Interviews
These interviews were conducted by students in an Community-engaged course taught by Dr. Homayra Ziad (JHU) and Darakshan Raja (MJF)
These interviews are a part of the War on Terror Resistance Archives (https://www.muslimabolitionistfutures.org/archives), which documents and preserves stories of grassroots community activists and organizers who led and participated in social movements to resist the War on Terror. These stories will be shared for educational purposes to inform and educate, to catalyze organizing efforts within Muslim communities, and to share the history and organizing against the War on Terror as told by community organizers themselves.
Methodology
A key component of the course is the creation of an oral history archive to meet a community-defined need. There is a gap in the documentation of movement histories when it comes to early organizing by Muslim communities and communities perceived as Muslim in response to War on Terror policies like the Muslim registry. To meet this need, students will be trained to record resistance stories in Muslim communities in DC, MD, and VA. Through this partnership, students will participate in learning as an explicitly activist practice that will shape the future power-building, community organizing, and advocacy efforts of JMC and other justice organizations.
Interviews
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