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If it’s not already obvious, besides my passion for human and civil rights, social activism, and African development, I’m fiercely passionate about media justice: minority media self-empowerment, control, and access; accurate media representations of minorities; and providing a voice for the oppressed or marginalized.

A necessary component of attaining justice and establishing human rights is the SELF-empowerment of “brown,” minority, and other marginalized and oppressed peoples so that they may independently represent, speak for, and act on behalf of themselves – in media, writing, academia, activism, public and political discourse, foreign policy, development, international trade and economic relations, basically everything.

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Rethinking "Blackness" as an African living in America – part one

By Lolla Mohammed Nur, Brown Ink

I had the chance to meet Naomi Tutu, the daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, at the Black Student Union on the University of Minnesota campus last Friday (March 2). She was in town for the Nobel Peace Prize forum, and engaged the students (mostly of color) in a conversation, which was more intimate than a presentation.MORE »

Is Lady Gaga’s "Americano" a genuine political statement or cultural appropriation?

By Lolla Mohammed Nur, Brown Ink

Lady Gaga performed her newest single, ‘Americano,’ a few days ago at a concert in Mexico. You can see the video here (it’s poor quality but the best I could find).MORE »

My Middle East questions for Fareed Zakaria

By Lolla Mohammed Nur, Brown Ink

Yes, THE Fareed Zakaria - who recently called birther and joke-slash-wannabe-of-a-presidential-candidate-Donald-Trump a racist for his accusations questioning Obama's citizenship - is going to be speaking at my college, the University of Minnesota, this Friday, April 29.MORE »

Pakistan's "moderate" 500 scholars and the AP's change of heart

By Lolla Mohammed Nur, Brown Ink

"Muslim scholars praise killer of Pakistani governor" was the headline of a January 4 AP article carried by MSNBC on the murder of Punjab governor Salman Taseer earlier this week.

My first reaction? Disbelief, doubt, and a twinge of anger.MORE »

Egyptian Muslims used human shields as civil resistance

By Lolla Mohammed Nur, Brown Ink

This brief but powerful January 6 article in the Washington Post describes the grassroots demonstration of 1,000 Egyptian Muslims -- including some well-known figures such as President Mubarak's sons and Amr Khaled, a popular host of EgyptiMORE »

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