Najah Abdul-Qawiyy and Asmaa Elamrousy
Recorded
April 26, 2017
Archived
April 26, 2017
46:02 minutes
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Id:
lmn003673
Description
Najah Abdul-Qawiyy (21) talks with Asmaa Elamrousy (23) about her upbringing on Staten Island, her values and identity as a Black Muslim woman, her relationships with her family and her mother's leadership in the community, and her aspirations to be a licensed Muslim psychologist for the community on Staten Island.Subject Log / Time Code
Najah Abdul-Qawiyy talks to Asmaa Elamrousy about her upbringing, attending a Muslim school, and how she began to pursue poetry.
NAQ talks about what hijab means to her and why she likes to present herself that way. She talks about her identity as a Black Muslim woman, and her Jamaican culture and heritage.
NAQ talks about her mother, who started an organization called Muslim Sisters of Staten Island, and also started the first Muslim Girl Scout troop on Staten Island.
NAQ talks about feeling proud to go to college and what drew her to pursue psychology, and her desire to give back to the community.
NAQ talks about visiting relatives in Jamaica, and how some of them had never heard of Islam. She talks about her Christian aunty, who once gave her a prayer rug for a Christmas present.
NAQ talks about the segregation of Staten Island, and separation of mosques by ethnicity, and her value for unity, respect, and love for all of God's creation.
NAQ talks about the soul-searching and research she did at 16, and finding out about all of the rights and honor for women in the Koran, thinking, "That is the dopest thing I've ever read in my entire life."
NAQ talks about wanting to be remembered as a happy person who helped people.
NAQ talks about her goals.
Participants
- Najah Abdul-Qawiyy
- Asmaa Elamrousy