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Muslim Representation in Film and Television

Current Events, OpinionBy Basit AkmalNovember 4, 2019Leave a comment

It is a shared experience among Muslim Americans that many of us were unable to identify with Muslim characters on film and television programs we watched while growing up. This is not merely an accident or coincidence. Muslim characters have been portrayed as one-dimensional, backwards, and violent ever since the creation of the American and…

10 Halal Restaurant Recommendations for Ramadan 2019

Editor's Picks, Lifestyle, Lists, RecipesBy Basit AkmalMay 17, 2019Leave a comment

Ramadan Mubarak! As a Muslim living in America, it is a challenge to dine out. If I am in the mood to eat a certain cuisine, I can not simply go to a restaurant without asking the essential question: Is it Halal? However, the beauty of being a Los Angeles native is that I get…

Praying for Space

Campus, Current Events, SpiritualityBy Basit AkmalMay 7, 2019Leave a comment

Outside of Kerckhoff Hall and near the engineering building, you will see Muslims prostrating at various times of the day. They pray in groups or individually on thick concrete, the sun beating down on them at certain times of the day. The only object between a prostrating Muslim and the concrete is a thin prayer…

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