by HEART Team | Jan 14, 2016 | Sexual Violence
*trigger warning for sexual violence by Rafat I remember lying in my bed staring out the skylight window, after my former husband would have had his way with me, wondering to myself what my parents might be doing this moment? Were they sleeping soundly in their beds?...
by HEART Team | Jan 14, 2016 | Mental Well-Being, Sexual Violence
by Sameera Qureshi The day after I moved to D.C., I attended a community event. I was a little early, having not figured out that Google Maps tends to over-estimate the amount of time it will take on the Metro to get somewhere (!!). Someone else had checked in for the...
by HEART Team | Jan 14, 2016 | Sex Education, Youth Development
by Nadiah Mohajir In her guest blog piece, Sobia Ali-Faisal boldly claimed that Muslim youth need sex education. Why? Because Muslim youth are having sex. According to her research more than half of those she surveyed reported having sex before marriage. The Family...
by HEART Team | Dec 11, 2015 | Building Safer Communities
By Nadiah Mohajir Islamophobia is at its peak. Recent terror attacks, mass shootings, combined with anti-Muslim rhetoric by some of our politicians have contributed greatly to fear and hatred against Muslims. Consequently, many Muslims, who have lived and worked in...
by HEART Team | Dec 11, 2015 | Parent Resources, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Youth Development
by Sobia Ali-Faisal If the recent controversy in Ontario over the new sex education curriculum has demonstrated anything, it’s that many Muslim parents are VERY passionate about their children’s sexual education, or preferable lack thereof. For those who may not be...
