PLEASE, PLEASE read this and vote so that Muslims in Montgomery County can have Eid ul-Fitr Eid and ul-Adha off from school! Right now the vote stands at 20% Yes and 80% No. That’s a problem.
I think it is only fair that Muslims students have these days off in the same way that Christian and Jewish students have their religious holidays off.
I always see posts where someone is displeased with a vote count and everyone on tumblr pulls together to tip the scale! It would be greatly appreciated if we could do the same here!
Let us also make dua for Irma Hafeez, the director of the Montgomery County Muslim Council. She is the one heading this effort. May Allah grant her ease in her efforts and the determination to continue.
JazakumAllah khayran.
come on Muslims (& non-Muslims?) it’s not that hard, you just press “yes” & it’s done, I’m sure if it was you in this place you would be happy if people helped you out, yes?
COME ON TUMBLR
We always help out
Don’t ignore this one
We’ve moved it to 38-62. Go go tumblr tidal wave!
42-58 Nice.
(Source: ilyasafrika)
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Weekend Read: Comic book writer and novelist Greg Rucka (Stumptown, Queen and Country) answers a frequently asked question in an incisive essay for io9 titled “Why I Write ‘Strong Female Characters’”.
The entire piece is well worth a read, but here’s the key passage:
Writers don’t write Men or Women or Dogs or Salmon. Writers write characters, and at our best, if we do it well and with care and with thought, we invest in those characters a spark of life, a realism and nuance that makes them believable and relatable.
Rucka also questions why journalists don’t tend to ask female writers how they write “strong female characters,” and why more male writers don’t do the research about their female characters, the way they would with any other character whose experience differs from their own.
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