2016 has been host to many strange and surprising things. While the country was distracted by the obviously important—a polarizing election, the Syrian refugee crisis and the Black Lives Matter movement—a Trojan horse managed to sneak into Muslim America: Playboy magazine, CoverGirl cosmetics, and high fashion (specifically New York Fashion…
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2016 was a historic year for Muslim women. They not only received intense media scrutiny around the world, they also made the news – from everything as politicians and activists to Olympic-medal winning athletes and entertainers. Here, altM covers just a few of the top new stories involving Muslim women…
Read MoreTwo young white Americans, talk to us about how being Muslim influences the way they think about, talk about and experience race.
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So we LOVE all of our episodes, but there are some that are near and dear to our hearts (and we think yours, too). Here are 5 episodes that we couldn’t stop thinking about in 2016.
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What’s the relationship between race, religion and hip hop? Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer joins us on this episode to talk about what she calls Muslim Cool—a way of being Muslim in the U.S. that explores the relationship between Islam, hip hop and popular culture.
Read MoreIdentity Politics is an altM podcast focused on race, gender and Muslims in America. This podcast explores how Muslims are balancing and prioritizing their multiple identities and how these intersections influence how they see themselves, interact with each other and their civic engagement in America. Each month, co-hosts Ikhlas Saleem and…
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When people ignorantly yell, “Go back to where you came from!”, most of us quizzically wonder “Where? New York? Jersey? Michigan?”. The misconception that Muslims are somehow “new” is problematic and has no place in our America. Carlos Khalil Guzman’s beautiful series seeks to showcase how Muslims of America are…
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“Can faithful shoppers be shoppers of faith? How does religion relate to fashion? Can spirituality have style? Should the fashion industry respond to people who want to express their faith and spirituality through their clothes?” altM joined with the Princeton Muslim Life Program and Faith & Fashion from London College of…
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Listen to four young Muslims talk about how they felt on election night, what they did after, and where we can go from here. Guests (in order of appearance): Farha Tahir Joshua Wilkerson Sarina Bajwa Maryam Adamu (featuring a quote by Paul Jackson) Subscribe and follow Identity Politics on Soundcloud, Acast…
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Ikhlas and Makkah are back and excited to sit down with Asma Uddin, founding editor-in-chief of AltMuslimah (our new home!!), to talk about hijabis on Instagram, exercising our religious liberties and what it means to aspire to be the “first hijabi” anything. Follow Asma on Twitter here: @asmauddinesq Subscribe and…
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