To mark the upcoming Eid celebration, it is with great pleasure (and nervousness) that I announce the launch of an independent project I've been working on for some time now: @MyIslamProject. https://t.co/3Esjfa8Eyo
*NEW* #SpyCast - Navigating a Career in Counterterrorism as a Muslim with Angie Gad. Angie joins @spyhistorian to discuss her career in intelligence as a first generation Egyptian-American. 🇪🇬
🎧Listen now at https://t.co/JjQ5y3PPRB or wherever you get your podcasts.
theres a good number of very dear friends who are pregnant right now.
i'm so ecstatically happy for them, but also sad.
a thread (buckle up. I mean it.)
its about postpartum, parenting in this society, and the need for Deep Auntie Culture
I hope that people recognize what happened in Virginia gov race. The people craved a more progressive & Black candidate. Two Black women had a shot.
The party stood up another white man they said would bring home the moderate vote.
It didn’t work. They lost.
Take notes.
Latest #podcast is out now. On this special episode I am joined by @Angieslyst and we reflect on the legacy of 9/11 from a #counterterrorism perspective. https://t.co/jU6GEJpfLw
I'm not interested to be on any list, but I can think of so many other BIPOC women deserving mention. You don't even have to look that far.
But it's clear y'all are just not looking hard enough.
Never fails. Every year on International Women's Day, there will be a list of women experts recommended to be followed shared around and RT. More often than not, these lists are blindingly and overwhelmingly white.
BIPOC women? I can count with only two fingers. 🤷🏻♀️
When Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, QAnon's followers were among them. Three years ago, this conspiracy stitched together the most widely-held beliefs of the darkest corners of the internet. Here's what explains its sinister success.
https://t.co/0wor1B9Xjx
JOURNOS: Understand that you are doing a great disservice when you liken these scenes to the "middle east". Not only is it orientalist, it further prevents Americans from understanding their own country's long & deep history of political violence that is far more relevant.
#MyNameIs Nida Allam. Pronounced Ni-'th'-uh Uh-lam. Meaning a 'voice' or 'call' to 'knowledge' in Arabic.
Come December I will officially be sworn into office and become the first Muslim woman to serve in public office in the history of North Carolina.
The majority of Egyptians are against gay rights. It will unfortunately remain so in the years to come. But there is one fact: the debate and discussion that followed the death of Sarah Hegazi was unthinkable a decade ago.