On a sunny Monday afternoon, Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam, formally announced that she is running for the newly drawn U.S. Congressional seat that covers a district held for decades by retiring Rep. David Price. “I think it’s high time for…
The first Muslim woman to win elected office in North Carolina is now seeking higher office: U.S. Congress. Nida Allam, a Durham County commissioner, is announcing her run for the seat currently held by longtime Rep. David Price, a Chapel…
Sitting in an exam room at the Duke Fertility Center, Nida Allam decided she wanted to share on social media something that only she and her immediate family members knew: She’d had a miscarriage. It was August 9, and by…
Parents want to protect their children. Nida Allam’s parents did. Allam, a Durham County Commissioner and the first Muslim woman to hold elected office in North Carolina, was in third grade when the World Trade Center was attacked by Islamic…
As it often goes, much of our political attention in 2020 was laser-focused on the presidential race, so much so that we haven’t adequately celebrated the history-making strides women politicians made on the local and national level during the pivotal…
In an election month filled with delayed results, frivolous lawsuits, a recount, and baseless claims of voter fraud, the race for the Durham County Board of Commissioners proved decidedly uncontentious. That’s because the outcome was all but sealed in the…
After three of her dear friends were murdered in 2015 — a case that drew national attention and triggered calls for stronger hate crime legislation — Nida Allam took to politics. As a newly elected Durham County commissioner, she is…
Nida Allam has become the first Muslim woman to be win elected office in the state of North Carolina. According to local reports, history was written on Tuesday night when voters in Durham County went to the ballots to elect…