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My Journalist Debut with Al Jazeera America

(photo credit: Sadaf Syed for Al Jazeera America)

Al Jazeera America Article: Illinois Mosque Faces An Increasingly Common Zoning Problem

I’m excited to be working with a trusted, global news source that is a go-to for me personally: Al Jazeera America.

This weekend they published my article on a zoning dispute between the American Islamic Center (AIC) of Chicagoland and the City of Des Plaines, IL.  The federal statute, “RLUIPA” (Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act) is the law in question.

Thrilled and honored to be working with award-winning photographer, and staffer at Al Jazeera America, Sadaf Syed.

For the full article, please click the link above.  And do share!  Thanks for your support!

~Yasmina Reality

 

Yasmina Reality

Writer. Speaker. Storyteller. Yasmina Reality shares layered narratives of heritage and belonging in her memoir, Where the Mountains Raised Me. TikTok: @author.yasmina