2020 City of Tempe Diversity Award Winner Bayyinah Muhammad
Date2020
MediumPaper
Dimensions8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2020.2.5
Description2020 City of Tempe Diversity Award Winner Bayyinah Muhammad overcame poverty, racism, sexism, Islamophobia and systematic disenfranchisement to accomplish her dream of being a playwright and director. Through her plays, written and directed by her, she has brought to light the stories of Syrians, Somalis, West Africans and more. Using Tempe residents and spaces, she created a digital short that showcased the "secret" plights of American Muslims which included victims of domestic violence and depression.Status
Not on view
c. 1980
City of Tempe Diversity Department
2015
