{"id":3182,"date":"2017-10-20T14:29:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T21:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2017-10-20T14:29:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T21:29:08","slug":"congratulations-to-koonj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2017\/10\/congratulations-to-koonj.html","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Koonj"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shabana Mir’s blog is (at least) a decade old<\/a>! Congratulations, Shabana – Koonj (The Crane) is one of the pioneers of the Islamsphere, and earned a runner-up Brass Crescent Award<\/a> as far back as 2006. <\/p>\n

Shabana is just as relevant as ever though. Her latest post is a courageous piece<\/a> inspired by the #MeToo movement on Facebook and Twitter. She is unsparing in her recollection, painful though it must be. However, there is truly a hero moment that I can’t resis excerpting, even though it is a spoiler of sorts:<\/p>\n

He entered the shoe store, with ammi and me scuttling close behind, and turned and looked at me. \u201cWhich one?\u201d he said. \u201cWhich one?\u201d I pointed. And abbu rained on that man a shower of blows and kicks that he would never forget. I got the feeling that it wasn\u2019t just to teach him a lesson, but to teach me as well \u2013 never to imagine that any man could get away with treating me like a piece of meat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, we normal men may be oblivious to the experiences of women as they face sexual assault in a thousand ways every day. These predators operate in the shadows of our obliviousness. Take that away, however, and see what happens. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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