American Islam: A View From the Suburbs
Some American Muslims are turning to emerging institutions that, because they are neither home nor mosque, are known as “third spaces.”
Science in the World of Islam: The Syllable “Al-“
As in Alcatraz; Alcove; Alfalfa; Alcohol; Alkali; Alizarin; Almanac; Alchemy; Alembic; Algol; Almagest; Algebra; Algorithm; Alhambra The syllable Al- is Arabic for "the," and is attached to the beginning of...
The Long Reach of Female Genital Mutilation
As an American woman living in Los Angeles, I’d rarely heard about and knew next to nothing about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)—it simply wasn’t in my sphere of awareness. But I assumed it was an...
Reporting From the Kingdom: An Interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Karen Elliott House
In this exclusive interview, long-time Wall Street Journal editor and author Karen Elliott House speaks with writer Jayne Amelia Larson on how being a woman gained her unparalleled access to the lives of women in Saudi Arabia. She also provides insights on a life in journalism at a time when women were a relative anomaly in the newsroom.
