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What should we do with the world we inherit? How can we carry on the legacy of the past’s greatest triumphs and fix the disastrous consequences of its most terrible horrors? These are things I think about often, and especially…
I was born in Algeria but was raised in France. Now at 42, I am divorced and the head of the legal department of an insurance company. Very few people around me know what happened to me 24 years ago…
I was 18 years old when I first discovered that I was a lesbian. I think the signs were there earlier on but I wasn’t aware of what it was that I was feeling at that time. One of my…
Ever since my spiritual crisis during Ramadan, due to all the political and personal issues, which were getting me down, I discovered the Inclusive Mosque Initiative (IMI), which restored my faith. I first came across IMI in an article in…
I was raised in a strict Muslim household where I was taught the fundamentals of Islam from a young age. At the age of five, I was made to attend the mosque. By the time I was eleven, I had…
In Istanbul recently, a convening of Syrian and Iraqi women activists took place that Global Fund for Women co-funded with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and MADRE. More than 60 people attended, including nine Syrian women activists…
This is part two of Roseida’s post ‘A golden cage is still a cage’, to read part one click here. Apartheid in religious spaces I am tired, because when I go to a mosque, our place of worship, I want to…
From apartheid to sexism When I was young, I marveled at people who veered from the path laid out for them, and took the road less traveled. I imagined that they had confronted the proverbial fork-in-the-road moment, where they were…
#NotYourBride In high school a white Norwegian friend of mine and I used to talk about Jane Austen. Her favourite novel was Pride and Prejudice. She would romanticise the old days. I, on the other hand, would get annoyed because…
What is it like living in Saudi Arabia? The title sounds like a Buzzfeed article singing the praises of the Gulf country’s oil riches, its luxurious lifestyle, the ‘comforting’ gender segregation, and being driven around everywhere like the ‘queen’ that…
I’m currently 19 years old, hovering in the strange place between knowing that my childhood is over, but hesitant to accept adulthood. When I was younger I used to think of the future and revel in the knowledge that I…
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