by Nadiah Mohajir In the short four years HEART has been working to raise awareness about the importance of reproductive health education in the Muslim community, too many young women ...
by Krystina Friedlander originally published in islamicmonthly.com Let’s Talk about Sex(ED) Item #66 on a list of ways that mosques could better connect with Muslim youth: Sex Education. The list was generated ...
A collaborative effort between the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, HEART Women & Girls, the Rahma Network, and Karamah, Engaging Muslim Communities in Ending Sexual Exploitation: A Toolkit and Resource ...
by Nadiah Mohajir originally published on altmuslimah.com ******trigger warning******* Just having returned from an intense karate class, Rania* reflected on her anger, and how tired she felt upon the release ...
By Sameera Qureshi originally published on muslimsistah-sq.blogspot.ca I woke up suddenly at 6:00am from a bad dream, wondering how men could do this, trying to understand the twisted psychology behind ...
by Sarah Hasan The other day I was looking up local Sexual Assault Awareness Month events and thinking about ways to get people from our (‘our’ in this case = ...
by Nadiah Mohajir As we've collected stories for the past four years, we have met countless women who struggled with some aspect of their sexuality. We met Farah*, a young ...
By Sameera Qureshi “Because girls are dirty”, was one response a grade five girl gave to my question. We were talking about menstruation and praying, and that Muslim females are ...
by Nadiah Mohajir Is there a difference between sexuality and sexualization? How can we determine if our young girls want to dress sexually because they feel empowered, or because they ...
Trigger warning for sexual abuse I am so excited to see so much groundbreaking work coming out of India. This video made by Childline, a hotline for kids in distress ...
I am truly inspired after seeing so much change at the Oscars this year - from Ellen's great job hosting, to a hijabi presenting on stage, to Cate Blanchett's inspiring ...
by Nadiah Mohajir As the Muslim community begins to see a growing number of single men and women, several issues need to be addressed. What can we do as a ...
by Nadiah Mohajir I recently came across Menstrupedia.com, a virtual resource developed by some individuals in India who wanted to create a guide for women and girls on staying healthy ...
originally published on altmuslimah.com by Nadiah Mohajir Cultural stigmas have existed for thousands of years, yet never have I ever been more haunted by the unfortunate effect they have on ...
originally printed at http://www.theislamicmonthly.com/reclaiming-my-life-after-sexual-abuse/ By Sarah Rashid “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” – Carl Jung “The soul always knows ...
originally posted on sistersbreakingbarriers.wordpress.com by Nadiah Mohajir This article by Wajahat Ali is worth a read. In just a few paragraphs, he humorously and eloquently demonstrates why sex education for our Muslim ...
Originally published on altmuslimah.com By Ayesha Akhtar Over the last few years, one question HEART has repeatedly asked Muslim girls (ages 10-18) in various arenas is, “what are the top ...
by Nadiah Mohajir Originally published on altmuslimah.com in 2010 A few days ago, my kindergartner came up to me and, as usual, relayed the happenings of her day. I patiently ...
by Nadiah Mohajir originally published on altmuslimah.com Umm Reem, the author of the article “The Reality of Sex Education in Public Schools,” contends that Muslim parents should be wary of ...
By Nadiah Mohajir Originally published on altmuslimah.com As HEART continues to work with Islamic schools and educators on health education programming for their youth, we learn of many unfortunate anecdotes about the ...
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