts profiles a Canadian imam who is working to counter radicalization with knowledge.
