Aneelah Afzali

is executive director of the American Muslim Empowerment Network, a program of the Muslim Association of Puget Sound, and helping coordinate efforts to serve Afghan evacuees in Washington state.

September 24, 2021 at 10:03 am

The superpower I call home cannot abandon the Afghan ‘supergirls’ of my homeland | Op-Ed

Even if we cannot save as many Afghans as we promised to protect, the least we can do is to welcome the fortunate few who...

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FILE – This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo shows the Facebook app icon on an iPhone in New York. Facebook is pushing back on Appleâ€™s new privacy rules for iOS users â€” and putting app developers in the middle. The social network said Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 that anew policy by Apple that requires apps to ask users for permission to collect data on what devices they are using â€” and let ads follow them around on the internet â€” could lower the amount of money apps will make advertising through Facebook’s audience network. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof, File)

December 8, 2020 at 2:32 pm

Washington needs a privacy law that protects people, not corporations | Op-Ed

If legislators ignore privacy advocates and community groups and pass a weak, unenforceable privacy bill, our privacy as Washingtonians will remain unprotected.

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