Sen. Bernie Sanders, a progressive Democrat who ran for president, has endorsed Nida Allam in a North Carolina congressional race. Allam, a Durham County commissioner and the first Muslim woman elected in North Carolina, previously worked for Sanders’ presidential campaign. She is running in the 4th district, which includes Durham,...
Durham’s Nida Allam Running For Congress In Newly Drawn NC District
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 Hill Democrat who is retiring at the end of his...
‘I’m Not Broken.’ Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam Shares Her Fertility Struggle
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 that time, a little over a month had passed. Being...
20 Years After Sept. 11, NC’s First Muslim Woman Official Still Sees Its Effects
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 extremists. Her parents tried to insulate their daughters from the...