Merima Tricic
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I Can’t Wear Nail Polish: Why Is Getting your Period Still A Taboo in the Muslim Community?
The point of this article is to directly question the taboo in Muslim communities that is often tied to women’s…
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A 17 Year Old in Syria
My name is Samra and the stories of how I was lied to, manipulated, and forgotten by both the Muslim…
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An Ode to the Men Who Fat-Shamed Me and to the Men Who Think Covering Up Prevents Fat-Shaming
This is dedicated to the men who have fat-shamed me in some belief that they “understood me” through my “eating…
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Tales of Bosnia: The Story of the Empty House and Bloody Roses
“I know, Mama. I understand.”
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Online Smack-Talking, Obsessing over the Islamic Scarf, and Angry Posting: How Muslim Women can Foster Dance to Pro-Actively Communicate Feminism
How does a Muslim woman go beyond “anger” or “projecting frustrations” on social media rants in a predominantly Islamophobic society…
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Sex and Women’s Bodies: How ISIS Uses Extremist Interpretations To Use Women as Vehicles for Terrorism
It is for this reason that women of European and white descent are often most targeted within Western Muslim societies:…
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Islam On Injustice
With the news media trembling at the actions and violence of so-called "Muslims," one must have to ask: does Islamic…
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Damned if We Do, Damned if We Don’t: Aboard the Romantic Muslim Woman Train
One day, we Muslim women will be able to capture the political attention of governments, media, and citizens. We will…
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Among Tacky Velcro and Faulty Hijab (Headscarf) Laws
The current question remains: How does a Muslim woman continue to partake in sports while battling Western prejudice that try…
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