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As an Egyptian American, I am Embarrassed
By Maha Elgenaidi, Founder & Executive Director (bio) May 17, 2023 Cleopatra on Netflix (Photo Courtesy: Netflix) A new Netflix documentary Queen Cleopatra featuring the Black British actress Adele James as the legendary queen has ignited an uproar in Egypt… Read More
Hate in School Settings
May 4, 2023 The following remarks were delivered by Maha Elgenaidi on May 2, 2023, at a White House Listening Session on Islamophobia hosted by Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, White House Domestic Policy Advisor Ambassador Susan Rice, Deputy Homeland Security Advisor Joshua Geltzer, and Office of Public Engagement Director Stephen… Read More
Keynote Address at the 12th Annual Jim McEntee Scholarship Fundraiser on April 27, 2023
April 27, 2023 Jim McEntee (1931-2004) Remembering Jim McEntee Author: Maha Elgenaidi Tonight, we’re here to celebrate Jim McEntee’s legacy of struggle for human rights and of compassion for all that was deeply rooted in his religious faith. Born in 1931, in the midst… Read More
Is the City of San Jose Islamophobic?
Maha Elgenaidi [Bio] June 17, 2022 The question I ask in the title of this editorial is one which leaders of every city in the country should ask of its residents, not just regarding Islamophobia but towards all other forms of bigotry and racism… Read More
For the sake of our children, Jewish and Muslim Americans must pave the way towards peace in the Middle East by paving the way towards peace here in the United States.
By Maha Elgenaidi, Founder & Innovation Director [Bio] May 18, 2022 It saddens me to no end that the human rights abuses against the Palestinian people continue to escalate and spark new cycles of horrific violence that impact both Palestinians and Israelis. In just the past few months, we… Read More
Re-Embracing E Pluribus Unum as Our Nation’s Motto
By Maha Elgenaidi, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer April 28, 2022 As I reflect on my upcoming trip to Washington, D.C. alongside fellow Muslim Americans to celebrate Eid with the Bidens on Monday, May 2nd, an invitation I am grateful for, I am reminded of my previous trips to Washington… Read More
Reaffirming the Values that Guide Our Work
By Maha Elgenaidi, founder and Chief Innovation Officer March 23, 2021 In the past several days, we have learned that ING’s participation at a recent California Department of Education board meeting —where the adoption of a model ethnic studies curriculum, the first of its kind in the nation, was approved… Read More
ING founder Maha Elgenaidi’s comments at the California State Board of Education on the model curriculum on ethnic studies
By Maha Elgenaidi, founder and Chief Innovation Officer March 18, 2021 Good morning. Thank you State Superintendent Thurmond for the invitation to speak with you all today. Based on AB 2016, we are very happy to see the first version of the ethnic studies model curriculum being voted on today. This… Read More
Liberals Should Listen to Muslim Voices Instead of Those Who Speak for Them
By Maha Elgenaidi, founder and Chief Innovation Officer February 19, 2021 Islamophobia is essentially an instrument of colonialism; an instrument that was used historically to subjugate the colonized by portraying them as barbarians or primitives needing civilizing, or in the present day, to suppress Muslim populations in various ways including… Read More
Virtuous Activism: Friday Reflection for ISNA
By Maha Elgenaidi, founder and Chief Innovation Officer January 22, 2021 This speech was delivered online to audiences at the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) on Friday, January 22nd, 2021. View the recording on YouTube. Bism Allah ar-Rahman ar-raheem. In the name of God, the Compassionate,… Read More
