Manar Waheed

Muslim, Pakistani American working on civil rights at FB. former @ACLU counsel and @ObamaWhiteHouse appointee. views expressed are my own.

[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

DING DONG, THE MUSLIM BAN IS DEAD.

[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

We believe an inclusive metaverse benefits everyone, and we hope that it creates a sense of belonging and learning for everyone because we all deserve to thrive. (5/5)

[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

Today, for the last days of Ramadan, we’re launching “Inside the Mosque,” a two-part VR experience available on Meta Quest TV. 🧵(1/5)

[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

This experience was created to bring Muslim communities together and help others experience what it’s like to be inside a mosque, be a part of prayer, and attend a sermon. (4/5)

[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

wow. 23 years incarcerated. what a criminal system.

[The Baltimore Sun @baltimoresun]

Baltimore prosecutors on Tuesday dropped the charges against Adnan Syed, the man whose legal saga rose to international renown because of the hit podcast “Serial.”
https://t.co/wp4A2zG2Sv

[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

at the very moment i was in relief & disbelief at the support for muslims, a campaign was infiltrating from abroad. society latched onto the anti-muslim rhetoric, soon playing on all the other -isms. all my ❤️ to @lsarsour for enduring and surviving.

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[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

the capacity of this country to silence, alienate, and violate the autonomy of women is infinite.

we are stuck playing within systems that were never built to protect us.

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[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

why don’t women leave or speak up? cause they’re not believed by many and they’re attacked. and heard actually has tons of evidence which most do not.

he’s using the system to further abuse her and he’s being lauded for it.

she can’t even tell her story w/o being abused again.

[Nida Allam ☀️ @NidaAllam]

Seven years ago today, I lost my friends Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha, and Razan Abu-Salha. They were killed by a neighbor who had been threatening them for months because they were Muslim, and although the years keep passing, their loss never feels any further away.

[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

so grateful for the hard work and pain that goes into this kind of story telling and documentation. it is how history is written and the only way these truths will not be forgotten.

[Rowaida Abdelaziz @Rowaida_Abdel]

5 years ago this week, one policy changed the lives of Muslims forever, yet no single agency tracked that impact. I spent the last year collecting the numbers & uncovering the physical, mental & economic toll the ban has taken on hundreds of people. https://t.co/nAvhKR69NR

[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

trigger warning. mckayla’s testimony is graphic & real.

each woman’s testimony today gutted me. they were just babies. when will our society truly start to care about women and girls?

the strength this takes is more than any human should ever have to endure. ❤️

[CSPAN @cspan]

WATCH: @McKaylaMaroney complete opening statement.

"This was very clear, cookie cutter pedophilia and abuse and this is important because I told the FBI all of this and they chose to falsify my report and to not only minimize my abuse but silence me yet again."

[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

@elmirana done done and the print has been ordered.

[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

this one really got me in my feels. the last 20 years has shaped me. our communities have lost so much. we have fought not just for our rights—for everyone’s. i needed @elmirana’s reminder that we have endured—by necessity—but with love and resilience. ❤️

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[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

the fight and resilience of black immigrant groups is unmatched. it shouldn’t take this much work, but it sure does change lives. 💪🏽❤️🙏🏽

[pilitobar46 Archived @pilitobar46]

BREAKING: The Biden administration will grant more than 100,000 Haitians in the US the opportunity to gain Temporary Protected Status, shielding them from deportation and allowing them to obtain work permits #TPS #HaitiTPS ⁦@DHSgov⁩ https://t.co/UUOrzcixbE

[Manar Waheed @manaro_77]

so grateful to @NIACouncil and @NILC for the power we build together that moves us to progress. ❤️

[NIAC @NIACouncil]

Shout out to @ACLU and @NILC for winning and accepting our 2021 Equitable Immigration Award 🎉🥳🎊

The incredible work they have done to support our efforts to overturn the #MuslimBan and ensure the #NOBANAct gets passed ✅

[ACLU @ACLU]

BREAKING: A bipartisan group of senators just voted to pass the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which included the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act.

[Black Lives Matter (BLM) @Blklivesmatter]

This isn’t proof the system works. It’s proof of how broken it is. Because it took us this long, and this much attention. Until we have a world where our communities can thrive free from fear, there will be no justice.