protagonist

altMenMarch 20, 2015

Writing Beyond Words

The first creative writing piece I workshopped in undergrad told the story of a Pakistani engineering student who rebuilds her father’s mystical gulab jamun machine and saves Manhattan from a gang of neo-Nazis and their patrons on Wall Street. It was narrated by her friend, an insecure Muslim Iranian Dominican…

altMenFebruary 27, 2015

The Power of Story

[title maintitle=”” subtitle=”Footnotes on science fiction, politics & Muslim protagonists”] I remember the first, bonafide adult books I read: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card and I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. They changed me irreparably and began a lifelong addiction to science fiction. Kurt Vonnegut helped me understand the trauma…

1 Alim Live 17 Hidden Benefits of Niqab

Mashallah good post . Keep it up.
2 Sarah Briggs I am a Muslim woman and I chose to have an abortion—Part I

You don’t accidentally become pregnant, love. If you have sex, this = risk of pregnancy. Also. You can try and convince yourself otherwise, but you murdered your own baby. This…
3 marziya Choosing a childfree present

This is so insightful, is there any way i could contact the writer?
4 Muhammad Ali Part 1 of the debate: Muslim women should be able to marry non-Muslim men

May why do so many conver women particularly white femlaes. and its almost always women, try to come into the Musli mcommunity and change it to the very same liberalism…
5 muhammad ali Part 2 of the debate: Muslim women should not be able to marry non-Muslim men

if u dont stand with your community in its most troubling times nd simp for whit emales, 80% of who votd for a candidate that voted to ban you, it…