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Namira Islam

Co-Founder, Executive Director, MuslimARC
Detroit, MI

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Namira Islam brings faith-based education to advocacy work in the racial justice realm.

Bio

Namira Islam is a poverty lawyer and graphic designer. She is a Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative (MuslimARC), a faith-based human rights education organization which focuses on racial justice. Namira has practiced in poverty law in Flint, Michigan, worked in prisoners’ rights litigation, and interned in international criminal law and war crimes for the United Nations in The Hague, The Netherlands. Her legal background includes research on racism, global education standards, and the UN Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training. Namira is an alumna of the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and the Michigan State University College of Law.

Topics

  • Religion & Interfaith
  • National Security/Law
  • Hate Crimes and Violence

Issue Areas

Women's Issues, Discrimination and Bigotry, Civic Engagement, US Politics

Do not contact for

analysis of geo-political conflicts/war abroad (i.e. ISIS, Syria, Palestine)

Articles, Publications and Appearances

Detroit News | Mar 30, 2019
Religion News Service | Feb 20, 2019
Detroit News | Sep 18, 2018
Radio Islam | Jul 19, 2018
Vox | Jun 27, 2018
Stepfeed | Feb 17, 2018
Hello Giggles | Dec 27, 2018
See Something Say Something podcast | Aug 25, 2017
Model D | Dec 18, 2017
Arab American News | Sep 14, 2017
Press & Guide | Aug 16, 2017
Stepfeed | Jan 26, 2017
In These Times | Dec 22, 2016
Vice | Nov 11, 2016
Altmuslimah | Feb 24, 2016
NBC News | Jan 29, 2016
Muslim Matters | Jan 12, 2016
Pittsburgh Courier | Jul 18, 2015
Al Jazeera America | Jul 16, 2015
GOOD Magazine | Apr 16, 2015