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Equity Versus Tradition

By |2019-09-12T21:54:32+00:00September 25th, 2019|Blog, Speak City Heights, Speak City Heights Youth Media|

In my experience, traditional Muslim families tend to have their daughters grow up thinking their main priority in life is cook, clean, caretake, get married and repeat. Young Muslim women are often raised to believe they do not need an education, do not need to go to college, or worry about anything that is a

Appearing a Chair and a Table Out of Thin Air

By |2019-09-12T21:41:17+00:00September 10th, 2019|Blog, Speak City Heights, Speak City Heights Youth Media|

Salma Abdullahi's story is centered around safe spaces. In her piece titled "Communities Shape Lives," she recounts her process around advocating for a Muslim Student Association at her high school, and ultimately, creating a place where she and other similarly identifying students could be themselves.

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