I’m tired of hijab.

When I was 19, I stood on stage and talked about being propositioned by a university professor. I said he was a dirty old man and repeated some of the choice phrases women hear every day in the streets of Egypt.

For me, niqab is a feminist statement.

by Zainab bint Younus

I’m a writer, a feminist, and an orthodox Muslim (Salafi, to be precise).

I have a fondness for all that is goth, (steam)punk, and Batman. I’m obsessed with leather biker jackets. I’m loud…

Remember when Aaliyah and Jet Li fell in love in ‘Romeo Must Die’?

The Dead and the Dying

Death has been following me around lately.

It’s difficult to explain. But I’ve been feeling his presence a lot more these days. Lurking around. Waiting.

A friend of mine didn’t wake up a couple of weeks ago. Dead at 29. I’d just spent…

Why I stare down people on trains

Living with Ehlers-Danlos, an invisible disease.

Behind Deborah’s story: Women in solitary confinement

I served, and killed, in Afghanistan

A former U.S. soldier and security contractor speaks about the mental impact of war

I, a black stain

What it’s like to be an African migrant in Israel