Farah Pandith served as the first-ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities, appointed by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009. In this role, she created Generation Change, which gathered young “change makers” together to work on issues such as violent extremism; Viral Peace, an online counter-extremism initiative; and Hours Against Hate, a…
Read MoreWhere are you from? No, where are you *really* from? It’s a question that many Black Americans don’t always want to or know how to answer. As Black History Month winds down, Makkah and Ikhlas speak with Kameelah Rashad and Bashirah Mack about why they decided to learn more about…
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Ikhlas and Makkah talk deen and dunya, how to get closer to #RamdanGoals, and struggle to remember Ramadans pre-25. Follow @i_saleem and @MsMakkah on Twitter. If you enjoy listening to Identity Politics, subscribe/rate/review us on iTunes, Stitcher, Acast and SoundCloud.
Read More“What makes Altmuslimah different is its combination of journalistic and academic perspectives with deeply private looks into our identity struggles vis-à-vis both Muslims and non-Muslims,” says Asma Uddin, Editor-in-Chief of Altmuslimah.com.
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