Sailan Muslimah

I probably do not fit into the preconceived notion of a “rebel”.  I have no visible tattoos and minimal piercing.  I do not possess a leather jacket.  In fact, when most people look at me, their first thought usually is something along the lines of “oppressed female.”  The brave individuals who have mustered the courage to ask me about the …

mra Babic, the newly elected mayor of the Bosnian town of Visoko, is the first mayor to wear hijab. Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:36AM Islam is very clear regarding the woman. It reserves for her a place in the public life and all those who interpret it correct know that this is the way it is.” Amra Babic, mayor of …

  I hope I live to see the day where a humanitarian hero is referred to as the Christian Edna Adan. Who's Edna Adan? The short answer: she's a nurse-midwife, founder of a hospital bearing her name, who's saving and changing the lives of tens of thousands of people in Somaliland — a place not even recognized as a country. She's …