*This post of mine is published on Forbes Woman.* Sexism in Hollywood is no secret, and things have gotten so bad that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urged federal and state civil rights agencies to probe “the systemic failure to hire women directors at all levels of the film and television industry.” Just last …
*This post of mine is published on Forbes Woman.* Employing their own spin on the popular “100 Years of Beauty” online videos, MuslimGirl.com just launched a new series, “100 Years of Hijab Fashion in 1 Minute,” to dismiss common misconceptions and stereotypes about the hijab, and more importantly, the women who wear it. MuslimGirl’s founder, and Forbes …
*This post of mine is also published on The Daily Ittefaq.* It feels like Independence Day here in Washington as America wakes up to history with Hillary Clinton securing the Democratic presidential nomination, officially becoming the first woman in America’s 240 year history to lead the presidential ticket of a major political party, as CNN …
Hillary Clinton may have made history this week, but despite crushing her opponent the polls predicted a narrow win and a close competition. And even though Clinton won the biggest prize, California, and became the first woman to ever win a major party’s nomination in the US’ 240 year history, Bernie Sanders refuses to concede, …
Many of my readers do not know this, but when I was 17 years old, I went to a writer’s camp at the University of Virginia (UVA), where I ended up going to college the following year. However, it was at the Young Writer’s Workshop that I first discovered my writer’s soul. Over the weekend, …
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