Islamophobia

No Safe Place to Grieve: The Trauma of Muslim Americans Living Under Surveillance

Aisha Abdel Gawad on the Danger of Talking Openly About Palestinian Pain

 
By Aisha Abdel Gawad  January 29, 2024
Reading Lists

Mystery, Mayhem, and Trauma: A Reading List for India’s 1947 Partition

By Shilpi Suneja  September 20, 2023
On Technology

Living My Life as the “Muslim Ron Swanson” in the Age of Digital Surveillance

By Aisha Abdel Gawad  June 9, 2023
American Politics

Just How Much Did the Benghazi Attack Affect the Outcome of the 2016 Election?

By Ethan Chorin  September 7, 2022
Race

What Does it Look Like to Decenter Whiteness in Fiction?

By Kasim Ali  March 10, 2022
Islam

The Consequences of Speaking Out Against Religious Illiberalism in Malaysia

By Mustafa Akyol  June 22, 2021
Colonialism

How the Specter of Islam Fueled European Colonization in the Americas

By Alan Mikhail  December 17, 2020
Social Media

Social Media, Loneliness, and Rabbit Holes to Radicalism

By Fatima Bhutto  August 19, 2020
Islam

The Long History of Blaming the Devout During a Plague

By Alan Mikhail  June 15, 2020
Xenophobia

How the West is Destroying Itself Through Its Fear of Migrants

By Suketu Mehta  June 13, 2019
From the Archive

Edward Said on the Death of American Activist Rachel Corrie

By Edward Said  April 29, 2019
Essay

In the Wake of Trump, YA Novels Highlight Immigrant Narratives

By Holly Genovese  September 21, 2018
Excerpts

The Case for Impeaching Donald Trump (Part 6)

By Ron Fein, John Bonifaz, and Ben Clements   August 22, 2018
Excerpts

The World Might Not Be As Disastrous As We Think It Is

By Steven Pinker  March 1, 2018
Profile

The Exiles of Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

By Zahra Hankir  February 13, 2018
Deep Dive

Tolerance and Islamophobia in 16th-Century Spain, Not So Different from Now

By Matthew Carr  June 19, 2017
Politics

Reading Houellebecq in the Midst of the French Elections

By Rafia Zakaria  May 5, 2017
Op-Ed

Muslim-American Kids Need to See More of Themselves in Pop Culture

By Hena Khan  May 3, 2017
Personal Essay

Crime and the City: Visiting Amsterdam’s Dark Side

By Paul French  March 27, 2017
Conversations

Life in the Arab World as a White Lesbian Feminist

By Arvind Dilawar  November 22, 2016
Reading Lists

10 Contemporary Novels By and About Muslims You Should Read

By Emily Temple  November 17, 2016
Conversations

Marina Budhos on Muslim Stereotypes, Surveillance, and Trump’s America

By Aviva Stahl  November 15, 2016
Feature

The Banality of Donald Trump

By Rafia Zakaria  October 14, 2016
Excerpts

The Poetry of the War on Terror

By Timothy Otte  July 7, 2016
Op-Ed

Eileen Myles on Guns, Gays and Pride

By Eileen Myles  June 27, 2016
Uncategorized

Mona Eltahawy: How to Fight the Patriarchy

By Mona Eltahawy  April 22, 2016
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