As salaamu alaykum! Hope you are all staying safe and healthy in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. In most US cities, non-essential businesses have been asked to close in order to […]
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Black Women’s Bodies in Italy: an exercise of power and pleasure for Italian Patriarchy
Anti-blackness in the context of Black Women’s experiences in Italy. Over the last five years in Italy, a number of high profile cases of anti-blackness in the public arena has come to […]
Black Sunni & Shia Youth Workers come together for Youth Work.
In these times of division, hatred and sectarian issues among British Muslims in the 21st century, it’s refreshing to see forward thinking people going against the wave. We are here to heal […]
Rise in Power Nathaniel Woods
This was the poem our brother Nathaniel Woods left behind which has been published on The North Star: “Had they and I but metAt some old residence in EnselyHad they put their […]
“Blacklash” and the case of Asayel Slay: Injustice and hypocrisy in Saudi Arabia
Nicki Minaj and Saudi’s attempts to modernise In July 2019, world famous rapper Nicki Minaj pulled out of her planned headline performance at Jeddah World Fest music festival in Saudi Arabia due […]
Rashid Rose: The over-representation of Blacks in the Mental Health System
The majority of Caucasians believed Africans to be inferior (Billinsley 1968) with the Encyclopaedia Britannia (1884) defined the word Negro as referring to Africans who “occupied the lowest position of the evolutionary […]
Our Three Brothers: Nearly Four Years On From The Tragic Murder Of Three Sudanese-Americans, Has Our Ummah Changed?
“There is definitely a reason why my cousins and friend are not getting as much media coverage, and it is because they were black,” – Ibrahim Dahab (Cousin to two of the […]
The Multifaceted Muslim Series: An Interview With Baltimore’s YMG
Welcome back to another edition of The Multifaceted Muslim! This month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Kareem Cromwell AKA YMG Reemo, member of the Yung Muslims Grindin’ (YMG) coalition from […]
