I'm not easily scared; from the age of 8, I learned what it means to have everything you know taken away and what it means to persevere. I approach politics the same way.
I think a big part of my faith teachings is to work together towards equality: that we're all created equal, and under the eyes of God, we all have a right to freedom and to access our rights equally.
My kids are part of the rest of my community and my wider family.
ICE has only become increasingly militarized, brutal, and unaccountable.
I will never apologize for standing up against oppression and injustice in Israel or anywhere else.
Life in Somalia before the civil war was beautiful. When the war happened, I was 8 years old and at that stage of understanding the world in a different way.
