Jalal Baig

The World

Jalal Baig is a physician and writer from Chicago. Currently, he is a hematology/oncology fellow at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to this, he completed an internal medicine residency at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, The Guardian, Salon and Vox.


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At the World Cup, Mo Salah is a force on the field — and for his Muslim faith

Commentary

Commentary: At a moment when Islamophobia and malice for refugees are ascendant throughout Britain and the Western World, Mo Salah is a Muslim, Arab and North African who openly and unapologetically professes his faith on Europe’s hallowed soccer fields.

A man leads a camel with children taking a ride on it along the Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan

Fear has not paralyzed Pakistan

Music
Hospital

Borders or bans can’t stop me from being a Muslim doctor

Culture
Jalal Baig is a diehard Chicago White Sox fan.

Go Cubs! (Sort of. My heart really belongs to the White Sox.)

Sports
Jalal Baig hamming it up in grade school

Eid memories: ‘The highs and lows of my childhood depended on the moon.’

Belief
Doctor's office

I’m a Muslim doctor. My patient refused treatment because of my religion.

Health

An American oncologist shares his story of a patient who refused treatment because of his religion. “Donald Trump is right,” she said. “America should ban all Muslims from immigrating here.” An American oncologist shares his story of a patient who refused treatment because of his religion. “Donald Trump is right,” she said. “America should ban all Muslims from immigrating here.”