Meet Doha Ibrahim, a new student representative on the Philadelphia School Board
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Citizen of the Week: Doha Ibrahim
The Lincoln High senior, one of two student reps on the School Board, wants to empower her peers to exist stronger than they think they are
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Denizen of the Week: Doha Ibrahim
The Lincoln High senior, one of ii student reps on the School Board, wants to empower her peers to be stronger than they recall they are
October. 22, 2019
When Doha Ibrahim was in eighth grade, a classmate ripped off her hijab. It was an human action of bullying that was—at first—scary to Ibrahim, who, with her Iraqi-born parents, had merely immigrated to the U.Due south. from Canada.
But Ibrahim was lucky: She found support from her family and friends, and didn't let the incident deter her from attending schoolhouse, or practicing Islam. "I decided to apply my story to help others," she says.
That moment was a catalyst; it made her desire to exist a leader, someone who wouldn't shrink away from intimidation and would stand upward for those in need of support.
Now, Ibrahim, a senior at Abraham Lincoln High School, is doing just that every bit 1 of 2 pupil School Board representatives, along with Imere Williams of Boys' Latin High School.
Ibrahim applied for the part with the goal of being a voice for unheard students in the Philly school system. The process involved writing essays, submitting letters of recommendation, doing interviews and ultimately coming together with Superintendent Hite.
Ibrahim is determined to stand for all students in the district and has visited as many schools as possible to talk to her constituents. She is tasked with representing and finding out what issues are important to them—like, for instance, making sure students who speak English as a 2nd language have enough back up. She besides relies on social media to connect with students, inviting them to contact her on Twitter and Instagram to share their concerns.
Ibrahim says she is grateful and inspired past people both virtually and far. She credits her principal, Jack Nelson, with pushing her to find her strengths and help others, and for taking Lincoln beyond the negative headlines, to go a place where adept things are happening.
"Last year, nosotros had and so many shootings and lockdowns and that's what people saw. But our school is really great and we accept and so many opportunities here," she says. "A lot of students don't accept the back up at home or resource to travel outside of the urban center. Bringing colleges to students is most important."
She credits students at Lincoln and her friends for encouraging her to apply for this position. "Any time they have a problem [at school], I want to try and solve that. They run across me staying up late at nighttime, they run into me planning these events. They believe in me, and what is better than having back up from family and friends?"
Beyond Philadelphia, Ibrahim says she has been inspired by the life of Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. "I've been through trauma myself," she says "I am very noticeably Muslim, and have been through that experience. The bulk of the work I do is trying to inspire students, and Malala personally inspired me just past keeping on going with her education."
Ibrahim connects with students at her Northeast Philly high school because of her own vulnerable experiences. Simply the other day, a student from Syria approached her, wanting to talk to someone who could understand her and chronicle. Students know that Ibrahim volition understand.
"I've ever had this goal of existence a voice for others. I want to exist the phonation of the unheard in America and internationally," she says. "Everyone has a vocalism, merely certain people don't know how to use information technology, then I want to do it for them."
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Source: https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/doha-ibrahim-philadelphia-school-board/
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