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Movie Review – Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football

September 12, 2011

Playing in select AMC theaters for a limited period of time, the documentary Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football follows the football team of Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan in the days leading up to their big game against their rivals from Dearborn High in September of 2009. In a city with many Muslims and Arabs, [...]

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Book Review: Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice

September 11, 2011

The last time I was at the airport, I went through security and was told that a female agent was going to come by and pat down my hijab. Passenger after passenger passed me by, picked up their stuff from the conveyer belt, and stared at me. I’m sure they were wondering what was up [...]

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Ramadaning at a Wedding

August 24, 2011

I remember last October when my buddy Soerha told me she was getting married. I got pretty excited, like an “OMIGOD” kind of excited. And then she told me it was going to be in Toronto on August 20th. Me: “But that’s in Ramadan!” I didn’t say anything for a second and thought about it. [...]

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It’s Not Just About Me. Who Knew?!

August 22, 2011

Note: I wrote this entry like a week ago but didn’t have a chance to post ’cause I got a bit busy. I was walking with my Muslim coworker/prayer buddy to the prayer room* at work when I asked her how her roza was going. It didn’t occur to me until after I said it [...]

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Fasting Realizations – Necesito Qahwa

August 8, 2011

I’m going tell you all something that I figured out while fasting. Some of you may have already realized this on my behalf. My entire life revolves around coffee. Okay, okay, maybe I’m exaggerating (I”m a big fan of hyperbole, which is like the coolest, awesomest thing ever!) but it kind of sort of does. [...]

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Ramadan – Thoughts for 2011

July 31, 2011

It’s that time again*! Ramadan is most likely going to start tomorrow** and the days will be long this time around. We’re looking at more than 15 hours of fasting in Amreeka – no water, no food, and no *gasp* coffee. In order to fit in the extra prayers and wake up early enough in [...]

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A Few Words About Captain America

July 29, 2011

I saw Captain America: The First Avenger last weekend (yeah, this post is slightly late) and I liked it more than I thought I would. There were two reasons why I was a bit hesitant to like this movie: 1) Wasn’t Captain America created purely for pro-US propaganda reasons? 2) Captain America is a Marvel [...]

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On Norway, Muslims, and the Media

July 24, 2011

On Friday, when the explosion and shootings happened in Norway, a lot of journalists that are part of real, honest-to-God respected media outlets put the blame on Islamic extremists without anything to go on whatsoever. The Sun even had a front page article published that called the incident an “Al Qaeda massacre” and “Norways’ 9/11″. [...]

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Look Maw! Muslims are on the TV!

July 21, 2011

TLC announced today that they will be airing a reality show about Muslims living in Dearborn, Michigan. The show is meant to be about the lives of regular Americans who happen to be Muslim. I’m guessing everyone’s hoping that this reality show will create awareness of how normal Muslims really are. Here’s a description of [...]

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Getting Back into the Whole Video Game Thing

July 13, 2011

Back in the day, I liked me some video games. When the XBOX 360 came out though, I told my brother he was on his own, that I was done with video games. The problem was not that I didn’t care about video games anymore, the issue was the fact that I got too drawn [...]

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