Ep. 8 | An Egyptian Muslim Comes to the Midwest: Exploring Faith in "Potato Land" & on The Hill with Aml Hamed

Aml Hamed is a campus life event coordinator at Bates College in Maine. She is also a practicing Muslim from Egypt and former international student at St. Olaf College, where she graduated last year. In this episode, Annie and Aml talk about identifying as Muslim in Christian-dominated spaces, being an international student on an American college campus, and navigating the blurriness of racial and geographic categories for North Africans. St. Olaf and Lutheranism: https://wp.stolaf.edu/curriculum-committee/ge/ https://wp.stolaf.edu/calendar/venue/boe-memorial-chapel/ https://wp.stolaf.edu/lutherancenter/about/#:~:text=Established%20in%202019%2C%20St.,meaning%2C%20purpose%20and%20life%20choices. Arab Spring and the Egyptian Revolution Sources: https://www.britannica.com/event/Arab-Spring https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55887869 https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/1/25/remembering-tahrir-square-10-years-on Muslim Brotherhood: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/egypts-muslim-brotherhood al-Sisi Human Rights Violation Accusations: https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/08/egypt-year-abuses-under-al-sisi One correction: In the episode, I say that the Egyptian Revolution took place 10 years ago. It was 11 years ago, starting on January 25th, 2011.