Lamia ImamLamia Imam

Lamia Imam was born in New Zealand, and grew up in Bangladesh and the US before attending University of Canterbury in Christchurch majoring in Political Science and Law. She worked for the Labour Party and the Ministry of Justice in Wellington after graduation. She received her Masters from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and currently works as a Communications Consultant in Austin, Texas.

I cannot forgive the rhetoric that got us here

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I want to forgive, but right now all I feel is anger, writes Lamia Imam. إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ – inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un – we belong to Allah and to Allah we shall return. This is what Muslims say to one another when they hear news about someone who has died. I’ve … Read more