My Unpopular Decision to Support Hobby Lobby
This is my blog – so the views here are obviously my own. I express my views because I want
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Yasmina Reality
Writer, Speaker, Cross-Cultural Voice
Yasmina Reality
Writer, Speaker, Cross-Cultural Voice
Author: Yasmina Reality
#TBT From the Archives for ThrowBack Thursday
In the beginning months of the launch of the #MyJihad Public Education Campaign, a number of volunteers here in Chicago
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My Journalist Debut with Al Jazeera America
(photo credit: Sadaf Syed for Al Jazeera America) Al Jazeera America Article: Illinois Mosque Faces An Increasingly Common Zoning Problem
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Interfaith Dialogue Matters
Growing up raised by a Muslim father and Catholic mother, I lived interfaith dialogue every day of my life. So it’s
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Look Whose Inspired Me This Spring
So is it just a Muslim cultural thing that all of the annual banquets and gatherings for our institutions take
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Being Happy is Haram
Well, everything is haram. If you are acheiving enjoyment or it’s making you smile. If you are enjoying life while
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Support Muslim Film Makers. Hollywood Here We Come.
ISF National Film Grant – $20,000 Grant For Muslim Filmmakers As Muslims, it feels lame to be chasing down faux
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Speaking Up Delivers Justice
Chicago’s Columbia College Professor, Iymen Chehad, had his class reiinstated. Remember, part of his class was cancelled because he showed
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Columbia College in Chicago – Threatening Academic Freedom
Respect Academic Freedom! Petition: ://www.change.org/petitions/llove-colum-edu-respect-academic-freedom# I grew up in Chicago; and, I dreamed of attending Columbia College. Known for it’s
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Bigots Behaving Badly
[embedplusvideo height=”385″ width=”450″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1doFZNk” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/ydNfIr2CqI8?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=ydNfIr2CqI8&width=450&height=385&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep6092″ /] Watching grown ups throw temper tantrums is always awkward. Watching grown
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