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    Jennifer Chowdhury

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    Jennifer Chowdhury is an independent journalist based in New York City and Bangladesh. She covers the South Asian and Muslim diaspora with a specific focus on gender rights. She is passionate about covering stories on women of color around the world whose voices are stifled by patriarchal attitudes, systematic racism and socioeconomic burdens. 


    Latest articles by Jennifer Chowdhury

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    Rohingya Women Aren't Just Refugees—They're Leaders

    Rohingya women are getting political.

    Politics
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      Why Ilhan Omar's Victory Speech Starting With an Islamic Greeting Is So Important

      She's one of the first two Muslim women in Congress—ever.

      By Jennifer Chowdhury

      Politics
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      Conservative Muslims and Islamophobes Have One Thing in Common: Hating Mona Haydar

      The Muslim-American rapper is breaking every rule to dismantle the patriarchy within Islam—and outside of it.

      By Jennifer Chowdhury

      Culture
    • Mahershala Ali and Jimmy Kimmel Oscars 2017
      It's a Problem That We're Not Talking About Jimmy Kimmel's Mahershala Ali Jokes

      What's in a name? When you're a minority, everything.

      By Jennifer Chowdhury

      Culture
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      From a Refugee Camp to Yeezy Season 5: How Halima Aden Made It in America

      Just five days after she got signed, this hijab-wearing model booked one of the biggest gigs in fashion—and she's not stopping there.

      By Jennifer Chowdhury

      Fashion
    • Orlando Shooter Omar Mateen History of Domestic Violence
      We're Focusing on the Wrong Things About Omar Mateen

      Why is his history as a domestic abuser not a bigger part of the conversation?

      By Jennifer Chowdhury

      Culture
    • This Is What the Future Looks Like: Noor Tagouri Is on Track to Become America's First News Anchor in a Hijab
      This Is What the Future Looks Like: Noor Tagouri Is on Track to Become America's First News Anchor in a Hijab

      #LetNoorShine

      By Jennifer Chowdhury

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      With No Other Job Options, Greek Women Are Turning to Sex Work to Stay Afloat

      The money troubles in Greece go so much deeper than lines at the ATM. Here, a look at how prostitution has soared in the wake of the crisis.

      By Jennifer Chowdhury

      Culture
    • Fadumo Dayib addressing people from podium
      Fadumo Dayib Is Risking Her Life to Be Somalia's First Female Presidential Candidate

      "You're going into a boxing match even though your hands are tied behind your back."

      By Jennifer Chowdhury

      Culture
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      Indiana Sentences a Woman with Feticide for the First Time, a Pivotal Case in the Fight for Reproductive Rights

      She's facing 20 years for what she says was a miscarriage.

      By Jennifer Chowdhury

      Culture
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      A Documentary About Delhi's Brutal Bus Rape Gets Banned in India, BBC Releases It Anyway

      The film is causing a global uproar.

      Culture
    • Women Gathering at the Women's Mosque of America
      What the Country's First All-Female Mosque Means For Muslim-American Women

      In a word: community.

      By Jennifer Chowdhury

      Culture
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