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A new film, Bronx Princess, provides audiences with a fascinating and beautiful portrait of what it’s like to grapple with personal growth - to be at one moment headstrong and in the next, humbled. Read more
A new film, Bronx Princess, provides audiences with a fascinating and beautiful portrait of what it’s like to grapple with personal growth - to be at one moment headstrong and in the next, humbled. Read more
A new assessment of young Muslims in the United Kingdom suggests that common assumptions regarding their identity are oversimplified, misleading, and - most of all - failing to take into account their own views and opinions. Read more
Longtime blogger and contributor to altmuslim, Ali Eteraz, has released his first book Children of Dust, a memoir of his life growing up in Pakistan and America's Bible Belt. Here, he tells us more about the experiences that led to its publication. Read more
It's award time again and we have two to remind you of - the sixth annual Brass Crescent Awards (nominations close October 21st) and the European Muslim Women of Influence 2010 (nominations close November 15). Help out by entering nominations today! Read more
Although Aman Ali and Bassam Tariq’s 30 Mosques in 30 Days project was only a modest attempt to break perceptions, their subsequent narrative indicates how easy it can be to break barriers, to challenge stereotypes and get to know one another. Read more
During our stay in Saudi Arabia, we were ordered to avoid contact with the locals. But the very few personal interactions I had with Muslims there were with friendly and generous people. I then decided it would be beneficial to me to get more first-hand experience with Muslims and Islam. Read more
The French decades-long hospitality to confessed child rapist Roman Polanski, especially when held up next to Sarkozy’s nasal exegesis of the burqa, drips with pretense and hypocrisy. Likewise for the Hollywood elite who have come out in support of him. Read more
Aatish Taseer's book, "Stranger to History," covers detailed portraits of scenery from his travels in Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan, but limits encounters only with people to the devout and chauvinistic or the irreligious and resentful. Read more
As the McChrystal report demonstrates, the stagnation and moral dilemmas surrounding US policy in Afghanistan, exploited by groups like Al Qaeda, pins the United States in a military and political pigeonhole. Read more
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Foreign Policy: A new approach to US aid in the Muslim world
While America tries to improve its image in the Muslim world, it is slowly realising that providing aid for programmes that will benefit a country's people, not just the state, can help immensely. Read more