Canadian sisters on front lines of rebuilding Somalia

murteza:

Two sisters from Ottawa are fighting gender violence and terrorism in Somalia. One is a military commander; one speaks out for womens rights and supports victims of violence.

Their father, Elman Ali Ahmed, would be proud. Ahmed was a well-known peace activist in Mogadishu during the early 1990s, when Somalia’s government collapsed and sectarian warfare enveloped the country. With his wife, he cared for orphans and ran community programs, including one called “Lights for Peace,” which lit the city’s dark corridors, controlled by rival warlords.

2 hours ago

Where Islam Meets America

newyorker:

Is a conservative religious liberal-arts college an oxymoron? Rollo Romig on Muslim Zaytuna College: http://nyr.kr/194KmI0


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Photograph by Justin Sullivan

(Source: newyorker.com)

2 hours ago

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theuppitynegras:

thecommandertoast:

ofmagicandice:

So I just gained a follower a few moments ago with the name maartin4life

LISTEN TO ME

WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU DO

DON’T

OPEN

THEIR FUCKING PAGE

I JUST OPENED IT AND MY AVAST ANTIVIRUS TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A FUCKING TROJAN HORSE

verified. it contains a malware bug encrypted inside the javascript. 

SIGNAL BOOST

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4 hours ago

Why aren’t more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?

dancepunksnotdead:

You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?

It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.

http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift

(Source: dancepunksnotdead, via theoldsporthasfallen)

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Princeton University psychologist Susan Fiske took brain scans of heterosexual men while they looked at sexualised images of women wearing bikinis. She found that the part of their brains that became activated was pre-motor - areas that usually light up when people anticipate using tools. The men were reacting to the images as if the women were objects they were going to act on. Particularly shocking was the discovery that the participants who scored highest on tests of hostile sexism were those most likely to deactivate the part of the brain that considers other people’s intentions (the medial prefrontal cortex) while looking at the pictures. These men were responding to images of the women as if they were non-human.

The Equality Illusion by Kat Banyard (via lionxvx)

(Source: thoughtfulcynic, via captain-snark)

4 hours ago

notoffended:

davidstrider:

davidstrider:

which american president was least guilty

lincoln

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he was in a cent

I told this joke at Mouth Rushmore and the park ranger hit me

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1 day ago
deafmuslimpunx: invisiblelad: rainbowdalek: Okay comics folks I just picked up the Avengers Assemble Age of Ultron tie-in from last week and YOU GUYS A HIJABI LADY SUPERHERO IS NOW CAPTAIN BRITAIN WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS Oh awesome. Fazia Hussian has been great in everything I’ve ever seen her in. I really hope the appearances of Captain Britain and Fazia might mean a revival of their superteam. a Muslim woman is now Captain Britain? Why isn’t anyone talking about this?

deafmuslimpunx:

invisiblelad:

rainbowdalek:

Okay comics folks I just picked up the Avengers Assemble Age of Ultron tie-in from last week and YOU GUYS A HIJABI LADY SUPERHERO IS NOW CAPTAIN BRITAIN WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS

Oh awesome. Fazia Hussian has been great in everything I’ve ever seen her in. I really hope the appearances of Captain Britain and Fazia might mean a revival of their superteam.

a Muslim woman is now Captain Britain? Why isn’t anyone talking about this?

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1 day ago
(I’m running errands for my pregnant wife. While walking to a nearby store, I see two teenagers harassing a child that is only four or five years old. I shoo them away from the boy, and he introduces himself.)
Me: “So, where’s your mom at?”
Boy: “She’s in the store. Do you have kids?”
Me: “Not yet. We’re expecting a baby girl soon, though.”
Boy: “Well, she’s going to turn out nice, like you! So, I’m going to marry her someday!”
(I laugh, and play along while I bring him to the service desk, and wait until his mom picks him up. Six years later, my daughter comes home from school and introduces us to a friend that defended her against a bully on the playground. I didn’t recognize him, but he certainly knew who I was!)
1 day ago
passerkirbius: I heartily endorse this comic. (via Maximumble - #480 – Dolled)

passerkirbius:

I heartily endorse this comic.

(via Maximumble - #480 – Dolled)

(via smalltowndragon)

1 day ago
starkspangly: coolfrikkinbeans: Not gonna lie, my heart melted a wee bit. my mom cried

starkspangly:

coolfrikkinbeans:

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Not gonna lie, my heart melted a wee bit.

my mom cried

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2 days ago