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A group of local Muslim women is trying to help their community feel seen and fight negative assumptions in Edmonton.

Fartumo Kusow's mother was a storyteller, sharing her memories of growing up and creating an oral tradition she has passed on to others. Kusow's mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011 and can't tell those stories anymore.

When families are gathered together eating Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner, most kids aren't thinking about homework due at school the next day.

When families are gathered together eating Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner, most kids aren't thinking about homework due at school the next day.

refers to a stereotype about Asians, even Blacks, so why did you choose that title? NP: “Coconut” is a racial slur that—as you mentioned—has been used in many ways to denote someone who is “white on the inside.” Growing up, I felt both harmed by the erasure of my Indian identity by white folks as I conformed to whiteness, and then faced backlash from Indian folks for doing so. I wanted to reclaim this word and show that if I am to be a “coconut,” then this book is what a coconut looks like, in all its complexities. There’s no one way to be Indian, or Asian, or brown—those ...