Unique MuslimahUnique MuslimahThis blog writes about Muslim women's rights in Islam. Women have been silenced for too long and we want to speak out against the horrific things women have to go through. In this blog there are many stories of Muslim women's lives who are suffering. Articles
Presenting The Future Mr. Unique, The Ideal Husband!
2007-12-01 23:59:00 Mr. Unique eating ice cream at the mall, grinning insanely at Unique because she’s on a diet and can’t have any. (Muwahahaha!) Mr. Unique hinting to Unique that he would love her to bake some gingerbread! He’s been good all week. (Please!) Mr. Unique on a weekend (hence the cap hiding the un-made hair), eating a scone, ... More About: Humour , Marriage , World , Future , The Future
My Journey With Yahoo! Avatars Vs. WeeWorld Avatars
2007-11-30 23:56:00 Previously on Unique, I went through an individual campaign to get Yahoo! Avatars to design a small hijab so that Muslim women donning the hijab can join in the fun. Since writing the post, If Yahoo! Ruled the World, I received a reply from the staff at Yahoo! giving me the impression that they are serious ... More About: Society , Politics , Business , Religion , Internet
Bleedin? Hell!
2007-11-28 19:20:00 Do you remember the first day you started menstruating? I do. It was last week when I was reminded. I was sitting with my colleagues and we were talking about how young girls begin their periods these days. Some of them start as young as eight, still babies in my opinion. I remember the common theme in our ... More About: Health , Memories , Hell
Men Have a Point
2007-11-26 18:09:00 I come home from work absolutely famished. Food is the first thing on my mind. After I’ve had my shower and I’m in comfortable, clean clothes, my next priority is to feed myself. But because I’m out of the house at 7 in the morning and I’m back by 6pm I am secretly wishing that dinner ... More About: Humour , Marriage , Gender , Point
Being a Muslim Woman Today
2007-11-24 02:54:00 I previously wrote a post about my feelings on Yahoo! Avatars not including a basic scarf for Muslim women to cover their animated self, thus marginalising and forcing them to look like a (cute) munchkin from the film, The Wizard of Oz, (if they were desperate like me) by going to an alternative Avatar website, ... More About: Society , Religion , Islam , Women , Internet
Congrats to Unique!
2007-11-22 20:53:00 Success feels good, I gotta admit that folks. The smell of it, the taste of it, the extra bounce it gives you, making you look a little taller, a little bolder and a lot happier. I succeeded in something today that I thought would be impossible. It was something I had always wanted to do ... More About: Life , Dreams , Friendship , Journey , Success
Because I?m Worth?It?!
2007-11-20 01:43:00 Sigh. I must admit, I’m a big fan of handbags. I’ve got a collection, you know. Evening handbags. Work handbags. Over the shoulder handbags. Cute, little handbags. Waterproof handbags. Anti-mugging handbags. Fragrance handbags. Sigh. I’m a handbag collector, slowly going bankrupt. Sigh. One of my favourite sentences is, ‘I am going to treat myself’. Treat is ... More About: Humour , Shopping , Fashion , Worth , Wort
My Sister is Expected to Commit Suicide
2007-11-18 01:42:00 She e-mailed me. She is among us. She touched my life. But she wants to end hers. In the past week I have received many e-mails from supportive people regarding my previous post and I thank them from the bottom of my heart. It gave people the incentive to reach out to me with their experiences ... More About: Society , Religion , Women , Family , Life
Letter to Half a Cup of Chai
2007-11-11 01:24:00 Dear Aka1030, writer of the blog Half a Cup of Chai, This is in response to your post titled, Letter to Unique Muslimah (Open for all to read), which was in response to my previous post The Man Behind the Iron Mask. I am truly touched by your sentiments and most of all your words. After I read ... More About: Religion , Women , Abuse , Rights , Hypocrisy
Oppressed in Her Own Home
2007-11-10 02:23:00 Hannah came to me one evening, her eyes blood-red, her cheeks wet. What was the matter? I asked her; it was past six and she had a long way to commute home from the library. “It’s my dad,” she slumped on the chair beside me, putting her hands on her lovely, olive-tanned face. I looked ... More About: Religion , Women , Family , Abuse , Parenting
The Man Behind the Iron Mask
2007-11-09 00:13:00 I’m terrified if he finds me. I’m scared of what he will do. And he is out there posing a threat to other women like me. He roams freely, the law on his side because there wasn’t enough evidence of his abuse towards me. And now he is angry that I went to the police, he ... More About: Personal , Women , Abuse , Rights , Patriarchy
Don?t Doubt Yourself, Unique
2007-11-07 23:35:00 I was never really good at ‘it’. I was more into playing with computers and sports. Every time I’d see a friend good at ‘it’, I’d feel a lack of my femininity. Don’t get me wrong, I tried doing ‘it’ many times when I was a teenager, but at the first go I’d give up ... More About: Personal , Life , Dreams , Lifestyle , Friendship
?Happily Ever After? is Only the Beginning
2007-11-06 18:54:00 In all the Disney films we’ve watched and the tons of chick flicks out there, we are made to believe that the couple have found true love and then live happily ever after while riding off into the sunset. I don’t know about you but even as a child watching, I always wondered what happened NEXT. ... More About: Society , Religion , Family , Marriage , Relationships
And They Lived Happily Ever After
2007-11-06 01:08:00 A wave of bloggers have been announcing the great news of their engagements or marriages; I imagine our bloggers as having flown the nest and have moved on to the next stage in their lives. Marital bliss! We will be watching dear bloggers (no pressure), hoping to gain wisdom and knowledge from the experiences (and adventures!) you choose ... More About: Society , Family , Life , Marriage , Relationships
Mind the Gap
2007-11-05 02:48:00 This was it. I was ready. I took a deep breath, excited and exhilarated. My soul was about to burst with joy. There it was, a few steps away from me. The Ka’bah stood in all its glory. A symbol of Islam . Were my feet on the ground? I doubted it. I felt like I ... More About: Religion , Humour , Travel , Culture
You Have Been Randomly Selected!
2007-11-03 20:42:00 I was walking through airport security, making my way towards the land of the Nile, excited and a tad anxious. Nearing the security x-ray machines, ready to put my bag in, I noticed a grinning woman wearing airport uniform approach me. “Good-morning Madam!” she began, giving me no time to reply. “You have been randomly ... More About: Society , Politics , Religion , Islam , Humour
Despite Being Kicked Down By Some ?Muslim Men?, I Did Not Give Up
2007-11-02 20:35:00 I am a Muslim woman. I am proud to be one. I know my rights as a Muslim woman very well. And I know that Islam is a misunderstood religion. I have studied comparative religion extensively and I chose Islam to be my religion with full conviction. I was not forced to wear the hijab ... More About: Religion , Women , Life , Abuse
Part 2 of: Pyschological Warfare or an Innocent Film?
2007-11-02 01:01:00 The second and final part to Britz showed Nasima’s story, who is Sohail’s sister. We are taken to the beginning of the drama like in part one, but this time we see the events through Nasima’s perspective. I must say, the director and writer did an excellent job in part two to make me feel ... More About: Film , Innocent , Part , Fare , Inno
Pyschological Warfare or an Innocent Film?
2007-11-01 01:12:00 Is the new two-part series BRITZ a new tactic to remind viewers that the terrorist threat is very real while we go about our lives thinking otherwise? The BRITZ shows a young Asian Muslim man who joins the MI5 (intelligence service) and helps track down British Muslim terrorists. Is this drama part of a psychological warfare to ... More About: Society , News , Politics , Terrorism , Religion
My ?Perfect? Life in Your Face
2007-10-30 16:18:00 It has become an epidemic. And it’s contagious. Although many people use facebook to genuinely stay in touch with friends, there are others who are using facebook as a place where they can increase their ego. And those are the people I’m focusing on. Facebook has become an important psychological tool in people’s daily lives. And it is a ... More About: Society , Politics , Religion , Islam , Internet
?I?m Behind in the Game Called Life?
2007-10-29 20:33:00 Have you ever felt stuck in a rut? Like everyone else is moving on with their lives, except you’re moving slower- snail like. I’ve heard single girls complain that they feel stuck while everyone is getting married. And I’ve heard married couples complain they are stuck while single people are out enjoying their freedom. I’ve ... More About: Life , Lifestyle , Reflections , Thoughts , Game
Guilty for Being a Woman
2007-10-27 01:35:00 According to many patriarchal men who ignore the strong evidence of the Prophet’s teachings and the Qur’an, I am a Woman destined to Hell. I am guilty for being a woman. And so are you, if you happen to be a woman too. If you’re a man, then Whoopee to you! You’ve just been granted ... More About: Women , Rights , Patriarchy , Guilty
Breaking the Sisterhood Bond
2007-10-26 01:27:00 We were three, Sisters in Islam , till the day came, when all of it would end. We were three, Keeping each other company, till the day came, when you both stopped being my “family”. More About: Relationships , Poetry , Friendship , Bond
The New Hijab, WeeMee Style
2007-10-23 18:20:00 I wrote about the “New Hjab” a few months ago, which has turned out to be the most popular post people read when they visit this blog and it has been on the number one list since I wrote it back in March. In Egypt, the States, I’ve seen that the new hijab is quickly becoming a ... More About: Society , Religion , Islam , Culture , Fashion
I?ve Got Great News. For You!
2007-10-22 21:52:00 I woke up and started cleaning the bathroom. Three months out of town can bring the strangest, weirdest creatures to your home. I needed to act quick, and my cleaning equipment was going to do just that. While on my mission, my close friend came to mind, so I send her a text message, hoping ... More About: News , Islam , Relationships , Friendship , Great
I?m Not Pregnant, I Swear!
2007-10-21 17:29:00 It was a few months ago where I was waiting in the hospital for my turn when a nurse pushed my bed inside a dark x-ray room and disappeared. She emerged a few minutes later with a form in her hand. From the boredom of waiting I was observing the large room with quite a scary ... More About: Society , Humour , Marriage , Culture , Pregnant
Where Do I Belong?
2007-10-19 23:44:00 I almost always manage to attract a few gasps and stares when I admit how much I miss and love Egypt, and how I would like to live there one day. Why on Earth, I’m always asked, would I want to leave the civilised West, the Utopian Land everyone wishes to immigrate to, and settle in ... More About: Society , Islam , Media , Life , Culture
It?s Hot Here
2007-10-18 23:45:00 It’s hot here. I’m covered in dust and cobwebs. Behind me lies a trail of muddy footprints. They go back to the East, Before the horizon that now bleeds, next to the graves, where my body has been for a thousand years. It’s hot here. I should be melting by now. But the universe’s laws have changed, on a day I fear will never end. On ... More About: Poetry , Spirituality
Outside the Butcher?s Shop
2007-10-05 02:10:00 She walks in front of me, her thin black hair lying dead straight on her shoulders. A gust of wind picks up from time to time during this October evening in Cairo. It picks up plastic bags lying here and there, it twirls through a cat’s fur; yet it fails to blow through even a ... More About: Islam , Egypt , Hijab , Patriarchy , Shop
Ramadan Duaa To You
More articles from this author:2007-10-03 01:20:00 Dear God. My heart is so hard. The earth’s crust has formed a shell around it. I plead You to shatter the shell that makes my heart unable to move for You. I plead You to break the shell that makes my heart unable to submit completely to You. I plead You to shaken my heart with a mighty quake ... More About: Religion , Islam , Poetry , Spirituality , Prayer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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