As hard as you try, sadly the anti-Muslim rhetoric from GOP Presidential candidates just won’t die down, with Ben Carson now joining the road filled with racist language, a tactic pioneered in this case by Trump. I joined CNN on Sunday to give my thoughts on the entertainment of politics or the politics of entertainment […]
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*This post of mine is also published on The New York Times/Women in the World.* In a year that has seen secular bloggers hacked to death in broad daylight, progressive voices in Bangladesh made a bold move this month to spotlight the plight of homosexuals in the country by launching Dhee, the country’s first lesbian
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Last week, when 14 year old Texas high-school student, Ahmed Mohammed got arrested by his school for bringing his invention, a clock, to his school it only took American-Muslims a few seconds to recognize what a wrong and racist act had just taken place. But sadly, these days these kinds of incidences are just becoming
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After four years of the Syrian war, the world finally woke up to the region’s refugee crisis when the body of three year old, Aylan Kurdi washed upon the shores of Bodrum, Turkey. Just two years ago, we attended a beautiful long weekend in the resort town when one of my closest friends from college
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Talk about coming full circle. Three years ago Al-Jazeera English (AJE) took myself & AnushaysPoint.com on air by inviting me to be a guest on their social media driven show, The Stream. The show was really revolutionary and pioneering for its time, giving viewers a forum using social media. My two appearances, the first just
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After its summer hiatus, PBS’ To The Contrary returned with a bang. On Friday, my fellow To The Contrary panelists and I, with our legendary host, Bonnie Erbe, tackled sexual assault on campus, Donald Trump, immigration and Hillary Clinton’s stance on women’s rights. My stipulation always focuses on identifying rape culture, first and foremost. Most
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