Raising Proud Black Muslim Children
Carefree Black Girl is a term that originated on Tumblr. Zeba Blay, Voices Cultural Writer at The Huffington Post, became the first person to use the phrase as a hashtag on Twitter in May 2013. It is a term that is used to celebrate Black girls and women. It has become a cute Instagram caption… Continue reading Four ways I’m raising a #CareFreeBlackMuslimGirl
When I was in sixth grade, my community opened a Muslim school, which I attended with my siblings until I graduated. My mother also taught at the school. We were one of the founding families and one of the handfuls of Black families who attended. I'm not going to detail every racial incident or microaggressions we encountered but only highlight a few.
Have you seen “Colored Purple”? Did your mom watch Oprah? They don’t know that some of my earliest memories are of sitting in between my mother’s legs as she neatly cornrowed my hair while Auntie O talked in the background. They don’t know. I had a Jheri curl. I watched “Coming to America” at… Continue reading They Don’t Know
It was barely 5 minutes into our 30-minute drive home from school, when the kid that is in our carpool announced that there is a Confederate flag in the school's library. I keep my tone causal because I do not want to scare him or Hafsa and I need answers without them thinking I'm upset… Continue reading Being Black in a Muslim School
"What do you want for dinner?" I asked the Kid. She replied, 'Empanadas'. I was surprised because I didn't think she knew what they were. We have never eaten or made them before. But I agreed to make them. A few days later, I did. While eating dinner, I asked her why she wanted to… Continue reading Black Muslim Representation Matters
I was born Black and Muslim and married a Black and Muslim man. We had a Black and Muslim daughter. At three months, I went back to work and she was taken care of by someone who would become one of my favorite people. She became like family and earned the nickname, Auntie. She was… Continue reading Welcome
