Every patient deserves to be heard—culturally-competent care is an essential part of #healthequity .

For Muslim women to get the health care they deserve doctors need to listen buff.ly/3vwD1Wj by Tasmiha Khan via The Emancipator CC Aasim I. Padela Samia J Abdelnabi Venus Mahmoodi, PhD

The art of Henna has been practiced in South Asia, Africa & the Middle East for over 5000 years. The botanical name of the henna plant is Lawsonia inermis. A member of the Loosestrife family, henna originally comes from Egypt.
 
For Eid, a thread on henna in Muslim cultures…

Shawwal 1st 1445 [Eid-ul-Fitr] will be Wednesday, April 10th. The Chicago Hilal Committee has received and confirmed multiple positive sightings from our contacts in various locations. Therefore, Ramadan will complete a 29-day cycle.

chicagohilal.org/shawwal-1445/

If I must die, let it be a tale.

#FreePalestine
#Gaza

Grateful to start the year with positive news on a journey towards creativity! #kidlit #alhamdulillah

You are entitled to nothing.

Everything good thing you have is a blessing from God and a test.

The test is in your gratitude.

Think about how often we fail it. How often we fail to appreciate our blessings, and how often we keep asking for more.

You are not entitled to ease.

And put your trust in Allah.

Black and brown communities often face systemic barriers to accessing mental health services and support, which can further exacerbate the impact of gun violence on their well-being.

Read Tasmiha Khan's article for New York Amsterdam News

amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/11/1…

How much more injustice can be silenced? #CeasefireNOW #FreePalestine

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding research 'shows that being inherently violent is a salient false stereotype held about Muslims, with 9% of the general public in agreement that most Muslims living in the U.S. are more prone to violence than other people' writes Tasmiha Khan

amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/11/1…

This epidemic of gun violence has a disproportionate impact on members of BIPOC communities, many of whom identify as Muslim. In 2020, 12,179 Black Americans were killed with guns, compared to 7,286 white Americans.

Learn more from Tasmiha Khan

amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/11/1…

With the violence pursuing throughout the world and the deafening silence, Muslims are no stranger to this phenomenon starting right at at home in America -especially due to #gunviolence . My first for New York Amsterdam News thanks to Damaso Reyes.

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Needed to read this in such challenging times:

Anyone else struggling to manage “work, life, genocide balance” recently?

No government anywhere has a right to commit a genocide, ever.

There is no justification for a genocide.

I can’t believe this even needs to be said or is even considered the least bit controversial to state.

In an attempt to channel my frustration into an artwork, I re-drew the embroidery pattern of Gazan women dress collars as a visual representation of the death count of October.

Things happening in Gaza, Palestine that we cannot see; A Thread:

A message that was sent by a woman in Gaza:

'If Allah lifted the veil for you just ten minutes and you could see the sky of Palestine, you would see a sight of wonder. Waves of angels racing to ascend with the souls of the martyrs to Allah in a special celebration. I swear by…

When Musa and his people were pursued by Firaun and they stood cornered between a sea and the enemy, Musa said

كَلَّا إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ