*This post of mine is also published in The Huffington Post & The Daily Ittefaq.* The fact that women have a harder time cultivating a career and voice in the field of comedy is no secret. Experts point out that despite the major success of some American women, such as Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Chelsea Handler, and most […]
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So much controversy has erupted over Gloria Steinem and fmr. Secretary of State, Madeline Albright’s apparent chiding of younger women voters that personally, I am annoyed by the story. And that is exactly what I said when I went on CNN with Democratic strategist, Hillary Rosen. Although the clip shows the part of the segment during which
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_wYxHi9Wq0 It may be a brand new year, but Republican candidates are not letting go of unleashing anti-Muslim terror and fervor as the race to the White House escalates. So where does this put Obama’s first US mosque visit? I went on Hearst TV’s new show, Matter of Fact with host, Fernando Espuelas to try and
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*This post of mine is also published on The Huffington Post.* With all the controversy surrounding whether he himself is actually a Muslim, today US President Barack Obama visited the Islamic Society of Baltimore, a 47-year-old mosque with thousands of attendees, for the first time ever during his presidency. He stated that the purpose of
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