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Mariam Elba

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Mariam Elba is the former Associate Research Editor at The Intercept. She is based in New York.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21: Guests attend as the K-pop boy band BTS visits the "Today" Show at Rockefeller Plaza on February 21, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

K-Pop Fans Are Getting Involved in U.S. Politics. Are They Activists?

Mariam Elba
- Jul. 1

While well-organized, K-pop fans are hardly a monolith. As they take action for BLM, the fandom itself is dealing with issues of harassment and racism.

Activists hold portraits of those detained or missing in front of a 'Freedom Bus' after it was driven onto the Place de la Republique in Paris on January 27, 2018, during a demonstration organized by "Families for Freedom" to demand freedom for those detained in Syria. / AFP PHOTO / Zakaria ABDELKAFI        (Photo credit should read ZAKARIA ABDELKAFI/AFP/Getty Images)

As Assad Claims Victory in Syrian Civil War, Families Learn Fates of Disappeared Loved Ones

Murtaza Hussain, Mariam Elba
- Sep. 10

Three years ago, Noura Ghazi’s husband died in Assad's prisons. The government only gave notice of his death this year.

NEW YORK, USA - JUNE 20: People hold flowers during a vigil in Union Square of Manhattan borough of New York, United States on June 20, 2017, for Nabra Hassanen, a 17-year-old Muslim girl that was killed in a road rage incident on June 18. A tight-knit Muslim community in the suburbs of Washington was in shock after the 17-year-old girl was apparently beaten to death and dumped in a pond following late-night prayers at the local mosque. Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, have charged a 22-year-old local man, Darwin Martinez Torres, with the teenager's killing but said it was an apparent road rage incident. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

How Islamophobia Was Ingrained in America’s Legal System Long Before the War on Terror

Mariam Elba
- May. 6

An interview with Khaled Beydoun, author of the new book “American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear.”

Syrians walk past a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on April 7, 2017.US forces fired a barrage of cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase in response to what President Donald Trump called a "barbaric" chemical attack he blamed on the Damascus regime. / AFP PHOTO / Louai Beshara (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)

Why White Nationalists Love Bashar al-Assad

Mariam Elba
- Sep. 8

At the recent far-right rally in Charlottesville, white nationalists shouted slogans in support of the Syrian dictator.

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