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Deconstructing Dissociation: Why and How to Avoid It – by AnonyMuslim
In early January, the Al-Talib Newsmagazine published an opinion piece penned by Chakib Mouzaoui and titled “Towards the Dissociation between MSA Projects and the MSA.” The article proposed that the Muslim Student Association’s (MSA) projects, various initiatives started under the banner of the MSA, would be better served in their missions by dissociating from the…
Towards the Dissociation between MSA Projects and the MSA
I spent the academic year of 2014-2015 volunteering in the Incarcerated Youth Tutorial Project, an organization dedicated to tutoring incarcerated youth and educating people about the school-to-prison pipeline. In this year, the IYTP gave me a fulfilling opportunity to help kids from the ages of about 16-18 pass their GED or CAHSEE, which officially recognizes…
BMP’s Saying “No” Workshop
Being at UCLA, we are surrounded by endless opportunities for involvement. Some of us feel the urge to be involved in more extracurriculars than we can handle. However, others avoid getting involved because they are afraid of it being too much on top of school. The Beautiful Mind Project’s Deena Samie decided to hold a…
UCLA MSA’S Gender Relations & Marriage With Ustaadha Lobna Mulla
It is once again that glorious time of year, when flowers are in full bloom and everything is greener than ever. New beginnings and new weather are upon us, and so is wedding season. Yes, it is indeed that time of year when the lucky among us drive off into the sunset to a happily…
Letter Not From a Dictator
Asalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu comrades, “‘Alternative facts’ is a phrase used by U.S. Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway during a Meet the Press interview on January 22, 2017, in which she defended White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s false statement about the attendance at Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the…
College Day with Sister Lobna Mulla
It isn’t an understatement to state that the past few months, if not years, have been a real trial for the spirit of our muslim community. The travel ban, the raging wave of Islamophobia, and the inquiring stares asking ‘why are you here’ have lead us to question our identity and our self-worth more often…
What it Takes to Make College Day Entertainment Entertaining
by Maliha Lakhani and Wali Kamal Everything was set up. The mic was ready to go for the MCs to start the show. We were practicing our final run for the skits, namely, the “Halaqa” skit, and we all gathered in a circle to “begin” the halaqa. Suddenly, a loud siren went on and the…
UCLA Beautiful Mind Project Presents: The Distressed Student Workshop
UCLA Beautiful Mind Project Presents: The Distressed Student Workshop It is that time of the quarter again, where the libraries are brimming with sleepless students fraught with anxiety about the upcoming, dreaded final exams. In an effort to reemphasize the importance of mental health, UCLA MSA’s Beautiful Mind Project hosted a Distressed Student Workshop…