Why You Should Attend ANN ANN. By now you may have either heard of ANN or seen something pop up on social media about it. But what exactly is ANN? ANN is the annual Alumni Networking Night hosted by the MSA’s Academic Mentorship and Professional Development program (AMPD). This year AMPD will host its…
Hijab Day volunteer Hajar Azzam (right) with a Hijab Day participant (left) on Bruin Walk (Photo credit: Marya Ayloush) The Orientation It is a Thursday morning, and Bruin Walk is filled with students wearing colorful headscarves and pins reading “SOLIDARITY with my SISTERS in HIJAB.” This marks the start of Hijab Day, an annual event…
Fourteen people were killed and 22 were injured during the shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino on December 2nd. The two shooters, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, identified as Muslims, which fueled a lot of anti-Muslim hate. Since the shooting, hate crimes against Muslims across America have been rising. Republican presidential…
By: Cindy Toledo and Ayman Ahmed On Thursday, November 12th, as UCLA students stood in solidarity with the Afrikan students of The University of Missouri, UCLA students themselves were faced with discriminatory posters and images aimed at Muslim students and student groups on campus. These signs specifically targeted Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP)…
This article is a continuation of the first part. You can read part I here. With those factors in mind, here are three ways that we can begin developing and generating ideas. 1. Discuss Ideas The first step is simple, but very often, difficult to do: discuss ideas. Discuss ideas with people, and we’ll begin…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]isha (may Allaah be pleased with her) said that whenever one of her relatives died, the women assembled and then dispersed to their respective homes except her relatives and close friends. As soon as she heard of one’s passing, she (may Allah be pleased with her) would order a pot of Talbina as well as…
A gallery of photographs from the MSA West 2013 conference in UC Santa Barbara
There are some things in life that are inevitable. Death. Taxes. The Illuminati. Skinny jeans. And marriage within MSAs.
One of our biggest mistakes is assuming the worst of one another. We witness one small, random action and allow our minds to warp it into something entirely different. We develop an entire story line and come to conclusions, all based off of one small data point.
Alaa Koleilat, a 3rd year Neuroscience major at UCLA, was living in North Dakota when the attacks happened. She shares her experience as one of the few Muslims that live in this state.