Tag: Community
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New Muslim club sparks mental health conversations amongst community
To create a space for Muslim students and others to discuss mental health through cultural and religious lenses, Maha Idsassi and Yusra Umer co-founded the club Noor On My Mind (NOMM). “As a Muslim student, I am passionate about my faith, but I feel like when we talk about Islam and mental health together we…
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Uyghur students speak out about China’s genocide, building community in US
Over hundreds of thousands of Muslims are imprisoned in China’s concentration camps, according to Amnesty International. Among them is Hadija Yahya’s uncles, whom she has never been able to contact. “We don’t have any relatives in the US,” the freshman biology major, who is of Uyghur descent, said. “My uncles are in concentration camps.” Who…
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Palestinian Cultural Club: building community through culture
In an effort to gather Palestinian students on campus and educate the UMD community about Palestinian culture, Sarah Edwan came up with the idea of the Palestinian Cultural Club, also known as PCC. Edwan, whose family hails from Gaza, founded the student organization last semester with the motto of building community through culture. “I wanted…
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