This is What an Iraqi Looks Like: the new web series by HAJER
When Baghdad Central aired at the start of this year, Iraqi viewers across the globe tuned in with hopes of seeing their culture and motherland represented on screen. Instead, the…
Tag: Islam
Is France’s fight against extremism criminalising Islam as a whole?
If there is a saying that serves as a snapshot for the times we live in, it’s Ibn Khaldun’s remark that “the past resembles the future more than one drop…
9/11 and the British Bangladeshi identity crisis
The British Bangladeshi identity is one that has been through the works and when you consider the history of the community, there is no wonder as to why. Although Bengali…
How can we address anti-blackness in Desi spaces?
The death of George Floyd in Minnesota at the hands of the white police officer who knelt on his neck for nine minutes reopened a festering wound in America’s social…
Charities connecting Muslim communities during Ramadan in quarantine
Muslims across the world are currently observing Ramadan. It’s the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, and more importantly, one of the most sacred. The Quran was revealed to the…
MESA Reviews: Haifaa Al Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate
Like most of us living in the west, I could only really imagine what day-to-day life for a Saudi Arabian woman is like. Unless you’re going off personal experiences or…
MESA Magazine 