Asad Dandia: Ramadan as a Month of Resistance
Asad Dandia is a Brooklyn-born local historian, community organizer, and tour guide. He is the founder of New York Narratives, a walking tour company and storytelling agency with a special focus on the city's immigrant and minority communities. He works as the Outreach and Partnerships Manager at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), an organization that provides objective research and education on American Muslims to support well-informed dialogue and decision-making. He was a key plaintiff in an ACLU-led lawsuit that successfully challenged NYPD surveillance of NYC's Muslim communities, leading to major policy reforms in the city. His oral history was profiled in the Center for Brooklyn History's "Muslims in Brooklyn" project, and he also leads private tours at the Museum of the City of New York, where his activism was featured in a recent exhibit entitled, "City of Faith" that ran from 2022-2023. His writing has been featured in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Al-Jazeera English, among others.
Asad Dandia is a Brooklyn-born local historian, community organizer, and tour guide. He is the founder of New York Narratives, a walking tour company and storytelling agency with a special focus on the city's immigrant and minority communities. He works as the Outreach and Partnerships Manager at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), an organization that provides objective research and education on American Muslims to support well-informed dialogue and decision-making. He was a key plaintiff in an ACLU-led lawsuit that successfully challenged NYPD surveillance of NYC's Muslim communities, leading to major policy reforms in the city. His oral history was profiled in the Center for Brooklyn History's "Muslims in Brooklyn" project, and he also leads private tours at the Museum of the City of New York, where his activism was featured in a recent exhibit entitled, "City of Faith" that ran from 2022-2023. His writing has been featured in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Al-Jazeera English, among others.
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