Sameerah Siddiqui on "Nana Asma'u" | #HistoricMuslimah​ Ramadan Series

Ramadan #HistoricMuslimah​ #4: "Nana Asma'u" | Today, Khateebah Sameerah Siddiqui enlightens us about the amazing Fula princess, teacher, and founder of the Yantaru Movement in West Africa -- which still exists today!

 

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Bio: Sameerah Siddiqui is a Senior Advocacy Advisor at Oxfam America, a global humanitarian and advocacy organization. She has held a variety of roles in her time at Oxfam, from campaigning on the political drivers of poverty, such as a lack of corporate accountability in our global food system to building external relationships with American faith communities. She currently leads the organization's campaign response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Sameerah grew up in the Inland Empire and after finishing her degree at UC Davis, she moved to Los Angeles to learn faith-rooted and community organizing with Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice and the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy. Sameerah is currently based in Washington, D.C. but her husband is convinced that they'll make SoCal home again.

 

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