Amer F. Ahmed, Ed.D.inThe Center for Global Muslim LifeMy Personal Encounter with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s Islamophobia at Standing RockDespite many courageous actions as well as compelling policies and perspectives held by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), as an American Muslim I…Jan 14, 20194Jan 14, 20194
Amer F. Ahmed, Ed.D.inThe Center for Global Muslim LifeDispatches from the Dave Chappelle & Childish Gambino show at Radio City Music HallTo say that I was excited about going to see Dave Chappelle and Donald Glover a.k.a. Childish Gambino is an understatement. At the same…Aug 21, 2017Aug 21, 2017
Amer F. Ahmed, Ed.D.inThe Center for Global Muslim LifeThe Refreshingly Honest Profiling I Experienced When Returning to the US from a Family VacationOn May 20, I returned from a week on vacation in Mexico with my family. Like so many other Americans, I like to be able to spend some…May 22, 20171May 22, 20171
Amer F. Ahmed, Ed.D.inThe Center for Global Muslim LifeA Return to Our True Heritage: A Call for Muslim-Jewish Action and SolidarityFor over a decade, I have been conducting trainings, facilitations and lectures on Islamophobia throughout the United States. To be honest…Nov 16, 2016Nov 16, 2016
Amer F. Ahmed, Ed.D.inThe Center for Global Muslim LifeThe University of Missouri is Not Unique —On the National Racial Climate in Higher Education TodayThe recent student activism and turmoil regarding the racial climate at the University of Missouri has brought tremendous attention to the…Nov 11, 2015Nov 11, 2015
Amer F. Ahmed, Ed.D.inThe Center for Global Muslim LifeThe Story of Ahmed Mohamed Reveals the Daily Racism Experienced by Muslim Children in AmericaAs a Muslim with Ahmed in my name, I am acutely aware of how much it sucks to be a brown guy with my name in post-9/11 America. I know…Sep 18, 20154Sep 18, 20154
Amer F. Ahmed, Ed.D.inThe Center for Global Muslim LifeRight or Left, Bill Maher or Bill O’Reilly, it’s still IslamophobiaLast year, Bill Maher and Ben Affleck had a major argument about Islam and Muslims on HBO’s Real Time unveiling that Islamophobia is not…Apr 14, 20151Apr 14, 20151
Amer F. Ahmed, Ed.D.inThe Center for Global Muslim LifeRacism & Fraternity CultureWhy I’m not surprised by the White Supremacist Chants of SAE at the University of OklahomaMar 11, 2015Mar 11, 2015