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…8 min read·Jan 14, 2019--4--4
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…11 min read·Aug 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…5 min read·May 22, 2017--1--1
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…6 min read·Nov 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…6 min read·Nov 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…6 min read·Sep 18, 2015--4--4
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…7 min read·Apr 14, 2015--1--1
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 Oklahoma8 min read·Mar 11, 2015----
