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Fearing the Unknown

March 3, 2011

On my commute to work this morning, I did what I usually do before I start reading my book – I check out updates on Facebook and Twitter. One coworker had posted a video that the Council for Arabic Islamic Relations (CAIR) compiled of people protesting Muslims at an event last month in Orange County. [...]

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A Photoshoot of Kids Or: It’s a Good Thing I Don’t Drink

February 27, 2011

Almost two years ago, when I visited my cousin after she had her first kid, I took kinda of a cool picture of her husband holding their newborn (apologies if that sounds egotistical). Before I went off to visit them yet again last week, my cousin texted asking me if I could take another picture [...]

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Praying in Public – All the Cool Kids Are Doing It!

February 25, 2011

Salon.com published an article the other day titled My Awkward Moments in Muslim Prayer. The writer pretty much sums up the life in Muslims in the West in our quest to always complete our prayers, of which there are 5 at various times throughout the day, on time. There have definitely been times when I’ve [...]

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Au Revoir, Borders

February 20, 2011

I got an email the other day through Borders Rewards that told me that the Fremont Borders store is closing and that there will be a sale going on. I thought it was a joke – the place where I had spent so much time was closing? Say it ain’t so!! I knew about the [...]

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Power to the People!

February 11, 2011

I have to be honest with you folks – I hadn’t updated in a while because nothing felt like it was worthy enough to write about while a revolution was going on halfway across the world. Since January 25th, the people of Egypt had been protesting in the streets against Hosni Mubarak’s regime and nothing [...]

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What if I Couldn’t Have Coffee? An Elseworlds Tale

January 25, 2011

I used to take Arabic classes in San Francisco but took a break after a couple of years and just started up Arabic again, this time a “Speaking Arabic” class at Ta’leef Collective in Fremont, a local Islamic institution. In class last night, the teacher was going over a few things and brought up the [...]

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An Accidental Tuesday, OR: A Very Hijabi Story

January 24, 2011

Fifteen years ago, I started wearing the hijab. Everyone I knew at school reacted because not only did I start wearing a scarf, I started wearing it on a Tuesday. A lot of Muslims girls think about the hijab for quite a while before they decide to don it for the rest of their lives. [...]

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Remember the Ground Zero Mosque? Uhh, No?

January 4, 2011

There was a lot of brouhaha a few months ago about the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque”. People were totally outraged that the Muslims (those crazy kids) were going to build a house of worship on Ground Zero. But, y’know, not really. A lot of Muslims and journalists that actually had some sense tried to counteract [...]

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A Muslim in Batman Comics! What. Up.

December 29, 2010

I’m kinda sorta into comic books although not like how I used to be. The only title I read regularly now is DMZ, which is pretty different from my Superman comics now stored in the garage. However, I may just have to start picking up some Batman comics because there’s an actual honest-to-God, bona fide [...]

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Merry Christmas to Happy Holidays & Back Again

December 25, 2010

I remember back in one December in elementary school, I was having a lot of trouble with this one particular artsy-type project in class. I had to cut and glue something to some stuff (it’s hard to describe, ok?!) and for the life of me, I kept on messing up. Downside: I was going to [...]

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