I am still in disbelief that in the middle of her interview on attracting women to the workforce, Arianna Huffington took a recorded question from me for Christine Lagarde today on HuffPost Live. Arianna Huffington is not only my media icon, but the Huffington Post was the first major online platform to publish my work. […]
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There has been a lot of controversy, to say the least, around Obama’s repeated refusal to call the fight against ISIS a war against radical Islam. Friday I was on CNN talking about why I agree with President Obama, and how he must avoid an all out religious war which would play right into ISIS’
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It was great returning to PBS’ To The Contrary last week to talk about the Vatican and women, female rangers, and Former UN official May Rihani’s new book in which she says Islam, the west, and other cultures are more similar than many realize. I could not agree with Ms. Rihani more, and I took
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*This post of mine was also published on MasalaMommas & The Huffington Post.* The other morning, my 3 ½ year-old daughter was throwing a fit about not wanting to go to school. Because I was trying to put her socks on her feet at the time, she felt it was necessary to grab onto me by the
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I totally belief that feminism and gender equality cannot truly advance if we do not have our most important allies working hand in hand with us -men. Most feminists know and agree with this, but it still comes as a shock for others to hear, but just think about how much men lose from restrictive gender norms
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There is no denying that campus sexual assault in the US are currently at epidemic levels. But from banning fraternities to banning sorority sisters from venturing to parties to banning alcohol, why are the nation’s top colleges and universities, from the University of Virginia (UVA) to Dartmouth, struggling to find a solid solution? I gave
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My father was always a passionate advocate for education, and this one particular belief of his that all children, regardless of gender, should be given access to the highest-quality education one could afford. Of course growing up, I found these words seriously migraine-inducing. But the mentality was revolutionary in the Bangladesh of the 1980’s where
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Politicos across Washington, DC were glued to their TVs as President Obama “an ambitious” State of the Union address Tuesday night. While he spoke about tax reform, a new middle class, and gas pipelines of course feminists were focusing on whether or not Obama would raise the issues that really matter, ie paid maternity leave,
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What is it like to be Muslim in America today, and how is the experience different than it may be in Europe, especially in light of the recent Paris attacks? That is what CNN America’s John Berman and I spoke about on Monday, analyzing the experience of Muslims in Europe, especially in France where secularism plays
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*This post of mine was also published on Forbes Woman & The Huffington Post.* Tina Fey and Amy Poehler just may have given television its biggest feminist evening ever on Sunday. While the power partners did not disappoint, they went one step further than comedy: Fey and Poehler ushered in an evening of groundbreaking TV that
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