We all aim for success. But what does success really mean? What should it look like? Every community defines success using its own set of criteria. In collectivist cultures as found in Asia, success is often determined based on how organized and harmonious society is as a whole. By contrast, other primarily western cultures like…
Dear fellow reader, My name is Sami Siddiqui. I am a proud Muslim. I’m also a concerned, appalled, disappointed, and “every-synonym-in-between” Muslim. Whether you’re a fellow brother or sister, I’m certain you will feel the same way two paragraphs from now. At this point, you may be wondering what’s been troubling me lately. Am I…
Within just the past couple of weeks, the Covid-19 pandemic has rapidly transitioned into a Covid nightmare. While Americans continue to celebrate after successful vaccine distributions, devastated families in India mourn the countless loved ones taken from them by a ruthless virus. The devastated country’s second coronavirus wave is shattering world records, producing over 300,000…
Amid the turbulence of the past year, despite an overall decline in the number of hate crimes in the U.S, hate crimes against Asian Americans rose by almost 150 percent. On multiple separate occasions, elderly Asian American people were attacked on the street, including one brutal incident in New York where bystanders stood by and…
The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike anything most of us have had to experience in our lifetimes. When the virus began to spread globally, it seemed like the world was shrinking, forcing us to feel the isolation and limitations on freedoms we have always known. Whether it was attending online Zoom classes or wearing face masks…
In the wake of violent settler colonialism in Palestine, international support has become evermore essential in protecting Palestinian families from further encroachment upon basic human rights. However, with polarized politics and religious zeal involved, a considerable number of people — even progressively-minded individuals — have attempted to make unifying remarks to acknowledge the atrocities while…
Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic caused mosques to be shut down, iftars to be canceled, and Friday prayers to be streamed via Youtube. Muslims worldwide were forced to navigate a Ramadan that was vastly different from the traditions we had looked forward to every year. Now, over a year into quarantine, Muslims have participated in…
Fashion can be very overwhelming, especially in an age of overconsumption and constantly changing trends. The fast fashion industry thrives off unhealthy shopping habits, and because many of us cannot or do not want to spend too much on clothes, price usually comes before anything else. When price is the determining factor of where we…
(AL DIA News; Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) Closing the chapter on our longest war yet, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. plans on withdrawing all American troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. There are about 2,500 American troops in Afghanistan, as well as an additional 7,000 foreign forces (the majority of which…
To say that 2020 was a monumental year for social justice would simply be an understatement. As movements like Black Lives Matter and Stop Asian Hate arose to combat hate crimes, a greater spirit of social equity emerged, and we looked optimistically to a better future for us and for generations to come. However, fast…