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Mariam Ahmed

Originally from Texas, she lives in the Washington, DC area.

Love

A dispatch from outside my comfort zone

Mar 31, 2016

Gender & Identity

Stop trying to make us all doctors and engineers

Mar 4, 2016

Gender & Identity

How reading the Bible made me a better Muslim

Mar 4, 2016

Music

Here’s where celebrities went instead of the Oscars

Mar 3, 2016

Gender & Identity

My Desi parents are obsessed with asking me, “Log kya kahenge?”

Feb 16, 2016

Politics

43 years later, we’re still fighting for the right to choose

Feb 8, 2016

Politics

What happens when the future of America and The Bachelor are on at the same time

Jan 27, 2016

Race

Native women are being murdered in Minnesota

Jan 25, 2016

Politics

Why isn’t the GOP going after Ted Cruz?

Jan 17, 2016

Gender & Identity

My parents didn’t speak Urdu with me

Jan 15, 2016

Politics

What Nikki Haley got wrong in her SOTU response

Jan 14, 2016

Race

Let’s stop using the word “FOB” as a weapon

Jan 13, 2016