How a journalist found her voice as her mother lost hers.
Muslim
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The Rise of a Hindu Vigilante in the Age of WhatsApp and Modi
“They pushed him against a closet and told him to strip so they could see whether he was circumcised, a sure sign that he wasn’t Hindu. After that, the group handed the man over to police.”
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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.
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Infatuation
Deena ElGenaidi considers the ways in which adoring Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine from afar in her teens and early 20s provided a safe outlet for expressing desire.
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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.
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An Ocean Away From the Sanctuary of Manhattan, Signs of Peaceful Coexistence
As a Jewish New Yorker, Candy Schulman is surprised to find a small town in Andalusia celebrating the coexistence of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures, despite the area’s dark racist history.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Secrets We Keep
Deena ElGenaidi takes stock of the truths she and her Muslim family members hide from one another.
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The Secrets We Keep
Deena ElGenaidi takes stock of the truths she and her Muslim family members hide from one another.
Posted inBooks, Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, First Chapters, Nonfiction
A New Yorker, and a Sick Person
In an excerpt from her memoir, Porochista Khakpour recalls fashioning herself after her artist aunt’s example.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, First Chapters, Nonfiction, Story
A New Yorker, and a Sick Person
In an excerpt from her memoir, Porochista Khakpour recalls fashioning herself after her artist aunt’s example.