September 29, 2017

El-Sayed discusses how his experience of growing up as an Egyptian-American changed after 9/11. He is currently a Mayoral candidate for the upcoming election in Michigan and could be the first Muslim to hold the position in the United States. This story is part of a virtual exhibition, “I Am Mohammed”, produced by Narmeen Haider […]

Jamilah Lasalle was on the fast track on a bad path, until a coworker changed her life. In her story she shares, candidly, her troubled background and how learning about Islam and ultimately converting gave her a new life. At 14 years old, I had already taken my first puff of a cigarette, had been