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Sohib Boundaoui: Slipping Through the Cracks of Identity Sohib Boundaoui’s insight into the mind of a child of immigrants is both encouraging and eye-opening. His insight into the mind of a child of immigrants is both encouraging and eye-opening. He talks about how he struggles to understand his identity as Northern African in America and […]

Pious Ali is the founder of the Maine Interfaith Youth Alliance, and the first African Muslim to have ever been elected to public office in the city of Portland, Maine. Here, he describes his own journey as a leader and offers some of the lessons he has learned working with young people in a thriving

Muna Khalif: Designing to Empower Muna took a leap of faith: she saw a need to develop clothing that is trendy and seasonal yet modest, and her fashion line, Muna Khalif, was born. Here, Muna discusses her struggle to re-imagine traditional fashion, and create clothing that is beautiful and empowering for women of all kinds. I

Amal Hagisufi is a Financial Advisor by day and a blogger by night. She curates a blog (Doses of Her) which is an extension of her creativity, passion and inspirations. Amal writes, on her blog and elsewhere, about food, travel, beauty and fashion. Born in the beautiful country of Somalia, she found her way to

Ameer Khan shares her journey of coming out and reconciling her faith with her identity. This story was reprinted with the author’s permission from MissMuslim magazine. My name is Ameer Khan, and I was brought up by two Bengali immigrants in and around the St. Louis County area of Missouri. Having immigrated here through many hardships

Al-Husein Madhany is the Chief of Staff to the Chief Human Resource Officer at PayPal. Prior to PayPal, Al-Husein worked at Facebook as an award-winning executive business partner and chief chaos tamer to Facebook’s first Chief Information Officer. Al-Husein is senior consultant at the Duncan Group Inc. (http://www.duncangroupinc.com), a New York City-based retained search firm.

Narimon Safavi is a Chicago based Iranian-American entrepreneur who is also a contributor and analyst for the radio program Worldview on WBEZ (Chicago Public Media). This story was produced through a community partnership with MALA and StoryCorps. “I was born in Tehran, Iran, 57 years ago, but my family had already resided in Chicago, Illinois.

Amal walks us through her journey from being a young Muslim-Moroccan girl in France towards growing into her identity. She shares her observations, from her family being discriminated because of their religious practices, to the complexities of heritage and belonging. She is an Instructor at Future Founders. In this role, she leads high energy entrepreneurship

Makiz was born in Afghanistan, grew up in Moscow, and went to high school in Boston, Massachusetts. In her story, she shares how the exposure to different cultures and regions has helped her develop her strong self-identity, while still holding onto her roots and heritage. I was born in Balkh a historical province in northern

Tamer Abousoud shares his identity as American of Egyptian descent, and how he seized opportunities both professionally and personally because of his dynamic upbringing and background. He describes a life full of travel and new experiences, embracing the chances he encountered in life to be exposed  to various cultures. This story was recorded and produced