Mafaz Al-Suwaidan Explained

Mafaz Al-Suwaidan
Birth Place:Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Education:Harvard University (PhD candidate)
Harvard Divinity School (MTS)
Emerson College (MFA)
Toronto Metropolitan University (BJourn)
Spouse:Humood AlKhudher
Father:Tareq Al-Suwaidan

Mafaz Al-Suwaidan is a US academic and current doctoral candidate at Harvard University. She is also a producer and writer for American Muslims (2024),[1] a PBS film series about Muslims in America.[2]

Early and personal life

Al-Suwaidan was born in Oklahoma, the Sooner state, to Islamic author and speaker, Tareq Al-Suwaidan,[3] a leader of Kuwait's Muslim Brotherhood.[4] [5] Born in the US, she has also lived in Kuwait and Canada.[6]

In 2010, Mafaz married Kuwaiti singer/songwriter Humood AlKhudher.[7]

Education

Al-Suwaidan received her undergraduate degree in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in 2011.[8] She then worked briefly as a journalist in Kuwait.[9] [10] [11] In 2016, she received her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from Emerson College, in Boston, Massachusetts.[12]

She earned a Master of Theological Study (MTS) degree from Harvard Divinity School in 2018.[13] She is currently a PhD candidate at Harvard University in Philosophy of Religion, focused on Islam and Modern Thought, with a secondary degree in African and African American Studies. She is also a member of the university's Committee on the Study of Religion.[14]

Activism

Al-Suwaidan is and has long been a supporter of social justice, human rights, and specifically, Palestinian liberation, in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[15]

She has participated in conversations and writings about racism in the Arab world in context of the Black Lives Matter movement.[16] [17] She started the #ArabsForBlackLives campaign with Egyptian-American community organizer, Rana Abdel Hamid, about how Arabs can work to fight against anti-Black racism.[18] [19]

In 2021, when philosopher Cornel West had threatened to (and eventually did) leave Harvard after his request for tenure was denied; Al-Suwaidan, who had trained with West as a master's student, organized a letter of support for him, which was signed by more than 60 other doctoral candidates.[20]

She was one of the representatives of HGSU-UAW who wrote a letter in February 2024 to Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW), on behalf of the UAW Arab Caucus, demanding the union divest from Israel.[21]

In March 2024, she withdrew her participation from a Lowell House panel on antisemitism and Islamophobia, following a lack of institutional support for the event.[22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Creative Team . 2024-05-05 . American Muslims . en-US.
  2. Web site: The Project . 2024-05-05 . American Muslims . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2022-08-30 . Pro-Jihad Kuwaiti Islamic Scholar And Muslim Brotherhood Leader Tareq Al-Suwaidan: Muslims In The West Should Advocate Against Zionism On University Campuses — Like My Daughter At Harvard . 2024-06-22 . MEMRI . en.
  4. Web site: جدلية . Jadaliyya- . 2012-04-18 . Kuwait's Muslim Brotherhood . 2024-05-05 . Jadaliyya – جدلية . en.
  5. Web site: 2013-08-18 . TV preacher fired for Brotherhood links . 2024-05-05 . Al Jazeera . en.
  6. Book: Adams . Heather . Rozlyn: Short Fiction by Women Writers . Al-Suwaidan . Mafaz . Bains . Chamandeep . Mann . Sharon Cairns . Campbell . Catherine . Domenicucci . Julia . Fritz . M. Leanne . Fulton . Christina . Hausler . Kat . 2015-08-04 . Rozlyn Press . 978-0-9833260-2-1 . en.
  7. Web site: Mahmoud . Rowaida . 2023-03-08 . من هي زوجة حمود الخضر . 2024-06-22 . موقع نواعم . ar.
  8. Web site: Vandezande . Luke . 2011-02-09 . Egypt hits close to home . 2024-05-05 . archive.ryersonian.ca.
  9. Web site: Al-Suwaidan . Mafaz . 2011-07-14 . Poetry as a reflection of life . 2024-05-05 . Kuwait Times . 2 . en . Issuu.
  10. Web site: Al-Suwaidan . Mafaz . 2011-07-15 . SPEAK up to be heard: 'People would rather suffer in "psy-lence" than get treatment' . 2024-05-05 . Friday Times . en . Issuu.
  11. Web site: Nurulain . Lisa . 2015-06-24 . Gambar Isteri Humood Alkhuder . 2024-05-05 . id.
  12. Web site: 2017-05-15 . Emersonian 2016 . 2024-05-05 . issuu.com . 104 . en.
  13. Web site: 2018-12-10 . 2018 HDS Dean's Report by Harvard Divinity School . 2024-05-12 . issuu.com . 33 . en.
  14. Web site: Mafaz Al-Suwaidan . 2024-05-05 . studyofreligion.fas.harvard.edu . en.
  15. Web site: Al-Suwaidan . Mafaz . 2008-05-30 . More than just a chic checkered scarf . 2024-05-05 . Toronto Star . en.
  16. Web site: Daoudi . Safae . Understanding Racism in the Arab World . 2024-05-05 . The Daily Q.
  17. Web site: Biskup . Holly-Rose . 2020-08-21 . Black Lives Matter in the Middle East and North Africa . 2024-05-05 . YDS . en.
  18. Web site: 2020-06-10 . Missing in Plain Sight: Who Are the Afro-Arabs and Where Are They in the World? . 2024-06-22 . Amaliah.
  19. Web site: Hsieh . Eileen . 2020-07-03 . Arab-Americans tackling anti-Blackness in the Middle East . 2024-06-22 . Middle East Eye . en.
  20. Web site: Krantz . Laura . 2021-03-08 . Cornel West leaving Harvard teaching post after tenure dispute . 2024-05-05 . The Boston Globe . en-US.
  21. Web site: MLToday . 2024-03-04 . UAW Arab Caucus Demands Stronger UAW Action on Palestine . 2024-05-05 . Marxism-Leninism Today . en-US.
  22. Web site: Montgomery . Asher J. . 2024-03-21 . Lowell Panel on Islamophobia and Antisemitism Canceled After Panelists Withdraw . 2024-05-05 . The Harvard Crimson.

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