In honor of Muslim Women's Day, Haydar released her first single and music video "Hijabi" on Monday. The video featured numerous women — from diverse ethnic backgrounds — donning hijabs and dancing to ...

"As Americans, we have to stand up to dog whistle politics and the fear mongering rhetoric that separates us," Mona Haydar tells PEOPLE Mona Haydar knows the way some people feel about Muslims in the ...

Amid an atmosphere of mistrust about Islam, Mona Haydar and her husband had an idea: Why not open a dialogue? So, they set up a stand — "Ask a... Faced With Fear, A Muslim Woman Makes A Stand — By ...

Poet-turned-rapper Mona Haydar explores the beauty and drawbacks of her religion on her latest EP Barbarican. Mona Haydar Breaks The Mold For Muslim Rap: 'You Just Have To Do You' Mona Haydar's music ...

Mona Haydar, a poet and activist from Flint Township, produced a rap song about hijab, a head covering worn by many Muslim women. The video was directed by Flint-native Tunde Olaniran, an artist and ...

Mona Haydar hands out free coffee, donuts and flowers. (Courtesy Mona Haydar) Mona Haydar and Sebastian Robins at their "Ask a Muslim" table. (Courtesy Mona Haydar) Where does Islamophobia come from, ...

Mona Haydar and Sebastian Robins felt they had a deep understanding of Islam. But filming "The Great Muslim American Road Trip," a docuseries that will air on PBS this summer, made the married couple ...

What that hair look like? Bet that hair look nice. Don’t that make you sweat? Don’t that feel too tight? Those lines are the opening lyrics to “Hijabi” — the groundbreaking debut single by ...

Very often, when faced with injustice, people will take a stand. Well, one woman decided to make a stand. In a Facebook post, Mona Haydar described her decision to step out of her comfort zone and ...

Mona Haydar's EP Barbarican is out now. The poet-turned-rapper is Syrian-American and grew up in Flint, Mich. "If I went to Syria, I was the American. In Flint, I was the little Arab girl," Haydar ...