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Conform, Inform and Unite

by on 24. Jul, 2011 in Islam, Middle East, Politics, U.S, World

Abrar Qadir, a friend of mine, wrote an interesting article for altmuslimah. It talks about the Muslim-American identity at crossroads with eastern norms and mostly defensive in approach when educating others about Islam. Conforming to a wider American society will require that Muslims look at what needs to be done within the community before defending [...]

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[VIDEOS] – Saudi Women Defying Driving Ban

by on 17. Jun, 2011 in Internet, Middle East, News, Videos, World

Saudi Women2Drive campaign is currently in full swing. Many videos, photos and stories of women driving are being posted all over the web; especially social media sites like Twitter (sorry Facebook). Here are few videos I found of women driving. Do you know of other videos? Post the link below…

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Saudi Women2Drive Campaign in Retrospect

by on 08. Jun, 2011 in Internet, Islam, Middle East, Videos

Manal Al-Sharif, a 32-year-old information-technology expert and female activist, recently lead the fight to give Saudi women the right to drive. Manal started a Facebook campaign urging Saudi women to get behind the wheel in mass numbers on June 17, 2011 and protest the longtime driving ban. She posted a video of herself driving and [...]

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