How do citizens start over after the rush of revolution? Months after uprisings in countries like Egypt and Tunisia, we can watch that question play out — in different stages — across the Middle East.

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Zahra Noorbakhsh (left) and Taz Ahmed host the monthly podcast #GoodMuslimBadMuslim. Zahra Noorbakhsh and Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed host the podcast #GoodMuslimBadMuslim. But they don't have a shtick where ...

Reading Mukhtar S Umar’s book reminds me of the title of Ugandan scholar, Mahmood Mamdani’s famous book: Good Muslim, Bad Muslim. The book is an attempt by an author to document the history of the ...