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Emotional bullying and being a ‘loser’ in marriage 28 Jun 2013 | 11:17 pm
Emotional bullying and being a ‘loser’ in marriage By: Yasmin Mogahed A few weeks ago, an article was widely circulated about a woman whose husband told her he was leaving and she decided to ‘ignore...
About a personal struggle I had as a teen 19 Jun 2013 | 09:23 am
Picking up the Wrong Ball By: Yasmin Mogahed Everyone has problems. At least that’s what my 7th grade teacher told us. He asked us to imagine rolling up all our problems into a ball and throwing tha...
Finding Jennah 3 Apr 2013 | 09:29 pm
I have spent a lot of my life trying to reconcile between hardship and ease. On the one hand, we are told again and again that the straight path is not easy and requires struggle and sacrifice. But on...
The Lifetime of a Hardship 20 Feb 2013 | 09:30 pm
Allah tell us in the Quran that for all things He has created an “appointed term’. This includes our hardships and struggles. They all have a birth and a death. They all have an appointed term. Every ...
A Little Angry 20 Feb 2013 | 08:32 pm
A photo of me when I was a little girl. My dad won a photography contest for it and appropriately called the piece "A Little Angry". (I didn't like my hairstyle--always had an opinion!)
RIS Lecture: The Storm is Coming 10 Feb 2013 | 06:37 pm
Today, I’m going to talk about poverty. Yet, the poverty I speak about today isn’t the apparent kind. You see, before we can begin to speak about a concept, we need a criterion. We need definitions. I...
Leaving Mecca 10 Jan 2013 | 09:01 am
This was the hardest talk I’ve ever had to give… Leaving Mecca By: Yasmin Mogahed When I was 17 years old, I had a dream. I dreamt that I was sitting inside a masjid and a little girl walked up to ask...
I Grieve 21 Nov 2012 | 11:59 pm
I Grieve By: Yasmin Mogahed I lifted my head Once more Only to see The sun had set, The trees had slept, And they’d all gone home I grieve. The sky that was clear is now covered with fog. My pat...
One Jewish Woman’s Fight for Palestine 20 Nov 2012 | 08:33 am
One Jewish Woman’s Fight for Palestine By: Yasmin Mogahed For Jennifer Loewenstein, April 19, 2002 was a “waking nightmare”. She stood silent at the edge of the camp, in disbelief–and horror. Listenin...
All Were Delivered 8 Nov 2012 | 09:34 pm
All the voices have hushed to a whisper now. The sounds have slept. I rest here in the cocoon of my heart, Waiting for its’ deliverance. They made you think your pain was small. Small to Him… Because ...
