I find that writing helps me connect with other amazing Muslim women and women of colour. It also allows me to detangle the contradictions of being an indigenous Muslim woman living in Canada. Who are you? My name is Eren Cervantes-Altamirano. I was born and raised in Mexico City, but…
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With all the stories on the Internet it can be difficult to always stay in the know. To help, we’ve searched the web for interesting pieces of news, videos and tips to help you start off your week on the right foot. 1. Rocking Stereotypes in Niqab [tweetthis]She wears the…
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altMuslimah’s Firdaus Arastu recently sat down with Zarqa Nawaz to discuss her memoir, Laughing All the Way to the Mosque. An excerpt from the book follows the interview. How would you summarize the book to an American audience? I would say this is a funny, happy, uplifting story about growing…
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[title maintitle=”” subtitle=”Harper’s campaign is embracing Islamophobia to make Monday’s parliamentary elections a referendum on the veil”] On Oct. 9, Zunaira Ishaq, an immigrant from Pakistan, finally took her citizenship oath and became a Canadian. Her refusal to take the oath without niqab, or a face veil, has been a…
Read MoreBrazil offers asylum to Iranian women sentenced to death by stoning, veiled women pass through Canadian airport checkpoint without being checked, Malaysian reality show crowns its champion imam, and a few British gay Muslims find support from their local imams.
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