Humans of New York, one of our favorite photoblogs, was started in November 2010 by photographer Brando Stanton. What started as an effort to take candid portraits on the streets of New York – accompanied by short & intimate interviews with every day people – has turned into a global phenomena. Brandon is currently on 50 day, international trip in partnership with the United Nations, in an effort to gather portraits & stories and raise awareness for the Millennium Development... Read more
Eds. Note: We’re featuring the stories and perspectives of Muslim youth between the ages of 18-25 this month! Tune in on Twitter to join the #MYRising conversations and check out our sister sites Muslimah Montage, Coming of Faith and Muslim ARC for more #MYRising features. I remember thinking of you in a way that good Muslim girls should never think of good Muslim boys. Your mouth. I don’t think that I have ever kissed a man with lips so soft and so gentle. The corners of... Read more
Eds. Note: We’re featuring the stories and perspectives of Muslim youth between the ages of 18-25 this month. Tune in on Twitter to join the #MuslimYouthRising conversations and check out our sister sites Muslimah Montage, Coming of Faith and Muslim ARC for more #MYRising features. “If it turns out that I have an incurable disease or I’m dying, will you still love me?” Our bodies held on to each other while Twelve-to-Six whispered, “Of course.” That day we didn’t go to our usual spot in Prospect... Read more
Two and a half years ago, I left my financially comfortable global marriage for an expired passport and economic uncertainty. It was the saddest and bravest decision I’ve ever made. The US economy teetered in the worst recession since the Great Depression. There was no alimony, and I had not worked in twelve years. The fear of “what ifs” loomed in monstrous proportions. I had no soft spots to land and no deep-pocketed family members to help me start over.... Read more
When my husband, Hadi, and I lived in Guadalajara, Mexico, I volunteered at an internado for girls. It wasn’t quite an orphanage. Most of the children had a parent or a grandparent who were unable to care for them due to poverty or addiction. I believed then that my motivations for volunteering were selfless. It had nothing to do with the loneliness of living in a foreign country or being away from family for the first time. I simply had... Read more
Eds. Note: This powerful poem was inspired by @ImPalestine’s tweet: “I look forward to surviving. If I don’t, remember that I wasn’t Hamas or a militant, nor was I used as a human shield. I was at home.” like you were at home/ making a taco or kissing your aunt on the cheek worrying about being childless at 35 when the roof was blown off like I was at home thinking about the students I teach the one with no... Read more
Youth are using YouTube to express creative narratives of identity and belonging, often with a focus on satire and comedy. We want to introduce you to a few channels we enjoy. What Muslim entertainers are YOU watching on YouTube? Sister Randomina/Hijandom One of the more vivid young female Muslim personalities on YouTube: fouseyTUBE California’s Yousef Saleh Erakat has a 501K following! and Afghan-American Qias Omar! http://youtu.be/3coyMfdPE2A?list=UUBeTp9wXVohr0a9AmP6G4hA Read more
Eds. Note: We’re featuring the stories and perspectives of Muslim youth between the ages of 18-25 this month! Tune in on Twitter to join the #MYRising conversations and check out our sister sites Muslimah Montage, Coming of Faith and Muslim ARC for more #MYRising features. Trigger warnings: Self harm, rape and sexual abuse. It was becoming a little routine by now. Every day after work, I would listlessly make the rounds of the kitchen, not daring to cook anything lest my resolve broke and I took... Read more
Eds. Note: We’re celebrating the stories and perspectives of Muslim youth this month! Tune in on Twitter to join the #MYRising conversations and check out our sister sites Muslimah Montage, Coming of Faith and Muslim ARC for more #MYRising features. I left my home in Atlanta in 2005 to complete my bachelor’s degree in Chicago, and to prove that I could live on my own and support myself. Four years later, in the autumn of 2008, I retreated to Augusta, Georgia. I had graduated college without any... Read more
Eds. Note: We’re celebrating the stories and perspectives of Muslim youth between the ages of 18-25 this month! Tune in on Twitter to join the #MYRising conversations and check out our sister sites Muslimah Montage, Coming of Faith and Muslim ARC for more #MYRising features. In my culture, love is a fairytale. It exists in Bollywood movies and mothers’ wombs; both places where magic occurs. So when he tells me we have to talk I already know the dust has... Read more
Love, InshAllah
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