In the News

I have a lot to say and so I get asked for my thoughts all the time! Check out some of the places I take up space and use my voice!

TV Appearances

• KSTP: Muslim Women in Minnesota Work to Empower Fellow Voters (08/02/2016)

• KARE: New group rises to empower Muslim women  (04/12/2016)

• TPT Almanac:Empowering Muslim American Women (07/22/2016)

Print/online

• Voice of America First Somali-American Legislator Begins Work in Minnesota (01/04/2017)

• Voices of America First Somali-American Lawmaker Begins Work in Minnesota (01/06/2017)

• POSTBULLETIN: Muslim women take self-defense course (12/21/2016)

• The Guardian: Self-defense in Trumpland: how women protect themselves in a climate of hate (12/06/2016)

• Minnesota Women’s Press: Nausheena Hussain
  Changemakers: Raising the level of engagement of Muslim women with RISE - Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment (12/01/2016)

• The Huffington Post: Why These Minnesota Muslim Women Are Dedicated To Wearing Their Hijabs (11/15/2016)

• MINNPOST: How Muslims in Minnesota are reacting to Donald Trump’s presidential win (11/11/2016)

• The Atlantic: How American Muslim Women Are Taking on Trump (11/24/2016)

  MINNPOST: Amid anti-Islam rhetoric, Minnesota's Muslim community looks to make a difference — in the voting booth (7/06/2016)

• The Final Call - Immigrant Muslims Owe Debt Of Gratitude To 'Black Muslims' (09/06/2016)

Radio

• MPR News: Minnesota Muslim women turn to self-defense courses after hate crimes rise (12/13/2016)

• MPR News: Friday Roundtable: Voter's guide to the debates  (09/23/2016)

• MPR News: Controversy over Muslim swimwear creates ripples in Minnesota (08/25/2016)

• KAXE/KBXE: Heidi Holtan talks with Nausheena Hussain about getting MN muslim women to the polls (07/01/2016)

• KAXE/KBXE: Give And Take featuring Roy C. Booth, Nausheena Hussain (08/01/2016)

• Pratfalls Podcast: Nausheena Hussain | The Pratfalls podcast (05/24/2016)

• Social Entrepreneur: Amplifying the Voices of Muslim Women, with Nausheena Hussain, Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment (RISE) (04/24/2017)

• WCCO Radio: Jearlyn Steele’s Steele Talkin’ Cultural Jambalaya Diversity Award (09/30/2018)