03/06/2022
| We will all carry our scars of 2020, having experienced the start of a global pandemic and witnessing the horrific murder of by Minneapolis police that sparked global protests worldwide. I dedicate this post to the women on the frontlines and to the women who told their stories. Shout to my co-organizers Nazahah B. & Esraa E. In our organizing . Muslim, Black women speaking out & working within their communities against racism & for social Justice. Thank you to journalists of for sharing my photos & story in “How Muslim Women Protested in 2020”. (Slides 1-4) , journalist .nabee of “Muslims Against Police Brutality Protest: Bay Ridge to Barclays Center (slides 5-8) , & journalist of “Protesting Racism as Religion: Six Activists on Their Faith”. The erasure of Black Muslimahs from the narrative is real. Thank you to my sisters who fight, do the work , and the women who tell our stories. Your work is so vital and I am so grateful to know you all. ✊🏾💜| “ I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. “ - |