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Category: Arab Countries and People

July 3, 2024 Maryah

“Web of Resistance”

April 20, 2024April 21, 2024 Maryah

“Men at Work”

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 Maryah

Losing Touch with Gaza

August 7, 2022 Maryah

Tisha B’Av and Muharram in Gaza

January 25, 2022 Maryah

We Bet On People

September 16, 2021April 21, 2024 Maryah

“Becoming Bedouin” Again

June 15, 2021August 2, 2022 Maryah

“Peace of Iraq’s Mothers” Online at Last

May 31, 2021February 8, 2022 Maryah

“Sid Ismahan” returns

October 15, 2020November 16, 2021 Maryah

“Cold Comfort” returns

September 7, 2020September 15, 2020 Maryah

Exploring Cranford

June 15, 2020 Maryah

“Sid Ismahan’s Brothers and Daughters”

June 12, 2020June 15, 2020 Maryah

“Halfway ‘Cross the World: Pandemic Missives”

April 26, 2020April 22, 2020 Maryah

Fast, Feast and Loneliness in a Time of COVID: Check in extra with your Muslim friends

April 8, 2020April 11, 2020 Maryah

“This *IS* Passover”: A Day Like No Other

March 21, 2020April 11, 2020 Maryah

Because We Love Our Mothers Every Day

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Maryah

The Men in the Shirtsleeves

November 6, 2019November 7, 2019 Maryah

Cheryl Strayed Picked ME!

September 25, 2019April 20, 2020 Maryah

Is the “Peace of Iraq’s Mothers” even possible anymore?

August 11, 2019August 20, 2020 Maryah

Reflections on Sacrifice: Tish B’Av and Eid al-Adha

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 Maryah

Why we need World Refugee Day more than ever

May 24, 2019May 16, 2020 Maryah

Ramadan: A Time for Coming Together

April 15, 2019June 3, 2020 Maryah

“That Other Hijab Story” redux

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 Maryah

Today, Muslims in Your City Will Be Afraid (and Angry, Too)

February 26, 2019March 15, 2019 Maryah

“Trust On the Nile”

January 21, 2019January 19, 2019 Maryah

Kafir? Heathen? Shaytan?

December 28, 2018 Maryah

More “Friends With Goats”

December 16, 2018 Maryah

I Learned My Manners In Thailand

October 10, 2018November 18, 2018 Maryah

“Bringing Umm Saleh Home”

October 3, 2018March 15, 2019 Maryah

“The Worst Tenth Grader”

September 23, 2018 Maryah

“Panic Attacks”

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