Your Hair Is Haram
I think I may have misinterpreted the whole Muslim thing – I didn’t realize that I had to be baptized by being thrown into a lake and have my girlish long locks hacked into a bob chop fashioned by a police chief to prove my Muslim-ness. 59 guys and 5 girls have been sent to … Read more
Ramadan Mubarak, Punxxx
Another new moon – another month of fasting. Keep it halal, yaki. And remember to stay away from the triangle-shaped haram samosas.
Rest In Power Ari
We all struggle with our own personal jihads, She just chose to wear hers inked into skin as her sleeve, That brave contradiction is to be admired/aspired. We are all haramis, struggling searching for taqwa and seeking to live judiciously. But she did it with balls out bravado. This kind of mythology can only be … Read more
Behind the Orange Curtain
Crossposted from Sepia Mutiny. Not really a Taqx story, but a Muslim one that needs to shared. When you hear the words “Orange County,” I’m sure you have an image that comes to your head very much like the ones on television shows “The O.C.” or “The Real Wives of Orange County.” The image I … Read more
Riot Pit in #Egypt
Tahrir Square looks like a mosh pit. At least from what I can see on the Al Jazeera live feed. People chanting, fists in air. The crowd moves, like the crowd in front of a stage. Naturally, you hear Arabic, words of “Allah”, “Inshallah”, “Walahi”, “Yallah”. It is their language. They say other things, things … Read more
It’s All Happening: The Taqwacores Debuts in Los Angeles
Sundance Festival Pick The Taqwacores officially premiered in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theater to a modestly sized crowd on November 12. Friday night’s screening marked the fifth time I had seen the film, almost two years after hearing of a movie in pre-production about “Muslim Punks.” Though it’s a phrase I try to … Read more
Got an Ache in My Gut and My Stomache’s Alight
Crossposted from Touring the Light. Written by Stoney. I will not discredit taqwacore for connecting me with people that now mean a lot to me. I also will not discredit taqwacore for making me think a little bit more about identity and questioning my place in the world. But it started as a fictional novel, … Read more
Hollywood-ification
It was another Taqwacore road trip, from Oakland to Los Angeles. This was strange considering that Los Angeles was home turf, I just happened to move to Oakland rather recently. It seemed like all my Taqwacore adventures revolved around a trip of some sort – there was never a semblance of “home,” which is ironic … Read more
Composing Master Mind of Omar Fadel
It’s hard to believe that The Taqwacores feature film Sundance Film Festival debut was back in January. So much has happened since the adventures in the Taqx punk house in the snowy valley of Park City. It was in the house that I first met the illustrious Omar Fadel. Poised and soft spoken, it was … Read more
Oaklandistan
Blue skies, potholed streets in Oaklandistan – I was craving halal hot links as I drove by the halal market. It was Friday, and I was stealing some “me” time away from my job on the campaign trail. In my head though I was still working, thoughts preoccupied, stressed about finances and wondering if we … Read more
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