The brutal conflict since April 2023 has forced millions of people to flee their homes, leaving more than 12 million Sudanese people displaced. The vast majority—over 10 million people—remain within Sudan, representing the largest displacement crisis in the world.

Escalation of Israeli Violence and Occupation: After October 7th, 2023, Israel justifies an escalation of violence in Palestine, especially in Gaza. Israel uses gendered and reproductive violence, including raping Palestinian prisoners, threatening to out queer Palestinians, and severely limiting access to necessary reproductive health resources. Miscarriage rates, unmedicated C-sections, and lack of menstrual products all increase.

In November 2022, Mahsa Amani’s death sparked revolution by women in Iran (women life freedom in english + farsi).

In 2022, The Sex Talk: A Muslim’s Guide to Healthy Sex & Relationships is published by HEART. Co-written by Nadiah Mohajir, Dr.Haddi Ceesay, and Navila Rashid, this book combines public health, fiqh, and anti-violence information.

In 2022, Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court, severely limiting abortion protections in the US. As a result, people have to cross state lines for an abortion. There is increased criminalization for terminating pregnancies, including miscarriages.

In 2021, Texas passed the heartbeat bill, banning elective abortions at onset of fetal heart beat (aka after 6 weeks), severely limiting reproductive rights.

In the 2020s, Trump peace plan rejected. Normalization deals between Israel and some Arab states. Escalating tensions in Jerusalem lead to 11-day conflict in May 2021.

Starting in 2020, COVID-19 changes livelihood and family planning. The long term impacts on repro health are still being studied.

In 2020, I reckoned w/ my queer + Muslim identities <3

In September 2000, mifepristone, known as abortion pills, was approved by the FDA. Mifepristone is a drug that blocks a hormone called progesterone that is needed for a pregnancy to continue.

First abortion of wanted pregnancy

Had my first home birth in 2019!

Beyonce talks about her struggles giving birth to her first child, Blue Ivy Carter.

Cancer caused by environmental factors. I had to play the role of a caretaker for my mother during this time in her life.

In the 2010s, Palestine-Israel peace talks were stalled. Settlement construction continues. Sporadic flare-ups of violence and war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

After the Arab Spring in 2011, civil war and unrest in Libya has led to famine and inequality in Libya.

In 2010, HEART was founded in Chicago. HEART begins providing comprehensive sex ed to co-ed groups of youth in mosques and other Muslim meeting spaces.