An American Hijabi: Hala’s Story
When certain customers picked up their prescription from Hala Choudhary, their eyes glanced over her starched white lab coat, scanned past her diamond lip piercing … Read more
Religion
Freddie Mercury’s Family Faith: The Ancient Religion of Zoroastrianism
In the Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, there’s a scene in which a family member scolds Mercury. “So now the family name is not good … Read more
First Day: The Joy of Coming Together for Ramadan
It is always the hardest, that’s what everyone says. There is some truth to it, I suppose. If you’re not used to fasting on a … Read more
What Jagmeet Singh’s Historic Win Means For Canada
Jagmeet Singh wins NDP leadership race, crowd goes wild pic.twitter.com/bWy7cEQBUA — Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) October 1, 2017 In a landslide victory, Jagmeet Singh has become the … Read more
Three Prayers, A Rug, And A Dark Brown Polymer
“No one is allowed to use the conference room anymore,” my manager at the environmental lab explained during a brief encounter in the hallway, “Unless … Read more
Hot News Mix: The Delhi Gang Rape, One Year Later
A year later, what’s’ changed? Rape convictions numbers alone don’t offer much hope that things have changed since last year’s horrific gang rape of a 23-year-old … Read more
Hot News Mix: India’s First-Ever LGBT Radio Station Reacts to Hateful Supreme Court Ruling + More
• India’s first LGBT radio station, Bangalore-based Q Radio, reacts to some rather heartbreaking news about the Supreme Court re-criminalizing LGBT identity the same way most of … Read more
Madonna Studies the Koran to Save Muslim Girls, Stays Current With Lady Gaga
Hey, remember that one time when Madonna slapped on some henna and filmed the music video for “Frozen” in 1998? (She also recorded a song … Read more
