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Sara. A. Ahmed found her comfort and purpose in religion early, but how it shaped her life has continuously evolved. In her story, she shares how she aspires to be a leader for Muslim women and humanitarians everywhere. As a passionate scholar, professional, and community leader, Sara supports humanitarian and human rights causes through international […]

Ananda Ambrose is the Community Organizer and co-founder at Onstack, a video crowdsourcing platform. She has fifteen years experience as a media professional working as a production coordinator and writer. Ananda is completing her M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center and holds a B.A. in Creative Writing from California State University

El-Sayed discusses how his experience of growing up as an Egyptian-American changed after 9/11. He is currently a Mayoral candidate for the upcoming election in Michigan and could be the first Muslim to hold the position in the United States. This story is part of a virtual exhibition, “I Am Mohammed”, produced by Narmeen Haider

Jamilah Lasalle was on the fast track on a bad path, until a coworker changed her life. In her story she shares, candidly, her troubled background and how learning about Islam and ultimately converting gave her a new life. At 14 years old, I had already taken my first puff of a cigarette, had been

Arshiya has worn hijab for nearly a decade, but has always struggled to find one that she felt comfortable in while being active. She used to wear homemade bandanas as a makeshift hijab, but quickly found that they were not effective for rigorous or long workouts. She was yearning for a product designed by someone

How do you make a feature film without Hollywood connections? According to filmmaker Lena Khan, the answer is serious hustle. She began with a Kickstarter campaign where she rallied the South Asian and Muslim communities to which she belongs, to write, direct, and produce The Tiger Hunter. The film, starring Danny Pudi and Jon Heder,

Naushaba Patel: A Queer Genderfluid Activist and Global Traveler Naushaba Patel shares her journey in this candid piece as a genderfluid Pakistani immigrant. She describes her life struggles regarding sexuality, cultural norms, and societal prejudices. As a queer genderfluid Pakistani immigrant Muslim who has lived under the international poverty line and in places with drive-bys

Mahomed is currently a medical school at the University of Toronto in Canada. She discusses her mixed identity as a half-Pakistani, half-Canadian – and the opportunities and challenges of belonging to two vastly different cultures. This story is part of a virtual exhibition, “I Am Mohammed”, produced by Narmeen Haider and Aanjalie Collure. The project

Afarin Majidi is an Iranian-American writer. She holds a BA in English Literature from Barnard College and an MFA in Fiction Writing from New School University. Writing and Madness in a Time of Terror is her debut memoir. Her novel-in-progress, Ziba, is set in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.   As soon as the infantilizing

Jewell was born and raised in Tehran, Iran in 1989. As a member of a highly educated and secular family,  from an early age she questioned the restrictions imposed by Islamic dogma on women in Iran. Her natural curiosity and a desire to live in a free society, eventually led her to leave Iran. Cognizant