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the NFL, concussions, and domestic abuse #WhyIStayed #WhyILeft
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Aziz Poonawalla
A lot of my friends who aren’t into football have remarked upon my newfound interest in football as being somewhat out-of-character (true, at first glance, but i’ll address that later) and also critiqued the sport for all its attendant social problems. Of those, the two main ones are domestic abuse by players and concussion injuries.…
The Gujarati origins of Valentine’s day: Velan-time Day
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Aziz Poonawalla
It’s Valentine’s Day today, and also as it happens my own birthday, so I thought I’d share a classic Internet myth for both amusement and a not-so-subtle warning, which given the state of gender relations in India recently might also serve as some inspiration 🙂 The Real History of Valentine’s Day In spite of what…
does the hijab protect women from harassment?
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Aziz Poonawalla
The image above is a billboard in Tehran which makes a clumsy case for wearing the hijab – it “protects” the woman like a candy wrapper from the attention of men. The degrading analogy of a woman as a piece of candy and a man as a housefly aside, the implicit message is that hijab…
a Valentine Milad
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Aziz Poonawalla
This year sees a happy convergence – it is Valentine’s Day and also the birthday of the Prophet SAW*. Sadly, both occasions are burdened by controversy in the muslim world. Valentine’s Day is seen by some as a Western plot to foment moral decay – for example in Malaysia various scholars are calling VDay “a…
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