On Being a Muslim-American Woman

I’m at BlogHer today where I share my thoughts on what it means to be a Muslim-American woman who wears hijab. Don’t forget, you have to register to leave a comment on BlogHer.com (it’s free) or you can login using your Facebook account. Click HERE to read the article.

Worth posting

This is America, dammit. And in America when somebody comes for your neighbor, or his Bible or his Torah, or his Atheist Manifesto, or his Qur’an, you and I do what our fathers did, and our grandmothers did, and our founders did. You and I speak up. – Keith Olbermann, Special Comment: There Is No [...]

Park 51: On building a mosque near Ground Zero

I’m at BlogHer.com today where I wrote a piece on the controversial plans to build a community center and mosque close to Ground Zero. You can read the article here. Have a safe and happy weekend, Readers.

The final video: Bed & Bath

Last week I blogged about my trip to Oklahoma to film the final Webisode in a five-part series for BlogHer’s “Putting it All Together.” The video on tips to decorate your bed and bath is here! For the final video, Rhoda from Southern Hospitality, and I joined Ree to talk about whether our bed and [...]

Behind the scenes

Earlier this year, I was asked to join BlogHer on a special project called “Putting it All Together” sponsored by Macy’s. This five-Webisode series was aimed to cover topics that are important to women — everything from how to help in your community, to the qualities you look for in a man, peppered with more [...]