Authors

Aishah Al-Mohamedi

she/her

Aishah is a 2nd year MSI student pursuing a dual masters in Library Science and Islamic Studies. She gathered materials from the Palestine Poster Project Archives as well as images from the Library of Congress Arab American Heritage collection. She also designed the Anti-SWANA Bias & Censorship page and Civil Rights; Law; Policy; Activism page.

Sarah Dababneh

she/her

“And when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God... Work is love made visible." 

- Kahlil Khalil Gibran, On Work (1923) 

Sarah is a 1st year MSI student on the LAKES track. This is her first experience with archival work. She gathered resources releated to SWANA Americans through exploring the Automotive Industry and creating a spotify playlist highlighting SWANA artists. These contributions can be found on the Home Page, SWANA American Diaspora Page, Authors Page, and References Page.

Abhinav Tadikonda

he/him

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”

- George Orwell, 1984

Abhinav is an MSI AMDP student specializing in the Big Data track. This is his first experience working with archives. He gathered resources related to SWANA Americans through exploring atircles and podcasts related to Arab-American immigration. These contributions can be found on the Home Page, Swana American Women and Feminism, Authors Page, and References Page. He also designed the Swana American Women and Feminism page. 

Serena Touqan

they/them

“We can not fight for our rights and our history as well as future until we are armed with weapons of criticism and dedicated consciousness.”

- Edward Said “The End of the Peace Process: Oslo and After” (2000)

Serena is a 2nd year MSI student studying Digital Curation. They devised the metadata schema and information architecture for the archival collection and site, gathered the resources on Dr Cheney-Lippold and Barbara Aziz, as well as designed the Home Page, Project Description Page, Authors Page, and References Page.