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  • The Broadside’s Greatest Hits: 2015 in Review

    2015 has been, to say the least, rather momentous, and continues to be as it draws to a close. We at Beacon Press are so grateful to our brilliant authors who have offered their time and insights to analyze and comment on this year’s events. Their posts—with topics ranging from race to cultural or class…

  • Why I’m Not Fasting This Ramadan

    By Nura Maznavi Image by Subcommandante According to family legend, I first fasted—for a day—at the age of four. I have no clear memory of this fast, although I do have the vague recollection of walking into the kitchen while my mom prepared iftar and her asking, "If you're fasting, why are you sucking on…

  • #RamadanReads: Changing the Conversation about Muslims, One Book at a Time

    Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi, editors of ‘Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex, and Intimacy,’ recommend six groundbreaking titles as part of the #RamadanReads campaign, a “book buying revolution” meant to celebrate and support diverse and divergent stories and storytellers in the Muslim community.