Latifah Hameen Interview
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2021-12-22
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Institute for Diversity & Civic Life
Department of Religious Studies
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This interview is with Latifah Hameen, a life/relationship coach and domestic violence awareness advocate in Sachse, TX. Latifah describes her education and family life growing up Catholic in Milwaukee, WI. She talks about her conversion to Islam at twenty-one, her family’s acceptance of the change, and the ways in which Islam influences her morality and actions. She discusses her activism in domestic violence awareness, which includes several published books and life and relationship coaching. Latifah also tells of her life as an educator, including the years of teaching and tutoring she has done with Muslim youth.
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Religions Texas, Abuse survivors, Amberton University, American Muslim 360, Baby Boomers, Black Americans, Black Muslims, Community Wide Shuraa Conference, Conversion, Converts, Domestic violence, Educators, Family dynamics, Healthy Positive Choices, Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, Islam, Life coaches, Mental health, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Muslims, Nonprofits, Poetry, Relationship coaches, Sachse, Self-love, Texas, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Writers