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Happy Persian New Years and start of spring, coming at you straight from Tehrangeles , California, the location of the largest Iranian diasp...

Oh capitalism, always devaluing women's work and emotional labor and warping people's sense of self-worth based on a physical ...

I'm going to be blunt: being Muslim has become the next hot identity -- to claim, to wave around above your head , and to profit from...

Just a quick little mini-update while still trying to play catch-up after getting arrested protesting a hyper-militarized, anti-Muslim SWAT...

Ready for another fun and exciting open letter? Let's go. It is important for me, as an Iranian Muslim woman, to take up space...

So, it's happening. (And it's sort of unreal?) My first book/extension of this blog is ready for pre-sale TONIGHT at midnight (CST...

It's more than just celebrating the aesthetic value of fashion. It's about re-claiming my identity as a Muslim-Iranian woman and c...

So you're wearing a piece of clothing on your head to "experience" what it feels like to be a Muslim in America and "und...

Call me biased, but I'm sort of obsessed with the Iranian aesthetic. Something about lightly patterned geometry (hint hint where I ...