When I launched my YouTube channel in 2012, I had no intentions of touching controversial matters: I simply wanted to provide simple tutorials and resources for new hijabis. I was a new hijabi and, on top of the lack of styling resources, I quickly found myself ill-prepared for just how controversial hijab itself would be. Within the first months, I allowed myself to be swept into endless debate on the appropriateness of coloured hijab or of being a feminist hijabi or a hijabi who supports the rights gender and sexual minorities. Everything from how, where and who with I wore … Continue reading Going viral: how social justice spread in my social media use

Canada is a country rooted in migration and immigration. Canadian diversity, rather than blended into a melting pot, thrives in its own multiplicity. This diversity is reflected in each individual as well as each community. That, unfortunately, is an oft forgotten fact. The Canadian Muslim community, like the great Canadian community, includes a diversity of opinions. While as Canadians, we collectively stand on guard for the True North Strong and Free, our interpretations of strength, freedom and standing on guard is as diverse as our people. Similarly, as Muslims, we collectively testify that there is only One God worthy of … Continue reading A Canadian-convert on Canadian Converts