On June 16, 2015 at 5:00pm ET/2pm PT, altMuslimah (“altM”) hosted the #RamadanHalaqa Twitter chat with three female Shaykhs (Shaykhas). The Twalaqa (Twitter halaqa) was on the topic of spiritual preparation for the blessed month of Ramadan. Our lively Twalaqa panel included Shaykhas Maryam Amirebrahimi (@maryam_amire), Tamara Gray (@tamaralgray), and…
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To welcome the Holy Month of Ramadan, the editors of altMuslimah are hosting a Twitter chat with Shaykhas Maryam Amirebrahimi, Tamara Gray, and Muslema Purmul. Join us at 5pm EST/2pm PST using #RamadanHalaqa to discuss how we can prepare and purify ourselves spiritually for Ramadan. Photo Credit: Guillaume Paumier, CC-BY
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A co-production of The Greene Space’s Muslim/American series and University of the Arts London’s Faith & Fashion series, Muslim/American: Fashion featured a distinguished set of panelists discussing the creativity and controversies that characterize Muslim fashion in America today. Moderated by Artscom Centenary Professor of Cultural Studies Reina Lewis, the panel consisted of Founder…
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altM Editor-in-Chief, Asma Uddin, is attending the first annual Haqqathon this week in Abu Dhabi, hosted by the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies! She will be live-tweeting and sharing her experiences through our Instagram and Twitter accounts. [separator type=”thick”] Global entrepreneurs, creative artists, and technologists convene in Abu…
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Princeton Muslim Life & altMuslimah celebrate International Women’s Day princeton.edu/muslimlife Introductions Imam Sohaib Sultan, Muslim Chaplain at Princeton University, Princeton Muslim Life Program Asma Uddin, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of altMuslimah.com Literary Arts, Spirituality, & Representation Nafees Syed, Recent Yale Law School graduate, writer, and essayist for I Speak For Myself:…
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Princeton Muslim Life & altMuslimah celebrate International Women’s Day princeton.edu/muslimlife Visual Arts & Ethics Nadia Janjua, Architect, art educator, and artist whose work is sold around the world. Sarah Rashid Ethical fashion activist, former fashion designer at Calvin Klein, JCP, DKNY Nadia Mohammad, an editor for AltMuslimah.com Moderator…
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On February 27, 2015 at 6:00pmEST/9:00pm PST, altMuslimah (“altM”) hosted the #MuslimWomenArts Twitter chat. This conversation was a prelude to a celebration of Muslim Women Artists at altM’s 6th birthday on March 8th, hosted by Princeton Muslim Life in Princeton, NJ. We were joined by Aisha Saeed, a rising literary star…
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AltMuslimah and Brown Girl Magazine planned a Twitter conversation called #OwnBrown based on a previous Hashtag called #BrownParts. We hoped to address the issue and engage followers about skin color discrimination and the results were eye opening, sombering, and hopeful. AltMuslimah and Brown Girl Magazine welcomed followers to the event at 3:00…
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Abuse is a shame filled subject in our communities that no one wants to address or even admit too. Many people continue to bear the pain in silence and in shame. In early January, Orbala (@qrratugai), AltMuslimah’s Sabina Khan-Ibarra and Asma T. Uddin (@altmuslimah), and Coming of Faith’s Laila Alawa…
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