The pandemic has only exacerbated the racial disparities in birth outcomes, but new legislation focused on reducing Black maternal deaths provides a beacon of hope. health crisis before the pandemic hit, for women of color, especially Black women, things went from bad to worse. It’s an ongoing health scandal we should all be talking about […]
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As an American Muslim woman of color, I wonder: Why do we support the right of white women to cover but not of Black or brown women to do the same? Correction & clarification: This column has been updated to reflect the timing and location of the fine for the Norwegian handball team. The Olympics
Tokyo Olympics are not a bikini showcase. Let women athletes wear unitards, and hijabs. Read More »
*This article of mine is published on CNN.* When I heard the news that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are recommending that the United States pause the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine over six reported US cases of a “rare and severe” type
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I have some news, as they say! I am writing a book for Simon and Schuster’s Tiller Press on women’s health. The forthcoming work is tentatively titled, Hysterical: How Sexism in Healthcare Kills Women and is slated for release Fall 2021. I want thank you to all the women who helped bring me to this
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The world may be ending but I am so thrilled for this amazing interview in DC Modern Luxury Magazine where I am featured as one of Washington, DC’s five “Women of Style!” In the interview, I speak about launching my podcast Spilling Chai mid-pandemic, and how this year is teaching us all the importance of
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*This article of mine is published on CNN.* Afghanistan’s “peace deal” has been blown up. The government has resumed fighting the Taliban after a horrifying attack by gunmen on a maternity ward run by Doctors Without Borders in Kabul. Mothers and nurses were the main victims in the first attack, with 16 killed. Two of
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*This article of mine is published on CNN.* In a shocking exclusive interview with CNN, Evelyn Yang, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, bravely revealed to the country that she is a survivor of sexual assault by an OB-GYN who is accused of abusing dozens of his patients — most of whom were
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Happy New Year, Dear Readers! This is the beginning of a brand new decade but it is even more special for me because it was exactly ten years ago that I first started writing Anushay’s Point. Before any major media gave me an online platform or published my work, I took the advice of a
*This interview of mine is published on Medium.* While Lebanese-born actress Yasmine Al Massri may be best known in the United States for her star-turning role as twin Muslim FBI agent sisters in ABC’s hit show, Quantico, the actress returns to the big screen with her latest film, Refugee. The story centers on a Syrian doctor who
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*This post of mine is published on CNN.* Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may have been all set to appear on and promote fellow Canadian star Lilly Singh’s new show, “A Little Late with Lilly Singh,” which debuted September 16. But the video appearance was swiftly canceled by NBC, reportedly after Trudeau’s blackface controversy, the surfacing of
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