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Nadia Khalil is a 2022 recipient of MALA’s Emerging Leaders Scholarship Program, which offers scholarships to people of all backgrounds in the pursuit of higher education. I could feel my heart racing after the Uber driver opened the door for me. I walked in through the sliding doors of the ER terrified. How can I

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

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

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

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,

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

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