by heartwg@gmail.com | Jun 21, 2017 | Mental Well-Being, Sexual Violence
Our hearts and prayers are with the Hassanen family and the ADAMS Center community after the burial of a beautiful young woman by the name of Nabra. Nabra’s tragic death is a loss being felt greatly by the American Muslim community nationwide. Because details of this...
by heartwg@gmail.com | Jun 12, 2017 | Sexual Violence
by Sameera Qureshi Given the recent events concerning Dar Al-Hijrah and the statements made by Imam Shaker regarding the religious permissibility of female circumcision (i.e. Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting – FGM/C), I feel the strong need to share points of...
by heartwg@gmail.com | Apr 26, 2017 | Sexual Violence
This letter was originally published by Rape Victim Advocates. It is part of a series by Kat Stuehrk, Northside Prevention Educator at Rape Victim Advocates, developed for the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s 2017 Sexual Assault Awareness Month...
by heartwg@gmail.com | Apr 19, 2017 | Sexual Violence
*Trigger warning for sexual abuse by Aya Khalil Five. I was sexually abused at an age where I didn’t even have enough life experience to properly process and identify what was going on. Not by a random stranger. Not by a family member. But by someone whom the...
by heartwg@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2017 | Sexual Violence
by: Anonymous I sat at the intersection waiting for the red light to turn green. I thought to myself that if it turns green by the time I count to three, then I’ll do it. I counted; one, two, three…. the light remained red and I began to tear up, how could I have...
by heartwg@gmail.com | Apr 5, 2017 | Sexual Violence
by Fatima Noor Survivors, like me, whether from rape or domestic abuse, silently throw rants of blame against ourselves. The gaze our eyes lay on our reflections is one filled with shame. Our hearts electrocute our bodies with self-disdain with every second that ticks...
