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October 2016

October 26, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir As we continue to work on raising awareness on sexual assault in...
October 10, 2016
*Trigger Warning for sexual assault This past weekend, survivor advocate an HEART board member Jenan...
October 08, 2016
originally published on Patheos Public Square, for other articles in the series please click here....

September 2016

September 19, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir In the six years HEART has been working to raise awareness about...

August 2016

August 25, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir HEART Women & Girls initially was founded to focus on improving access...
August 23, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir As we’ve collected stories for the past six years, we have met...
August 10, 2016
Recently, marriage and relationship advice videos by well-known and revered scholar Yasir Qadhi have been...
August 05, 2016
One of HEART's activities is to help design research studies to collect data specific to...

July 2016

July 02, 2016
by Alia Azmat This Ramadan I made a pact with myself, to take care of...

June 2016

June 24, 2016
originally published on patheos.com. by Nadiah Mohajir Just recently, in casual conversation as well as...
June 22, 2016
originally published on patheos.com. by Sameera Qureshi “Raise your hand if you’ve ever faked fasting...
June 16, 2016
by Amanda Quraishi In the face of the kind of tragic loss of human life...
June 07, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir In January 2015, a Stanford undergraduate student sexually assaulted a young woman....
June 01, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir It happens to every parent: yesterday you were holding them in your...

May 2016

May 25, 2016
by Amber Khan Every woman remembers her first period.  It is a fateful moment as...
May 16, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir Last week, The New York Times published a Mona Eltahawy article with...
May 10, 2016
by Sahar Pirzada   I am sitting on an airport chair at 7:45am in Northern...
May 04, 2016
By Shannon Staloch I’m always turning off lights at births.  Sometimes, it’s comical. I’ll walk...

April 2016

April 29, 2016
by Henna Khawja, M.S.W. *Trigger warning: Following article includes the topic of sexual abuse and...
April 25, 2016
by Sahar Pirzada *Content Note: Post discusses rape and marital rape It is common practice...
April 20, 2016
by Eman Hassaballa Aly I have a vessel in me. I don’t know where it’s...
April 13, 2016
Addressing sexual abuse in faith communities can be particularly challenging given some of the cultural...
April 06, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir originally published on altmuslimah.com Up until a few years ago, Jian Ghomeshi...

March 2016

March 31, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir As we embark on Sexual Assault Awareness Month, you will hear many...
March 17, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir & Hannah El-Amin To breast feed or bottle feed? Perhaps one of...
March 01, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir The Academy Awards, to me, are like Superbowl Sunday: they are never...

February 2016

February 24, 2016
Everyday Messages that Excuse Bad Behavior and Promote Rape Culture and What We Can do...
February 16, 2016
by Sobia Ali-Faisal   To best understand the relationship between misogyny and sexual health I’ll...
February 10, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir Is there a difference between sexuality and sexualization? How can we determine...

January 2016

January 26, 2016
by Nadiah Mohajir The act of reporting is one of the single most courageous acts...
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