Swimming and Reporting as a Muslim Woman, with Rowaida Abdelaziz
See Something Say Something
Ahmed Ali Akbar
4.8 • 550 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Ahmed speaks with Huffington Post national reporter Rowaida Abdelaziz about her work covering American Muslims and her piece on swimming while a Muslim woman.
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Follow Rowaida: @Rowaida_Abdel
Read Rowaida's piece "When Swimming as Muslim Woman Becomes a Political Act": https://www.huffpost.com/entry/muslim-women-are-fighting-to-swim-in-america_n_5d5594d1e4b056fafd08aa70
Read Zainab Iqbal's piece, "I'm a Muslim woman covering the diversity of Brooklyn. Sometimes all people see is my hijab.": https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2021/im-a-muslim-woman-covering-the-diversity-of-brooklyn-sometimes-all-people-see-is-my-hijab/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, I'm Amidale Yuckbert, and this is See Something Say Something. |
| 0:04.8 | This week we're going to be joined by reporter Ruehda Abdelaziz, and we're going to talk a little bit about being Muslims who cover American Muslims as reporters and some of the challenges that come with that. |
| 0:15.2 | I want to remind everyone that we are on YouTube now, thanks to a grant from the Google News Initiative. |
| 0:22.6 | And you can see a video element of that here. |
| 0:25.6 | It could just be on YouTube right now and you see it as is. |
| 0:29.6 | But they'll be available on all platforms. |
| 0:32.6 | So thank you so much. |
| 0:34.6 | Enjoy the conversation. |
| 0:35.6 | If you see something, you better, you better say something. |
| 0:44.4 | Nothing at all, nothing at all. Hey, everyone. I'm Amadale Akbar, and this is See Something Say Something. |
| 1:11.7 | I am joined today by Rueheda Abdulaziz. |
| 1:14.5 | She is a journalist at the Huffington Post, somebody whose work on American Muslims I've |
| 1:19.6 | relied on quite a bit over the years. |
| 1:21.3 | Samaulayah. |
| 1:22.3 | Hi, Qasan. |
| 1:24.0 | This is like a fun little crossover because, know we've talked for many many years but |
| 1:28.7 | somehow just you know it's like it's we both we cover similar things in different ways if that |
| 1:35.2 | makes sense but I have a lot of respect for what you do and like kind of the volume and and |
| 1:41.6 | different kinds of stories you do about American Muslims. |
| 1:45.0 | So, you know, just briefly, like for people who are unfamiliar with your work, can you tell us what you do? |
| 1:52.0 | Sure. I'm really excited to be here. Again, I feel like when you're in the digital |
| 1:56.0 | middle world, it's already so small. And then when you add similar beats and or similar identities, |
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