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Sarah Elsunni

This interview is with Sarah Elsunni, a Sudanese-American digital marketer living in San Antonio. Sarah was born and raised in Louisiana, where she attended Islamic School, fleeing to Texas after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. She speaks to the…

Tags: Black Muslim, digital organizer, diversity and inclusivity, gender justice, Hijab, Hurricane Katrina, Islamic school, Louisiana, Malikah, Muslim Student Association, Ramadan, Social Justice, study abroad, Sudanese American, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Youtube

Sarah Pearose

This interview is with Sarah Pearose, an Afghan-American medical student living in San Antonio, where she grew up. Sarah comes from a family of medical professionals and attends University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine in pursuit…

Tags: Accessible healthcare, Afghan American, Afghanistan, Farsi, Health Careers High School, Hijab, Imam Ali, immigrant parents, Muslim Woman Identity, Nahj al-Balagha, Osteopathic medicine, Ramadan, San Antonio, Shia Islam, Texas freeze, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Travel, University of the Incarnate Word

Seja Haque

This interview is with Seja Haque, a high school senior in Corpus Christi, Texas who speaks about struggling between her Muslim and feminist identities as well as being involved at her local mosque where she was eventually asked to teach. Seja…

Tags: Corpus Christi, Culture, Destination Imagination, Eid, Feminism, First-generation American, immigrant parents, Immigration, Latino culture, Muslim Woman Identity, Pakistan, Ramadan, Ray High School, Sunni Islam, The University of Texas at Austin, Urdu

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Sarah Elsunni

Sarah Pearose

Seja Haque