Tag: Religion

  • Appearing a Chair and a Table Out of Thin Air

    Appearing a Chair and a Table Out of Thin Air

    The first day of high school was like stepping into an alternate universe. My previous school – Iftin Charter School – was homogeneous in its composition of Muslim, Somali and first-generation students. There, I fit flush with the student population. It was a larger, more hectic, version of my own home. At Crawford High School,…

  • Teen Producers: The Cover of the Bantu

    Teen Producers Project Teenagers and adults teach the public about the purpose of the Hijab, the head cover worn by the Muslim women. In this video, youth filmmakers in the Media Arts Center’s Teen Producers Project show how they wear it and the valuable meaning of it. Teen Producers: Nadifo Ibrahim, Maryan Mohamed, Gwen Hylton,…

  • San Diego Faith Leaders React to Charleston Shooting

    By Megan Burks San Diego’s faith leaders are taking extra care with their sermons for the weekend following the fatal shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C. Their message isn’t one of pain – or about race, even. Those who spoke with KPBS said the conversation should focus, instead, on how poverty and broken systems…