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  • Volunteer spotlight: Umme Kulsoom Arif

    Umme Kulsoom Arif is a lawyer, activist, and sometimes writer from Missouri. They received their Bachelor of Science in Justice Systems from Truman State University and their Juris Doctor from Penn State Law in University Park. Despite having been born...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/volunteer-spotlight-umme-kulsoom-arif.html

  • A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor

    advocates who have an intimate knowledge of the topic and the challenges that we seek to address; Dena Igusti, Afiqa, Umme Kulsoom Arif, Dr. Marci Bowers, and moderated by Dr. Arefa Cassoobhoy. Dena Igusti (they/them) is a queer non-binary Indonesian...

    https://sahiyo.org/component/jevents/event/41/-.html?Itemid=0

  • A Space to Belong: My Reflection on the 2023 Activist Retreat

    By: Umme Kulsoom Arif Pronouns: they/them Age: 29 Why Did You Want To Attend The Activist Retreat? I attended the Activist Retreat for the first time virtually in 2022, and it was a really affirming experience over those three days. However, I was...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/a-space-to-belong-my-reflection-on-the-2023-activist-retreat.html

  • Activists Retreat Reflection: Umme's experience

    By Umme Kulsoom Arif When I was first invited to join the 2022 Sahiyo Activists Retreat I was… terrified. I almost didn’t sign up. I wanted to be an activist and I wanted to do more with Sahiyo, but I was scared of both.. Being both non-binary and a...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/umme-sahiyo-activist-retreat-2022-reflection.html

  • Female Genital Cutting charges dismissed but our work continues: Global reactions to Michigan case news

    was done in this case — take their daughters from states that ban FGM/C to states that don’t so they can be cut.” ~ Umme Kulsoom Arif, USA “The ruling on the jurisdiction of this case is giving some folks a perceived green light to proudly say that...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/fgc-charges-dismissed-but-our-work-continues.html

  • That Old Familiar Violence - Reflecting on AAS 2024

    By Umme Kulsoom Arif Seattle, Washington. March 15, 2024. 9:00AM. The presentation room is small and its audience even smaller, with just about six or seven seated in a space meant to fit thirty listeners. I count myself as apart from them, seated...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/that-old-familiar-violence-reflecting-on-aas-2024.html

  • Bringing female genital cutting to the forefront: How Sahiyo helped Nevin Sutherland attend the 2024 Asian Studies Conference

    support, Nevin assembled a panel of fellow Sahiyo volunteers and contacts to facilitate the discussion: Huda Syyed, Umme Kulsoom Arif, Esther Kenesoi, along with Nevin herself. Their goal was to educate the audience about the complexities and nuances of...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/bringing-female-genital-cutting-to-the-forefront-how-sahiyo-helped-nevin-sutherland-attend-the-2024-asian-studies-conference.html

  • Advocacy Travel Scholarship

    https://sahiyo.org/programs/community-outreach/advocacy-travel-scholarship.html

  • Join Us for an Inspiring Webinar: Youth Advocates Against Female Genital Cutting - A Conversation on Change

    We are excited to announce an upcoming webinar that promises to be both enlightening and empowering: Youth Advocates Against Female Genital Cutting - A Conversation on Change. You, too, can join us for this important discussion. Date: November 4, 2024...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/join-us-for-an-inspiring-webinar-youth-advocates-against-female-genital-cutting-a-conversation-on-change.html

  • A response to the letter written by Tasneem Yunus Burhani, Mubaraka Tambawala, Farida Mustafa Hussain, Fatemah Hussain, and Shakera Bohra published in Detroit News

    By Umme Kulsoom Arif In response to your letter published in The Detroit News, “Dawoodi Bohra Women of Detroit speak up,” I write to you as a woman who grew up in a part of the Dawoodi Bohra community, just like you. I am also a woman of faith and...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/a-response-to-the-letter-written-by-tasneem-yunus-burhani-mubaraka-tambawala-farida-mustafa-hussain-fatemah-hussain-and-shakera-bohra-published-in-detroit-news.html

  • More Than A Survivor: Celebrating Queer Joy

    inclusivity, and joy! In celebration of Pride Month, we asked members of our community what joy looks like to them: Umme Kulsoom Arif "My grandmother made a living making lace borders for dupattas and ridas when my father and his siblings were growing...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/more-than-a-survivor-celebrating-queer-joy.html

  • Join us in-person at Sahiyo's 2023 Activists Retreat

    By Umme Kulsoom Arif This September, from the 15-19th, Sahiyo will host its annual Activists Retreat in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. For many Sahiyo volunteers and retreat alumni, it will be the first time in several years...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/join-us-in-person-at-sahiyo-s-2023-activists-retreat.html

  • My time at the 2023 Peer-to-Peer National ARP Convening

    Coordinator Samman Masud as well as long-time Sahiyo volunteer and Activists Retreat planning committee member Umme Kulsoom Arif attended the 2023 Peer-to-Peer National American Rescue Plan (ARP) Convening in Washington D.C. The three-day convention...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/my-time-at-the-2023-peer-to-peer-national-arp-convening.html

  • A Plan in Action: Reflecting on the 2023 Peer-to-Peer National ARP Convening

    By Umme Kulsoom Arif This past October, I had the privilege of traveling to Washington DC and meeting with Samman Masud, Sahiyo’s Community Engagement Coordinator. Both of us attended the 2023 Peer-to-Peer National American Rescue Plan (ARP) Convening...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/a-plan-in-action-reflecting-on-the-2023-peer-to-peer-national-arp-convening.html

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