Brigid Maher, Director of Veiled Voices

Brigid Maher is a filmmaker, tenure-track assistant professor in the Film and Media Arts Division at American University, Washington D.C. Brigid is the director behind Veiled Voices a documentary film sharing the stories of 3 Muslim Women leaders in the Middle East. Read my review of Veiled Voices. Please... 
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True Beauty

How do you see yourself, physically? Are you happy with the way you look? It is likely that you are not – it is estimated that around as many as 90 % of women today are not happy with the way they look and it is this aspect of our character that is a controversial issue as women in society and as women... 
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The death of baby Masih

This article assumes a few things, I know, this story is still very fresh and there is a lot we don’t know so while this article is based on this story, it’s really just some thoughts on the human condition particularly the mentally fragile condition this mother may have been in. UPDATE:... 
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Aminah Assilmi “The true liberator of Women”

May Allah have mercy on her soul and give her the highest Jannah (Heaven) amin! What a gem in our community and what a loss. Please take the time to watch this amazing talk by sister Aminah Assilmi, a revert to Islam since 1977, she recently lost her life in a car accident, Inna Lilahi wa Inna Ilayhi... 
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International Womens Day (and a few updates)

Asalamualekom and Peace everyone. Today is International Womens Day a global day of celebration of Women, many of whom across the globe are treated far less than their worth. Let’s take a moment today to ponder what it means to be a woman, a Muslim woman or whatever it is you identify with the... 
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Ya Imam, Tear Down This Wall!

While our beautiful Qur’an and Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him) elaborate on equality between the sexes, we still find an unequal barrier between men and women. This is “best” demonstrated, ironically, in our Masajid (Mosques). Over and over I find that the sisters I often... 
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Don’t speak for me!

Muslimas Oasis is all about sharing the voices of Muslim Women, this is hugely important when it comes to quieting the bigots who are dead set on liberating us from our own beliefs and choices. I wrote a response to a comment by a radical christian campaigning against Sharia law, here is the original... 
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That’s not Hijab!

We’ve all been there, you see a sister in skin tight jeans with a teeny scarf barely wrapped around her head, you judge and sometimes, if you’re bold enough, you set her straight. As a new muslim, I wrote an article about Hijab, Alhamdolillah I helped a few sisters to adopt the hijab but... 
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Purple Hijab Day

Purple/Lavendar Hijab day is on February 13th in memory of Asiya Hassan who was murdered allegedly by her husband, the founder of Bridges TV a Muslim TV Channel in the US. Purple Hijab Day (much like Pink Hijab Day in October raising awareness for Breast Cancer) is intended to raise awareness about Domestic... 
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One wife, Two wife, Three wife, Four.

The much debated, much misunderstood, much hated 4 wives issue. Let’s start with the ayah (verse of the Qur’an) that gives muslim men the right to marry up to 4 women. We find it in the 4th Surah/Chapter and it is the 3rd Ayah/Verse: “And if you fear that you cannot act equitably towards... 
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