Samirah al-Abbas: When No Representation is Better than Bad Representation
<p>If someone were to ask me what I identify as, I would answer <em>Muslim</em>, <em>Canadian</em>, and <em>giant</em> <em>nerd</em>, in that order. I might tack bookworm onto it too. Ask anyone who knows me, they’ll tell you I can be found doing one of three things: reading, writing, or interacting with online creative spaces. While I have rarely been <em>un</em>welcome in those spaces, those spaces have very rarely been inclusive for<em> </em>me or my beliefs as a Western Muslim, largely because Western Muslims simply aren’t represented very well (or at all) in Western media.</p>
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