Word: faridã
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...Harvard campus have not been directly perpetrated by students, Islamophobia exists in less overt forms at Harvard. Many Muslim students have experienced moments when they said they have felt surprised or offended by others’ assumptions about followers of Islam. A DOUBLE STANDARDA few months after Farid??s encounter, The Harvard Salient published the now-famous anti-Islamic Danish cartoons. Associate Dean of Harvard College Judith H. Kidd responded with an e-mail to the conservative biweekly warning that “some segments of the campus and surrounding communities may be sufficiently upset by the publication...
...course, it doesn’t take a crisis for Farid to give her time generously: she is a Program Director for Project Health and participates in a peer-counseling program. The Boston Site Director for Project Health Tom Mackie praises Farid??s commitment to her clients, calling her an “exceptional volunteer and person.” Farid guides women through the bureaucratic red tape of Boston’s aid services to obtain necessities like healthcare and housing for them and their families...
...Huma’s intellectual curiosity and the quality of her scholarship have earned her the very high opinion of the History department faculty,” Janna Wasilewski, Farid??s thesis advisor, writes. Recently, a woman verbally assaulted Farid near the Yard, allegedly because Farid wears hejab, the Islamic headscarf...
Even this attack on Farid??s faith couldn’t undermine “her unparalleled and unreserved acceptance of all peoples,” as Eliot House tutor Nancy M. Dorsinville describes it. Instead of dwelling on the hateful attack, Farid stresses the warm response she received from the Harvard community. “It made me feel like I belonged,” she says...
Like everything else about her, Farid??s philosophy is simple, but incredibly effective: “I try to be as generous with my time as I can be, and I really believe that we all share a common humanity. If you help even one person in whatever capacity you can, it makes a big difference in that person’s life...