"My name is Amal. It means ‘hope’ in Arabic. Most days my name is waitress at my family’s Damascus restaurant, full-time university student and then some, pre-law, world traveler, 11 countries. My name is I’ve performed poetry in eight of those countries. International spoken word poet, unapologetic Muslim woman. Syrian, American, hijabi, activist, social justice advocate. My name is writer, teacher, Colorado-born Mile High baby. But at the airport, my name is random search. And on the street, it’s terrorist, sand n****r, raghead, oppressed, and on the news, it’s ISIS, jihadi, suspect, radical. My name is, “Could your Muslim neighbor be an extremist?” —Amal Kassir at TEDxMileHighWomen⁣ ⁣ #muslimportraits #muslim #islam #muslimah #quran #allah #hijab #sunnah #islamicquotes #islamic #deen #alhamdulillah #makkah #jannah #ramadan #muhammad #allahuakbar #religion #prayer #instagram #tedx #tedtalk #amalkassir #syrian #syria #islamophobia #trump #donaldtrump #maga #racism