Saturday, February 04, 2012 | 10 Rabi al-Awwal 1433
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rahilla Zafar
Philadelphia, PA
Rahilla Zafar, a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania's Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership, helps develop content and feature stories for altmuslimah as well as mentors young writers. She is a regular contributor to online journals such as Knowledge@Wharton and INSEAD Knowledge, specializing in stories focusing on environmental issues and social policy, and has reported from Colombia, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Rahilla holds degrees from DePaul University and the London School of Economics.
Skateistan, a skateboarding school in Kabul that takes youth off the streets, offers some normalcy to Afghan children who more often than not experience no real childhood and are forced to find work to help support their families. (No comments)
While many foreign correspondents based across the Muslim world are under pressure to file stories that will make headline news, Jack had the opportunity to go in-depth and focus on the day-to-day lives of everyday people across the Muslim world. (No comments)
NYPD: Spies, lies and propaganda films: New York City area community activists will be rallying this afternoon demanding the resignation of Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and NYPD spokesperson, Paul Browne. They are also demanding independent community oversight of the NYPD as a series of Associated Press and New York Times reports have alleged that under Kelly the department not only overstepped legal and ethical boundaries by spying on its citizens, it may have done so without federal approval and its actions were based on institutionalized religious and racial discrimination. Amongst the evidence provided is Kelly’s participation in an anti-Muslim propaganda film The Third Jihad, a report that the film was used to train police officers and leaked documents indicating covert operations to spy on area Muslims. ()
- February 3, 2012
Asma Uddin and Ashley McGuire
Muslims and Catholics vs. Banzhaf: There are those who would learn that Catholic University of America, a private, Catholic institution, has doubled its Muslim student enrollment in just four years, and think happy thoughts about interfaith cooperation and growing religious harmony. Then there are those who see potential lawsuits, dollar signs, and fame. ()
