There are so many stories that need to be told and are not being told. We tend to want to put things in boxes: "This is a memoir about a Muslim," or "This is a memoir about a woman or a normal personal." There's a certain story that assumes to be universal. Everyone else is ethnic fiction. Anyone can aspire to universality.
You aim comedy up. If comedy is aimed down, you're a jerk. You laugh at the powerful as a way of bringing them down to your level or bring yourself u… - Haroon Moghul
You aim comedy up. If comedy is aimed down, you're a jerk. You laugh at the powerful as a way of bringing them down to your level or bring yourself u…
- Haroon Moghul
When I was growing up, we often heard Islam in the form of a slogan: "Islam is the solution," but no one ever told me that Islam can be a burden... V… - Haroon Moghul
When I was growing up, we often heard Islam in the form of a slogan: "Islam is the solution," but no one ever told me that Islam can be a burden... V…
It's been nineteen days since I've had a suicidal impulse. One of the things that pulls me back is I think to myself, and as a Muslim, I believe that… - Haroon Moghul
It's been nineteen days since I've had a suicidal impulse. One of the things that pulls me back is I think to myself, and as a Muslim, I believe that…
I have no expertise of other religious traditions so I'm not going to opine on them, but in Islam the more you know about the religion, the more like… - Haroon Moghul
I have no expertise of other religious traditions so I'm not going to opine on them, but in Islam the more you know about the religion, the more like…
I think growing up, we always try to make sense of who we are, what we go through, and I grew up in a very religious household. I interpreted what wa… - Haroon Moghul
I think growing up, we always try to make sense of who we are, what we go through, and I grew up in a very religious household. I interpreted what wa…
I'm looking at my window right now and it's a perfect blue sky. And if you ask people about Sept. 11, the one thing they'll tell you is how serenely,… - Haroon Moghul
I'm looking at my window right now and it's a perfect blue sky. And if you ask people about Sept. 11, the one thing they'll tell you is how serenely,…
The one thing that's missing from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, and I don't imagine we'll see it any time soon, is that there's no memorial to the hund… - Haroon Moghul
The one thing that's missing from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, and I don't imagine we'll see it any time soon, is that there's no memorial to the hund…
There is a dearth of imagination and I think that's an understatement in a modern Muslim world. There is very little willingness to imagine different… - Haroon Moghul
There is a dearth of imagination and I think that's an understatement in a modern Muslim world. There is very little willingness to imagine different…
What I want is to talk about how someone raised Muslim struggles with the same stuff that everyone else theoretically could. Obviously, the particula… - Haroon Moghul
What I want is to talk about how someone raised Muslim struggles with the same stuff that everyone else theoretically could. Obviously, the particula…
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