Alhamdulillah! Islamic culture is mainstream now

In recent years, Arabic and Islamic culture has quietly entered the mainstream in the West, with Anne Hathaway casually saying ‘inshallah’ in a recent interview. Can we celebrate this as a win, even when Islamophobia remains so virulent?

Alhamdulillah! Islamic culture is mainstream now
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Last month, during the press campaign for The Devil Wears Prada 2, a clip from Anne Hathaway’s People magazine interview went viral. In it, she invoked the Arabic phrase “inshallah” after sharing her desire to live a long and healthy life.

For those raised Muslim or in a majority Arabic-speaking country, inshallah, which translates to “if God wills it”, is a colloquialism that is part of everydayhellip;

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