Category: American Muslim

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We Get It SNL…

You’re routinely showing your teeth and I love you for it. As I (and others have expressed), I wish there wasn’t so much at stake, and I could just laugh wholeheartedly laugh at this.  Maybe someday. For now, enjoy!

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Hm…

So, sadly, it seems I’ll have until November, minimum, to address the elephant in the room (pun couldn’t be any more intended). In the meantime, someone else went all out staking his claim for Jon Stewart’s throne…

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2015: Playing My Part

Where to begin? The past 12 months have been many, life altering things to me. Have to start with ‘Trojan War’.  An idea two years back, many chess moves behind the scenes that don’t need to be aired out (and are truly par for the course if you have any idea how hard it is […]

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Exit Interview

So ‘Trojan War’ is done and a living product now, officially.  It’s been a great ride, a ton of memories I’ll never forget, chief among them the outpouring of support. I love my people.  In every possible way that statement can be interpreted. Beyond the superficial links between us, that sense of ‘take care of […]

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‘Fact or Fiction?’

Sticking with the political theme today, one of my oldest allies asked if I would be willing to use this platform to promote their newest short film, and I’m happy to oblige. American Muslims: Fact vs. Fiction. Enjoy.

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Free Speech?

Today I cede the floor to Kareem, who sums it up quite well. We’re all welcome to our opinions, we all probably care too much about what celebrities think, but when you’re a public figure who (in theory) are trying to serve the greater good, putting a bullseye on entire communities of American citizens isn’t […]

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Lost and Found

‘That’s how it starts.  The fever, the rage, the feeling of powerlessness that turns good men…cruel.’ I lost 20 pounds this Ramadan.  It’s the most weight I’ve ever dropped while fasting; I’m trying to finish ‘optimizing’ my diet so I can stay in ‘middleweight champion’ shape year round.  Cutting myself away from most of my […]