Wouldn’t it be amazing to zigzag across the country, visiting mosques and writing about the people that use them? Aman Ali and Bassam Tariq thought so. Now they are on the second leg of a Ramadan road trip fueled by faith, food, and good old-fashioned male privilege. Recently, in an attempt to explore the gender divide in Muslim places of worship, the duo documented the women’s area of a mosque that hosted them in Little Rock, Arkansas. This could have been a great opportunity for Ali and Tariq to reflect on their privilege. Instead, they chose to exert it over the women they visited, leaving a number of them upset – and rightfully so. Continue reading →
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How To Piss Off Muslim Women: 30Mosques Crashes A Female Prayer Space
Wouldn’t it be amazing to zigzag across the country, visiting mosques and writing about the people that use them? Aman Ali and Bassam Tariq thought so. Now they are on the second leg of a Ramadan road trip fueled by faith, food, and good old-fashioned male privilege. Recently, in an attempt to explore the gender divide in Muslim places of worship, the duo documented the women’s area of a mosque that hosted them in Little Rock, Arkansas. This could have been a great opportunity for Ali and Tariq to reflect on their privilege. Instead, they chose to exert it over the women they visited, leaving a number of them upset – and rightfully so. Continue reading →
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Tagged as 30Mosques, Aman Ali, Arkansas, Bassam Tariq, ethics, female, feminism, feminist, hijab, hijabi, iftar, incompetence, Islam, journalism, Little Rock, male privilege, masjid, mosque, mushollah, Muslim, muslim women, muslimah, niqab, niqabi, photography, prayer, privacy, privilege, respect, tarawih, women