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Title: 1.00
Type: Interview
Date: October 5th, 2019
Description: Yasmine is a 26-year old graduate with a bachelors in sociology from University Wisconsin Milwaukee. Her real passion though is makeup. She is now a makeup artist in Milwaukee, and is part of the female art collective Fanana Banana, formed for Muslim and minority artists. She was born in Arlington, Virginia before her family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She identifies as Sudanese American although she has never been to Sudan. She never grew up particularly religious but has always spent her life in Muslim communities. Only in the past two years has she really begun to embrace and grow in her Muslim identity. She describes herself as the strongest person she knows and is proud to say that she is growing each day. Though she is strong, she contributes her strength to the racism she has faced not only in American society but in her Muslim community as well. Although not from Sudan herself, she gains her strength from the people she tries to empower back home in Sudan through organized protests and raising awareness. Her connection to her homeland is rooted in her fight for Sudanese and Muslim people both in Sudan and America.
Language: English
Subject: Sudan, University, Racism, Islamophobia, Makeup, Protest, Awareness, Sudan 2019,OralHistory