Mogadishu (HOL) — As Somali-American state senator Omar Fateh campaigns to become Minneapolis’s next mayor, a tide of Islamophobic and racial attacks has been unleashed by far-right voices aiming to question his loyalty, background, and legitimacy. Yet, rather than diminishing him, the attacks have sharpened attention on what Fateh represents: a new generation of Muslim-American politicians, progressive in policy, rooted in community, and unafraid to speak to the plural realities of diaspora life. Read more