anti-zionism
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The Assessment That Couldn’t See
On race, ableism, and what a union praised without reading On September 24, 2026, the UPEI Faculty Association appeared before the Standing Committee on Education and Economic Growth of the PEI Legislature to discuss the Rubin Thomlinson report on harassment and discrimination at UPEI. The union’s executive director, Margot Rejskind, told the committee that “really… Read more
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On Fear of Muslim Leadership and Power
By now, many of you will have heard that the next mayor of New York City is Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Muslim man of South Asian heritage and Ugandan background. He is the youngest mayor the city has elected in a century and its first Millennial in the role. Politically, Mamdani is a Democratic Socialist… Read more
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Silenced for Being Muslim?
Institutional anti-Muslim Racism in Action From May 2024 until July 2025, I worked at the University of Prince Edward Island as the inaugural Director of the (new) Department of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) and Human Rights. As a Muslim and racialized leader working in equity, diversity, and inclusion, I believed that meaningful change required speaking… Read more
