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The Postal Code of Violence: How Safety is Defined by Whiteness
We often talk about safety as a universal human right, a baseline expectation for a dignified life. But if we’re honest with ourselves, we have to acknowledge that safety is not a universal experience. It is a privilege, meticulously guarded and unevenly distributed along the lines of race, geography, and power. I was recently watching… Read more
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Two Years of Losing my Mind
It has been two years. Two years. Two years of one of the most heinous events of our lifetimes unfolding in front of our eyes, live streamed on our phones. Two years of the holocaust of Palestinians people in Gaza (and the West Bank). Two years of the most horrific images of death, destruction, and… 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
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