If breaking stereotypes is a virtue, then The Kominas might be the shaykhs of our age. Their fourth album features ten unpretentious songs rooted in a Desi/American/Muslim mashup that has earned them an international following...

Though the poem on which Sahar Aryan’s song on Afghan Star was based was composed before the horrific murder of Farkhunda Malikzadeh, Sahar’s performance can be read as a subtle reference to that event…

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night refutes the “good Muslim” trope by affording its main character her monstrosity. Muslims have long been monstrous in the western imagination…