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Ahmed Mohamed

Danish Ali of Pakistan is astandup comedian, director, actor, and doctor (a real medical doctor!). His latest viral video is "Muslims rejoice at being able to take their clocks to school."

‘Thank you so much for giving us Muslims the freedom to take our giant cumbersome clocks to school’

Culture

Pakistani comedian Danish Ali wants to thank everyone for making it finally OK for Muslims to take their clocks with them wherever they go. His video riffing on the reaction to 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed’s arrest in Texas has reached about a half-million people and Ali hopes it will poke and prod the conversation about identity forward.

Mohamed Awad Elhassan hopes to introduce his daughter, Sameira, to STEM fields when she's older, but wonders what kind of stereotypes she'll face because of her name and appearance.

Sudanese American parents look at Ahmed Mohamed and think of their own kids

Technology
Ahmed Mohamed

Ahmed Mohamed and the lingering effects of racial profiling

Justice
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