“Army Rangers killed her parents. A Marine is raising her in America. But her Afghan family says she was taken under false pretenses.”
Islam
The Sweet and Sticky History of the Date
“Throughout the Middle East, the versatile fruit has been revered since antiquity. How will it fare in a changing world?”
Following the North Star
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
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
When I was a kid, I wanted my antisemitic tormentors to accept me. I wanted to be their friend.
The Secrets We Keep
Deena ElGenaidi takes stock of the truths she and her Muslim family members hide from one another.
The Secrets We Keep
Deena ElGenaidi takes stock of the truths she and her Muslim family members hide from one another.
The Imam’s Widow
As part of ProPublica’s “Documenting Hate” project, Rahima Nasa profiles the wife of a Queens imam who was murdered in 2016. Although there appeared to be no other possible motive, prosecutors failed to try the case as the hate crime it likely was.
Silence is a Lonely Country: A Prayer in Twelve Parts
A personal essay in which poet Sadia Hassan reflects on finding her words in the face of injustice.
‘I Feel Closer to My Faith Than I Did Before’: Holding On to Ramadan
Poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib reflects on why he still fasts during Ramadan.