9 Black Muslim Women You Need To Recognize For #MuslimWomensDay

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Ihan Omar

This Somali-American from Minnesota began her professional career as a community nutrition organizer at the University of Minnesota. Seven years later, after working for the Women Organizing Women Network, volunteering for civil rights, poverty alleviation, human rights and other environmental issues, she was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives under the Democratic-Farmer-Laborer party. Follow her career and her work, here.

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