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On brown girls learning to be Self AND Other

I go to hug my little sister at the kitchen table and suddenly we’re both crying. I cradle her in my arms as wordless sobs wrack through her. I know that there are other girls, so many other girls, across this country feeling the way she is right now. I know because I did, and I hurt because even though I did she still seems … Continue reading On brown girls learning to be Self AND Other

TheBrownHijabiNovember 10, 20183 Comments
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Suhaiymah has moved her official website to suhaiymah.com. Find out more about her and her work there. No longer anonymous, this blog remains a platform for her unrestricted thoughts and an archive of her writing since 2014. Her views have grown and developed but she believes it is important for others to see that growth and for most of those writings to remain accessible.

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