Yasmine Mohammed šŸ¦‹ ŁŠŲ§Ų³Ł…ŁŠŁ† Ł…Ų­Ł…ŲÆ Profile picture
The function of freedom is to free someone else~Toni MorrisonšŸ¦‹Founder of #FreeHeartsFreeMinds šŸ“šAuthor of UnveiledšŸŽ™ļøHost of https://t.co/SLBK64s80S
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Oct 17, 2023 ā€¢ 5 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
My piece in @CNN

While many Gazans support Hamas, a poll conducted in July showed 50% of Gazans agreedĀ that ā€œHamas should stop calling for Israelā€™s destruction, and instead accept a permanent two-state solution based on the 1967 borders.ā€

cnn.com/2023/10/16/opiā€¦ Hamas stands next to al Qaeda and ISIS in perpetuating deadly terror attacks against civilians.ā€ÆI am heartbroken, of course, that Gazans will now have to pay the price for Hamasā€™ depravity. It is brutal and horrific. War always is. It was also brutal and horrific when al Qaeda was responsibleĀ for the loss of so many Iraqi lives or when ISIS was responsibleĀ for the loss of so many Syrian lives.
Jul 18, 2023 ā€¢ 6 tweets ā€¢ 3 min read
A few days ago I posted about a Somali girl who was horrifically beaten by her brother because she posted a video on tik tok without hijab. Many comments said she should have been killed. Here is a young nine yr old from Iraq who was killed by her father over a tik tok video. Image What cultural elements do Somalia and Iraq have in common?

Language? No
Food? No
Clothing? No
Traditions? No

The ONLY thing they have in common is the religion of Islam. A religion that fosters and encourages vicious misogyny that leads to honor violence and honor killings.
Jun 24, 2023 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
Two Saudi sisters found in their Australia apartment one month after their death. The girls were terrified of someone/something. Their family couldnā€™t even be bothered to go to Australia to investigate what happened to Asra and Amaal. That tells me all I need to know. Thisā€¦ https://t.co/0juZKBYLmbtwitter.com/i/web/status/1ā€¦
My husband and I watched a documentary about Noor Almaleki- an Iraqi woman living in the US who was killed by her father when she refused a forced marriage and ran away. I said to him-I wouldnā€™t have even gotten a documentary. No one would have known. Most girls killed in honorā€¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā€¦
Mar 16, 2023 ā€¢ 5 tweets ā€¢ 3 min read
The first person to suffer from #Islamotrauma was Aisha. Aisha was just six years old when she was married off to a 53 yr old man. Read below as she exclaims:

ā€œI have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women.ā€

She was right then and she is still right today. Image Muslim women are the only women who are forced to endure being beaten by their husbands because Allah sanctioned it in the Quran.

Muslim women are the only women forced to endure being raped by their husbands because it is sanctioned in Hadith.

#Islamotrauma
Mar 10, 2023 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
A friend was telling me about her mother, on her deathbed,finally accepting a cigarette from her sister: Had I known my life would have ended like this, I would have said yes a lot sooner. And Iā€™d have said no too. No to marrying him. No to being his slave. No to wasting my life. As she was telling me she was crying and I was crying. Both of us were in miserable marriages before we had the irrational and dangerous bravery to leave. We know how she was feeling. We know how close we were to feeling the same way on our deathbeds.
Mar 7, 2023 ā€¢ 6 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
Iā€™m not one to debate ppl on their beliefs. Believe what you want. Not my business. Youā€™ll only hear from me if your beliefs cause ppl harm. But I inadvertently ended up in my first ā€˜debateā€™ w a Muslim. Luckily it was @HatemNYC, so no death threats ensued!
Hatem learned about me through you, @fallinlovia so I have you to thank for this new opportunity ā˜ŗļø
Dec 20, 2022 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
For many women, myself included, education was the way out. It was ticket to freedom.

And so, The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has announced the closure of universities for women.

#ExMuslimAwarenessMonth

bbc.com/news/world-asiā€¦ ā€œHow can I react? I believe that I could study and change my future or bring the light to my life but they destroyed it. They destroyed the only bridge that could connect me with my future," one female university student told the BBC
Oct 26, 2022 ā€¢ 5 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
Iranians never wanted an Islamic Republic. I need ppl to know this. It was a left wing revolution that allied w Islamists. Once they won, the Islamists killed the socialist/communist leaders, hijacked the revolution, and called it Islamic. Iranians have been fighting since day 1. I keep hearing things like-they wanted this. Theyā€˜ve been quiet for 43 yrs. No and no. They were not quiet, you just werenā€™t listening. What youā€™re seeing today is the last straw-after seeing their friends, families and heroes tortured and killed for so long. #IranRevolution2022
Oct 13, 2022 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
Thereā€™s a lot to admire about #Iranian people, but the greatest by far (in my opinion) is how they managed to maintain their Persian culture, language, food, holidays etc despite being invaded by Muslims. The rest of us just started calling ourselves Arab and forgot who we were. It was a moment of shock really when I found out Egyptians werenā€™t Arab. Same w Moroccans, Tunisians, Algerians etc. We were colonized by Arabs and lost our Amazigh, Berber, etc cultures. Even some Pakistanis and Somalis think theyā€™re Arab. Really sad.
Feb 9, 2022 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 1 min read
When I tell you itā€™s a cult. When I tell you itā€™s like the mafia. This is what I mean. A mother threatens to kill her daughter over a piece of cloth, and I am the shameful one for mentioning it. They want us to keep silent and hide the tyranny even as our throats are being split. I spoke to a woman in Jordan whose father threw her out a window and her family convinced her to tell the doctors she fell so that her father wouldnā€™t be in trouble.

And she did.
Feb 7, 2022 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 1 min read
If domestic abuse is one of your religious practices, you need a new religion. 86% percent of wives are beaten in Egypt. Guess how many womenā€™s shelters there are? In a country of over 102 million?

Zero. Zero shelters for women.
Feb 6, 2022 ā€¢ 6 tweets ā€¢ 4 min read
Itā€™s funny how I escaped from the terrorist I was forced to marry, with only my baby daughter and a high school education, then my mother threatened to kill me, escaped her too, and survived to tell the tale-

Yet ppl think lobbing the word ā€˜Islamophobiaā€™ will stop me

#LetUsTalk Every single time I read about a man who beheaded his wife, a father who beheaded his daughter, a brother who killed his sister, chopped her up and buried her in the backyard-I see my face in hers. I know I could have been her. I know I survived for a reason. I will never stop.
Dec 21, 2021 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
Biden is Paving the way for a Dangerous Ideology

By @DaliaAlAqidi

arabnews.com/node/1990276 ā€œThe bill that was proudly supported by the Democratic party failed to define Islamophobia.ā€

This is the crux of the issue. This should concern you.

Oxford dictionary defines Islamophobia as:dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force.

1/2
Sep 25, 2021 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 1 min read
Itā€™s sad ppl are so accustomed to binary thinking these days. I miss when ppl simply had other opinions and perspectives. When ppl were free to open their mind without immediate demonization of the ā€˜other sideā€™. This world is so black and white. No nuance. No color. No flavor. Fwiw, I was both indoctrinated and beaten while attending public school, while being homeschooled, and while in an Islamic private school. The school is irrelevant. Shitty parents exist-and that is a different discussion.
Sep 25, 2021 ā€¢ 6 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
Iā€™ve been in Education for 20 yrs. Iā€™ve taught every level from kindergarten to post-grad. Homeschool your kids if you can. Your district most likely offers a distance education option-enroll your child. Then enroll them in a team sport. Youā€™ll thank me later xx It has come to my attn, because of some comments, ppl are unclear that homeschooling does not mean you have to be a scholar in all subjects. The distance education program offered through your ministry will have trained teachers teaching your child all subjects. You facilitate -
Sep 13, 2021 ā€¢ 5 tweets ā€¢ 4 min read
When I started this account 5 yrs ago, I chose a cover photo of a Yazidi woman freed from ISIS, removing the black body bag she was encased in to reveal her colorful dress below. Itā€™s so poignant.

Today #AfghanWomen all over Twitter are doing the same šŸ‡¦šŸ‡«

#Resist
#FreeFromHijab #FreeFromHijab from #Indonesia
Aug 13, 2021 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 1 min read
I had a student from Afghanistan a few yrs ago. When heā€™d come to my office, despite the noisy hallway, weā€™d have to leave the door open. He explained that since being kidnapped by the Taliban and being tortured in a room for two weeks, he canā€™t be in a room w a closed door. He lived w roommates, but he could never close his bedroom door because the panic would immediately overtake him. It had been years since his family had paid the ransom and negotiated his release- the physical scars had healed, but the invisible scars were much deeper.
Jul 24, 2021 ā€¢ 5 tweets ā€¢ 1 min read
It should come as no surprise that I receive messages w death threats consistently. I just ignore them.

Now I get messages with personal information about my daughters.

Youā€™re mad at me for making Islam ā€˜look badā€™, when itā€™s your actions that make your religion look like filth. You make a Islam look like a religion for barbaric, murderous monsters who resort to threatening children because youā€™re incapable of accepting that someone speaks up against the atrocities done in the name of your Allah every single day. You are the worst enemy of Islam- not me.
Jul 3, 2021 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
#Canada will not put trans men in menā€™s prisons because it is unsafe for them, but it allows trans women in womenā€™s prisons.

Does anyone care that it ā€˜s not safe for women? Or do we only care about ppls safety if they identify as men?
nationalpost.com/opinion/barbarā€¦ As usual, it is the most vulnerable women that are exploited and demeaned by their society.
Apr 26, 2021 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
Itā€™s alive and well. You just havenā€™t noticed. Feminists across the world are fighting battles youā€™ve never seen in the West.

Theyā€™re imprisoned in #Iran for removing their hijab. Theyā€™re imprisoned in #SaudiArabia for driving or pushing for the abolition of laws against women. Theyā€™re fighting for laws that protect women and value their lives in #Kuwait, where men who ā€˜honor killā€™ their sisters and wives get a perfunctory three years in prison.
Apr 24, 2021 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
This is why I get so upset at Western support of misogynist constraints on Muslim women. There are many girls who are in a tug-of-war between two world views. Your support of hijab pushes girls further into an honor and shame culture they could potentially escape.

#FreeFromHijab Image As Iā€™ve said in articles and interviews, first-generation girls like me are now getting the same msgs inside AND outside the home. Thereā€™s no reprieve. At least in my day, there were feminist icons to show us why purity culture was toxic. Today those icons support our subjugation