Naima Omar: Activist

Future Heist

English - November 30, 2018 10:31 - 43 minutes - 59.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Naima Omar is an activist across anti-racist and anti-austerity campaigns. She is also a Muslim who wears a hijab.

In this episode, we discuss the right for women to wear what they want, and the way in which the media often misrepresents Muslim women, as well as the real and frightening threat posed by growing Islamophobia.

Follow Naima Omar on Instagram @naima_omar1994.

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Produced and recorded by Rena Niamh Smith
Theme music by Benjamin Tassie
Artwork by Fleur Beck
Special thanks to Chloe Vasseghi