“Army Rangers killed her parents. A Marine is raising her in America. But her Afghan family says she was taken under false pretenses.”
Islamophobia
Posted inEditor's Pick
When Swimming As a Muslim Woman Becomes A Political Act
After interviewing 30 Muslim women about their experiences being harassed and excluded from places in America for wearing modest swimwear, Rowaida Abdelaziz shares the experiences of a few, who defiantly continue to swim in their burkinis.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
Can Two Groups Who Are Wary of One Another Have a Civil Debate?
Attempting civil discourse in a polarizing time.
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quotes
Are We Swallowing Culinary Propaganda?
In Australia, cupcakes are deployed to wage holy war against halal meat.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
One Nation, Under God, With Liberty and Justice for Some
Although a lot about Donald Trump seemed antithetical to conservative Christianity, he got a larger percentage of the Evangelical vote than Bush, Sr., Reagan, or Carter. Why?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
‘Happy 1396’: Porochista Khakpour on Feeling Apprehensive this Nowruz, the Persian New Year
“This year, once Nowruz announced itself to me, I wanted to forget it.”
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Why this Persian New Year is Different
A personal essay by Iranian-born novelist Porochista Khakpour about her apprehension and lack of excitement about Nowruz, the Persian New Year, at a time when it feels unsafe to be of Muslim heritage in America.