From designing robots to directing award-winning films, 10 speakers across a broad array of disciplines shared insight into their life’s work at Saturday’s four-hour TEDxPenn conference on campus.
The conference, which focuses on change and transformation, will take place in the Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, starting at 1 p.m. on April 1.
As a Black Muslim woman, where do I stand?
It can feel like you re too Black for the Muslims, and too Muslim for the Black people.
By Bashirat Oladele
“Black Muslims exist?”
I first heard this question when I was eight-years-old. I was in class, in my school in Ireland (where I grew up until I was 14) and my classmates were about to undertake their communion. While everyone else was excited about their white puffy dresses, I didn’t have the same energy. I raised my hand and proclaimed to everyone that I was a Muslim and would not participate in their communion.
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