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Shuffled! Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil
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Today’s Shuffler: Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil
Sham-e-Ali was born in Hyderabad, India and raised in both the UK and the US. She is a poet, a public interest lawyer and mother to one 5-year-old who is her inspiration. In 1997, she started a welfare rights program for survivors of family and intimate partner violence to challenge the devastating impact of “welfare reform” in NYC. From 1997-2003, the program provided free walk-in legal clinics at soup kitchens, food pantries, and domestic violence shelters throughout the city. She has moved a few times since then and currently works at a community arts and social justice organization in Philadelphia, PA.
All along, poetry has been a daily part of her life. Her biggest influence was her late father, who loved Urdu poetry. Sham-e-Ali’s poetry has appeared in publications such as, SALT Journal, SAMAR, Roots & Culture Magazine, and Mizna and can be found in anthologies such as, Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out (Olive Branch Press, 2005), Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak (Beacon Press, 2005) and “Shout Out: Women of Color Respond to Violence” (Seal Press, 2008).
Her son, H, wanted to do a shuffle too. Follow the link to peep both his and her shuffle… Read more
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