By Noha AlgahimiNagin Cox, once fascinated by Star Trek and Carl Sagan’s Cosmos as a little girl, is now a Tactical Mission Lead on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover. Growing up in an environment where women were perceived as “useless,” as a Muslim teenager, Cox became determined to dismantle the stereotypes cast on her and chase her…
By Noha AlgahimiI’m subscribed to both The New York Times and The Washington Post. I have the apps downloaded on my phone and every morning I dutifully scroll through my daily briefing, but most days, that’s about as far as I read. As I continue with my day, I am guilty of both not giving a second…
By Noha AlgahimiOn the 1st of February,1960, four Black college students sat, nervous but determined, at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, patiently requesting service. As the “Greensboro Four” expected, they were largely ignored. But the next day they came back, supporters in tow. For six months they staged the same protest, drawing a larger crowd…
By Noha AlgahimiOn October 2nd of 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist and American resident, was reported missing by his fiancée. He had unknowingly pursued a one-way trip into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. By the end of the week, his death had been all but confirmed. At the top of the suspect list was the government he…
By Noha AlgahimiIn the December of 2016, I gave my first competitive speech on the Rohingya Muslims, a people I had only found out about myself 30 minutes before. As I stood there, informing a singular judge about the brutalization of an entire ethnic group, I was horrified at my own apathy. Why was I only just…
