A Somali Princess Runs This Town
A lot of things have been said about Hijab-wearing Muslim girls like myself. Often, the people talking about us don’t even know us like that. You’ve got no idea how much that irks me, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Nabeela Ahmed and I’m a young woman of Somali descent living in the City of Ottawa, Ontario. I recently graduated from Carleton University with a bachelor’s degree in Criminology. I want to become a police officer eventually, but given my religion, gender and ethnicity it’s not...