Lamha Nabizada: A Rekindled Sense of Hope in My Dreams Lamha Nabizada is a business development executive living in Silver Springs, Maryland. Ms. Nabizada holds a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) with a finance specialization from Kardan University, one of Afghanistan’s highly ranked MBA programs. Ms. Nabizada grew up in Kabul City and attended […]
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Abdul Hameed Akbar: A Bridge Builder for Peace and Freedom Mr. Abdul Hameed Akbar and his family live in Falls Church, Virginia. Mr. Akbar was born in the eastern city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan. He was one year old when his family was forced to become refugees in Pakistan due to the intensification of the Civil
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Riaz Ludin: A Traumatizing Journey Mr. Riaz Ludin is currently pursuing a master’s degree in early childhood education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Mr. Ludin is originally from Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan. He grew up and completed high school in Kabul. He says, “my parents are my role models. My father was
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Shafiqa Afghan: Amidst Endless Setbacks Shafiqa Afghan is taking ESL classes and is currently living in Rockville, Maryland. Ms. Afghan was born in the central highland area of Afghanistan. She studied until grade nine when her school was closed by the insurgents. She always wanted to become a medical doctor, but with her school stopped,
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Alizeh Haider is a Pakistani American Shia Muslim who is unapologetically herself and proud of her identity. Alizeh has worked as an intern with MALA, and here she shares her experiences in self-development personally, professionally, and spiritually. I just moved to Houston a few years ago, I moved from Toronto when I was fifteen. So
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Nausheen Rajan is a Pakistani American Ismaili Muslim. She speaks about how she kept her culture within her American upbringing and the importance of getting her community involved in the civic and social politics. Nausheen is an Alumnus of the MALA Young Leaders Fellowship program. I think my story starts before me. It starts with
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Seanwong Brown: Embrace Your Wings Seanwong Brown is a Thai African American who served in the United States Airforce. He speaks about his journey in trying to see the world and what he lessons he picked up along the way. I was born in Lubbock, Texas. My father was stationed there in the military, close
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Matt Ekram: The Ability to Change Matt Ekram is a Malaysian American that although has trouble with showing his identity, he wants Muslims like himself to be able to proudly talk about their experiences as a Muslim. I was born in a small town in the peninsula of Malaysia, called Kualo Johor. I have parents,
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Muhammed Aslan: Helping Those in Need Muhammed is a Turkish American Imam who works as a religious Chaplain in hospitals to try to help his patients in any way that he can. I was born in Lezing, Turkey, I moved to the United States in 2014. As I said, I was born in Turkey, in
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Sohail Hashmi: Reconciling Differences Between Cultures Sohail Hashmi is a self-described Liberal Muslim, born in Hyderabad, India, but raised in Savannah, Georgia. He is currently a Professor in the International Relations Department at Mount Holyoke College, specializing in Political Islam and the study of jihad. In his story, he shares his personal journey in the
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