<p>In the wake of this week’s terrorist bombings in Brussels and heated anti-Muslim rhetoric in the U.S. presidential race, we read with interest Beenish Ahmed’s NPR essay, <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/03/22/462380871/learning-and-unlearning-to-be-an-ambassador-for-islam" target="_blank">Learning — And Unlearning — To Be An 'Ambassador' For Islam</a>. We invited Ahmed to speak more about her experience as a Muslim in America, trying to appear nonthreatening to an increasingly anxious American public.</p>

In the wake of this week’s terrorist bombings in Brussels and heated anti-Muslim rhetoric in the U.S. presidential race, we read with interest Beenish Ahmed’s NPR essay, Learning — And Unlearning — To Be An 'Ambassador' For Islam. We invited Ahmed to speak more about her experience as a Muslim in America, trying to appear nonthreatening to an increasingly anxious American public.

<p>In the wake of this week’s terrorist bombings in Brussels and heated anti-Muslim rhetoric in the U.S. presidential race, we read with interest Beenish Ahmed’s NPR essay, <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/03/22/462380871/learning-and-unlearning-to-be-an-ambassador-for-islam" rel="noopener noreferrer">Learning — And Unlearning — To Be An 'Ambassador' For Islam</a>. We invited Ahmed to speak more about her experience as a Muslim in America, trying to appear nonthreatening to an increasingly anxious American public.</p>

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