Su’ad Abdul Khabeer’s “Muslim Cool”: Engaging Blackness through Islam and Hip Hop

Anthropologist Su’ad Abdul Khabeer’s Muslim Cool is an examination of how young Muslims in the U.S., both Black and non-Black, construct their identities and ideas through Black cultural production.

by Sarah Moawad

Last month, Disney Channel teen star turned pop/country singer turned twerking “hip-hop artist” turned back into pop/country singer, Miley Cyrus, once again came under fire for her unexpected and shocking transformation on the cover of Billboard magazine. Though this isn’t exactly new – celebrities tend to reinvent themselves and their pe…