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# Growing up Muslim in the Northwest
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/culture/2015/06/on-being-a-muslim-woman-in-puget-sound/
- Published: 2015-06-30T15:01:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-07T12:29:31.000Z
- Description: Produced by Katy Sewall
- Author: Katy Sewall
- Tags: Culture, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-04-14 07:56, #Import 2025-05-09 15:52, #article

Produced by Katy Sewall

For Amina Al-Sadi, America is the only home she’s ever known. As a half-Iraqi, 25-year-old woman, she is dedicated to her Islamic faith, but reminded constantly how many people see it as somehow un-American. Her headscarf causes others to treat her as an outsider, but to take it off would feel like defeat. In Part Two of this series, Al-Sadi discusses her experiences as a Muslim growing up in Puget Sound, and how the season of Ramadan connects her to the Islamic community, even as it brings conflicted feelings to the surface.

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