About Us
Minority Dreams is an independent culture and news magazine covering issues that affect a myriad of minority communities. The word minority doesn’t refer to a certain group. It encompasses a world of differences, opinions and conflicting backgrounds that can make a group less than the majority.
MD was born in Fullerton, California on November 3, 2008 - the day before Barack Obama was elected president of the United States. MD does not however, limit its coverage to any regional boundaries. Our aim, simply, is to highlight minority perspectives on major issues.
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Minority Dreams Staff
Management/Editorial
Urmi Rahman, 26, serves as the Editor-in-Chief and publisher of Minority Dreams, which she co-founded with Ali. Her writing focuses on minority issues including race, politics and immigration but she also enjoys writing in depth features focusing on the complexities of human lives. She is also a first generation immigrant, which has fueled her desire in journalism and starting up her own e-zine.
She loves dancing, novels and oddball movies – her favorite movie of all time is the Count of Monte Cristo, which she will watch again. She moved to the US from Bangladesh in 1991 and holds a B.A. in Political Science with minors in English and Journalism from Cal State Fullerton.
Contact her at Urmi (at) minoritydreams (dot) com and check out her portfolio here.
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Ali is also a co-founder of Minority Dreams and serves as the tech savvy, design manager. He is a full time entrepreneur and manages his own website design company called Bold Pros.
He loves hockey, football and spending time with family and friends.
Contact him at Info (at) boldpros (dot) com.
Writers/Contributors
Abrahim Appel, 30, is a freelance journalist residing in Fullerton, California. He recently acquired his B.A in Afro-Ethnic and American Indian Studies from Cal State Fullerton.
Contact him at Abrahim (at) minoritydreams (dot) com.
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Maheen Siddiqi is a 23-year-old Southern California native and a recent Cal State University, Fullerton graduate. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Human Communication Studies. Her passions are law, politics and social commentary.
Contact her at Maheen (at) minoritydreams (dot) com.
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Jennifer Karmarkar is a student at Cal State University Fullerton. After pursuing careers in business and music teaching, she has returned to her first love – writing. A print journalism major, she plans to pursue a career as a freelance journalist, covering diversity and women’s issues. She and her husband, Simon, reside in Orange County, California.
Contact her at Jennifer (at) minoritydreams (dot) com.
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Nour Merza is a 21-year-old freelance writer whose family’s globe-trotting tendencies have allowed her writing to be influenced by places as varied as Saudi Arabia, Chicago, Los Angeles and the United Arab Emirates. She also enjoys singing and improving her Arabic. Currently, she’s studying International Relations at the American University of Sharjah.
Find more of her work at her blog, Crisscrossing Borders.
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Maha Kamal graduated with her B.A. in International Affairs from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is currently preparing for her post-graduate studies in international law, business and diplomacy. Maha also enjoys learning new languages, painting and web design in her free time.
Contact her at Maha (at) minoritydreams (dot) com and view her blog at Mahalogie.
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Wayne Huang is a freelance journalist residing in Southern California and a student at Cal State Fullerton.
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Khalisah Stevens, 21, is an American-Malaysian who spent most of her life growing up in the Middle East and is a late bloomer in the writing world. She used to want to devote her life to politics in some form or other, but after majoring in International Studies she’s leaning further out towards humanitarian work, or even possibly, cultural/linguistic/historical studies. She believes that her life experiences have taught her that America has the best breakfasts, Malaysia has the best lunches, and the Middle East have the best dinners, and that everything else is irrelevant.
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Francesca Gacho holds a B.A. in English from Cal State Fullerton. She is an intern at Minority Dreams Magazine, where she hopes to spread her journalistic wings, explore and hone her writing ability, and gain insight into the myriad of issues in today’s soundbite-focused world. Her writing interests include human interest pieces that delve into culture, arts, current events, and community service. Check out her blog and portfolio here.
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Juliette Funes graduated from Cal State Fullerton in May with a B.A. in Communication - Print journalism. This summer she is interning at the L.A. Times by writing for the Calendar Section. She likes writing about minority, social and women’s issues and eventually would like to focus her writing on immigration. View her portfolio here.
