Jun 15, 2017
In the fourth episode of the Ramadan series, Ahmed talks to
converts about the struggles and joys of finding community in
immigrant Muslim masjids. First, we listen to some of the thoughts
Chris St. Louis and Cassandra Villarreal recorded throughout the
first few weeks of Ramadan. Then, we check in with them about
cultural authenticity, losing pork but gaining biryani, and why
it’s frustrating to be introduced as a convert. Then, Ahmed talks
to poet Kima Jones about converting when she was full of wild
teenage hormones, living in a mixed religious family, and
anti-blackness in the masjid. Plus! Kima reads from her piece, The
Aqiqa.
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Read Kima’s essay here: http://midnightbreakfast.com/aqiqah
Read Pacinthe Mattar’s essay “How The Internet Made Ramadan Feel
Like Home Again” here:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/pacinthemattar/misfits-and-in-betweeners
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