Bilan Osman Explained

Bilan Osman (born 1992)[1] is a Swedish journalist, opinion columnist and anti-racism activist.

Early life and education

She was born in Gothenburg to parents from Somalia, a chemistry professor and an activist, and raised in Partille.[1] [2] Her paternal grandfather, Nor Osman, was a poet.[2] She studied multimedia journalism at in Motala.[3]

Career

Osman has been a columnist at the newspapers Svenska Dagbladet (2018–2019)[4] [5] and Expressen,[3] and also written opinion articles for other Swedish publications, including the magazine .[6] For eight years beginning in 2013, her primary work was as a travelling educator for the anti-racism Expo foundation.[7] [8] She then joined the Islamic .[8] [9] [10]

She has contributed to the anthologies Av oss blev det aldrig några riktiga damer,[11] Svart kvinna (2015)[2] [12] Rummet (2015)[2] [13] and En annan historia (2017).[14]

Activism

In 2013, Osman was one of five co-signatories of an open letter in Aftonbladet urging Muslim women in Sweden to veil themselves in solidarity with a pregnant woman who was attacked in Stockholm by a man who objected to her hijab.[15] She stated at the time that the group wanted to normalise the hijab in Sweden.[16]

Educating people about and combatting racism is a major focus for Osman.[2] [17] She has written for the group anti-racist blog Inte rasist, men ... ('Not racist, but ...). In response to the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement in the US, Osman said that she sought to "start a conversation about whiteness" in Sweden.[7] [18] She covers right-wing extremism and has been accused of left-wing extremism;[8] in early 2024 a Facebook post in which she expressed exasperation with white people led to criticism.[1]

Honors

In 2014 Osman was the recipient of the annual ELSA Award of the Swedish Committee Against Antisemitism, which is given to "individuals or groups who, via social media or in other ways, counteract anti-Semitism and other types of prejudice".[2] [19] In 2020 she was one of four nominees for the "Rising Star" award of the Swedish Magazine Publishers Association.[20]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Ellinor . Skagegård . 'Jag var trött på vita och er oförmåga' . . 16 February 2024 . interview . sv . subscription . Bilan Osmans föräldrar kommer båda från Somalia men träffades i Sverige. Bilan föddes i Göteborg 1992 och växte upp i Partille..
  2. Web site: Thomas . Arnroth . 'Jag är svart och muslim, var passar jag in?'. KIT.se . 15 January 2016 . 9 April 2024 . sv .
  3. Web site: Krönikörer: Bilan Osman . . 9 April 2024 . sv .
  4. News: 'Jag skriver ofta om extremhögern och jämställdhet' . 2 March 2018 . . 9 April 2024 . introductory interview . sv . subscription .
  5. Web site: Bilan Osman . . archive of columns . 9 April 2024 . sv .
  6. Elin . Stadenberg . 'Jag kanske skriver en bok om ett öde hus i skogen' . Opulens . 13 January 2021 . 9 April 2024 . sv . introductory interview .
  7. News: Malena . Johansson . Bilan Osman: 'Sverige ligger efter i förståelsen av rasism' . . 15 November 2020 . 14 November 2020 . sv . interview, with video . https://web.archive.org/web/20201114061954/https://www.dn.se/sverige/bilan-osman-sverige-ligger-efter-i-forstaelsen-av-rasism/ . 14 November 2020 .
  8. Bilan Osman: 'Jag är extremt orolig över utvecklingen' . Kvinna till Kvinna . sv . interview . 15 February 2024 . 5 February 2024 . 9 April 2024 .
  9. Web site: Bilan . Osman . Drevet mot Ibn Rushd är en svensk skandal . Dagens ETC . 1 April 2022 . 9 April 2024 . opinion . sv .
  10. Web site: Förbundskansli . Ibn Rushd Study Association . sv . 9 April 2024 .
  11. Book: Charlotte . Signell . Av oss blev det aldrig några riktiga damer . Sjösala förlag . Stavsnäs . 2014 . 9789187193057 . sv . Listing at Bokus.com.
  12. Book: Fanna . Ndow Norrby . Svart kvinna . Natur & Kultur . Stockholm . 2015 . sv . 9789127144842. Publisher paperback listing.
  13. Book: Camila . Astorga Díaz . Rummet . Ordfront Galago . Stockholm . 2015 . 9789170378553 . sv .
  14. Book: Thomsgård, Lina . En annan historia: om Barumskvinnan, Mama Masika och 49 andra personer alla bör känna till . Stockholm . Volante . 2017 . 9789188123459 . sv .
  15. News: Ett år sedan hijab-uppropet . . 17 August 2014 . 9 April 2024 .
  16. News: Hijabupprop ska normalisera slöjan . . 19 August 2013 . 9 April 2024 . sv .
  17. News: Bilan Osman har hunnit mer än de flesta . . 7 September 2022 . 9 April 2024 . sv . subscription .
  18. News: Bilan . Osman . Sverige har varit vithetens högborg . . 15 June 2021 . 30 June 2020 . 9 April 2024 . sv .
  19. Web site: Bilan Osman tilldelas 2014 års ELSA-pris . sv . . 9 April 2024 . 6 November 2021.
  20. News: The Local's journalist named Sweden's Rising Star of the year . 9 April 2024 . . 12 November 2020.

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