May102012

“SHE COTTON SUMMER DRESSES”

Spoken word poetry performed by Alia Gabres

(Source: youtube.com)

alia gabres australia badass muslimah muslimah performance poet poetry spoken word spoken word poet eritrean 

April192012
The 100 Most Influential People in the World Too often women suffer in silence; their struggles stay hidden behind forced smiles and stoic faces. This is not something Samira Ibrahim is willing to allow. After Egyptian soldiers detained her and subjected her and other female protesters to forced “virginity tests,” the 25-year-old marketing manager refused to stay silent. She sued the military, and in December a civilian judge ruled the humiliating practice illegal. Her fight is not over, though: In March, a military tribunal acquitted the doctor who allegedly performed the “virginity tests.” Samira has sworn to pursue the case using international law. (via 2012 TIME 100: The Most Influential People in the World)

The 100 Most Influential People in the World

Too often women suffer in silence; their struggles stay hidden behind forced smiles and stoic faces. This is not something Samira Ibrahim is willing to allow. After Egyptian soldiers detained her and subjected her and other female protesters to forced “virginity tests,” the 25-year-old marketing manager refused to stay silent. She sued the military, and in December a civilian judge ruled the humiliating practice illegal. Her fight is not over, though: In March, a military tribunal acquitted the doctor who allegedly performed the “virginity tests.” Samira has sworn to pursue the case using international law. (via 2012 TIME 100: The Most Influential People in the World)

time samira ibrahim egypt time 100 most influential people in the world muslim woman muslimah badass muslimah 

April142012

Music video for “Rapture” (Avicii Remix) by Pakistani-American singer/songwriter Nadia Ali

Nadia Ali music musician dance music pakistani usa muslim woman muslimah badass muslimah singer songwriter 

March272012
Shaima Alawadi could have been my mother a Hijab-wearing, Muslim covered mother an Arab mother of 5 was she brown was she brown enough for her ‘terrorist’ features to explode fear in her white-neighbors eyes of colorful racism filling hate in brutality to beat a women so dangerous her headscarf her identity her being her Muslim-ness posed a threat a reason to despise a reason to violate a reason to take life a reason to terrorize a reason to murder … Shaima Alawadi could have been my mother a mother of five found helpless by fatima fatima fatima 17 years are not enough to give strength to a witnessed murder of an Iraqi mother joining millions of Iraqi dead children also dead killed murdered because life wasn’t granted to them because their brown skin screamed “terrorism” for American soldiers high in the skies as drone attacks fell down on souls too cheap to count to name now Shaima the mother of five Shaima is gone left to witness as anger fills the hearts of motherless children left to witness in heavens arms as justice carries along unaccounting the worthiness of life her life because justice speaks in white clarity often becoming obscured with brown skin, hijab-wearing, terrorist-bearing mothers .. because justice awaits to be served … Shaima you could have been my mother!  may you rest in peace … (via Shaima Alawadi could have been my mother « A Shift Towards Conscious Activism)

Shaima Alawadi could have been my mother

a Hijab-wearing, Muslim covered mother

an Arab mother of 5

was she brown

was she brown enough for

her ‘terrorist’ features to explode fear

in her white-neighbors eyes

of colorful racism filling hate

in brutality to beat

a women so dangerous

her headscarf

her identity

her being

her Muslim-ness

posed a threat

a reason to despise

a reason to violate

a reason to take life

a reason to terrorize

a reason to murder

…

Shaima Alawadi could have been my mother

a mother of five

found helpless by fatima

fatima

fatima

17 years are not enough to give

strength to a witnessed murder

of an Iraqi mother

joining millions of Iraqi dead

children

also dead

killed

murdered

because life wasn’t granted to them

because their brown skin screamed

“terrorism” for American soldiers

high in the skies

as drone attacks fell down

on souls

too cheap to count

to name

now Shaima

the mother of five

Shaima

is gone

left to witness

as anger fills the hearts

of motherless children

left to witness

in heavens arms as

justice carries along

unaccounting the worthiness of

life

her life

because justice

speaks in white clarity

often becoming obscured

with brown skin, hijab-wearing, terrorist-bearing mothers ..

because justice awaits

to be served …

Shaima you could have been my mother! 

may you rest in peace …

(via Shaima Alawadi could have been my mother « A Shift Towards Conscious Activism)

Shaima Alawadi muslim muslim woman muslimah Iraq USA Iraqi racism hate crime poem poetry 

March172012

First Person: Qatari filmmaker Sophia al-Maria (Sci-Fi Wahabi) - 04 Nov 09 (by AlJazeeraEnglish)

Sophia al-Maria sci-fi science fiction filmmaker qatar muslimah badass muslimah muslim woman artist writer 

March112012
Sophia Al-Maria, who also goes by the nom-de-plume Sci-Fi Wahabi, is a Qatari artist and a writer. Her work is mainly fused with futurism in the Gulf region. In the past she has curated a tour of Doha by Dhow called “Future Tents” and has also performed ‘tours from the future’ at Art Dubai. Part of her is also about fusing American and Arab pop cultures. She is also the Gulf Collection Curator at the Arab Museum of Modern Art. She is currently writing a book for Harper Perennial.  (via Islam and Science Fiction » News SF by Muslims » Sophia Al-Maria (Sci-Fi Wahabi))

Sophia Al-Maria, who also goes by the nom-de-plume Sci-Fi Wahabi, is a Qatari artist and a writer. Her work is mainly fused with futurism in the Gulf region. In the past she has curated a tour of Doha by Dhow called “Future Tents” and has also performed ‘tours from the future’ at Art Dubai. Part of her is also about fusing American and Arab pop cultures. She is also the Gulf Collection Curator at the Arab Museum of Modern Art. She is currently writing a book for Harper Perennial.  (via Islam and Science Fiction » News SF by Muslims » Sophia Al-Maria (Sci-Fi Wahabi))

Sophia Al-Maria sci-fi science fiction writer author qatar muslimah badass muslimah badass muslimahs 

March82012

Liza Garza covering “Glory Box” by Portishead (by lizagarza)

Liza Garza music musician muslimah badass muslimah badass muslimahs portishead 

March52012
Junot Díaz jokes with Anhthao Nguyen, left, Farhana Chowdhury and Jonathan Espinosa. (via Before Their Eyes, Writers Profane and Very Much Alive - NYTimes.com)

Junot Díaz jokes with Anhthao Nguyen, left, Farhana Chowdhury and Jonathan Espinosa. (via Before Their Eyes, Writers Profane and Very Much Alive - NYTimes.com)

Farhana Chowdhury New York Times usa junot diaz muslimah Badass Muslimahs badass muslimah muslim woman 

February212012

Yuna - Live Your Life (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) (by FADERLabel)

yuna yuna zarai music musician the neptunes pharrell williams new york city muslim woman muslimah badass muslimah badass muslimahs 

February182012

SHATTER ME Book 2 Title Reveal! Plus other things! (by thmafi)

Shatter Me Tahereh Mafi YA Novel author muslim woman muslimah video writer young adult 

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