Last month, Britney's memoir, The Woman in Me, came out. And, as expected, it's gotten a lot of attention. This made me think this is the perfect time to post a blog post I wrote last year. Now, you may be thinking, why would Britney Spears make it to a blog about self-care for Muslim Activists? I will add to that confusion and say I also want to discuss how it relates to Adnan Syed. Yes, you read that right. I…
Dear Friends, I am posting today to let you know that my community and I are not doing OK. My community can be defined as the American Muslims, social justice and organizers activists of all backgrounds, Jews against Zionism, and the many people who are clear about the truth and history of Palestine. We are NOT OK. We are done with not being OK. We’re witnessing a genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza by the state of Israel. And…
I have been wanting to start this blog for quite some time (we are talking years!) Over the years, I slowly gained clarity on what I wanted to write about. To a point where I would start outlining ideas or thinking through whole blog posts in my head. Yes, I know some of you will say, "Where are those blogs?' or 'Sounds like you need to use the voice recorder app.' Yes, I know. Because I ask myself those same…