Nancy Rahman: Building an Artistic Sustainability Network Nancy followed her passion for arts and culture and created a blog about culture in Chicago with her friends. She now encourages and speaks about the importance in the preservation of the planet. I was born in Cairo, in the early ’80s, of course, where it was very […]
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Norina Zeb: Brown, Loud, and Proud Norina shares the story of how she navigates and takes pride in her identity despite experiences with prejudice and persecution. Identity is a concept that many of us find difficult to grasp. It is something that can be influenced by the way we grew up, the people we are
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MALA is proud to announce the winners of the 2019-2020 MALA Scholarship Contest. This diverse group of bright rising leaders will receive scholarships on behalf of MALA, PictureMotion, and Osmosis.org to assist in their pursuit of higher education. Visit MALA’s Storytelling collection to read about the incredible journeys of this years recipient, and stay tuned
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Sasan Lotfi: The Journey of My Identity Sasan is a recipient of the 2019-2020 MALA Scholarship Program, which seeks to assist rising leaders in the pursuit of higher education through the art of storytelling. Eighteen years is not that much at first glance, but it has been long enough to challenge my strength and patience
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Mykal White: Labels Mykal is a recipient of the 2019-2020 MALA Scholarship Program, which seeks to assist rising leaders in the pursuit of higher education through the art of storytelling. My name is Mykal, not me-kal nor michael, but Mykal. Like the rest of my family, I grew up in the Big Eazy or New
Nabeeha Asim: Human Being Nabeeha is a recipient of the 2019-2020 MALA Scholarship Program, which seeks to assist rising leaders in the pursuit of higher education through the art of storytelling. Definitions are funny. They give you the phonetics, the parts of speech, examples when used in a sentence, maybe even synonyms and antonyms. However,
Safia Mohamed: I Deserve My Love and Affection Safia is a recipient of the 2019-2020 MALA Scholarship Program, which seeks to assist rising leaders in the pursuit of higher education through the art of storytelling. Identity! How do I identify myself? What is identity even? As a Muslim Somali girl growing up, my identity was
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Farzana Ahmed: My Path to Representing and Encouraging Diversity in the Legal Field Farzana is a recipient of the 2019-2020 MALA Scholarship Program, which seeks to assist rising leaders in the pursuit of higher education through the art of storytelling. Finally on my own. I began my journey of finding myself and understanding who I
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Aliah Zewail: Lava Lamp Aliah is a recipient of the 2019-2020 MALA Scholarship Program, which seeks to assist rising leaders in the pursuit of higher education through the art of storytelling. As a child, I thought my family was famous. With a confined six-year-old perspective, there was no other explanation as to why strangers would
Sanika Salim: Work For the Issue and Not the Person Sanika Salim is a Bangladeshi American that fights for women and children’s rights in her job as a Coordinator in UNICEF USA. She is very strong at going for what she wants and getting it, and she encourages everyone to do the same. I was
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