I Was a Muslim in Trump's White
House
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Rumana Ahmed Feb 23, 2017
In 2011, I was hired, straight out
of college, to work at the White House and eventually the National Security
Council. My job there was to promote and protect the best of what my country
stands for. I am a hijab-wearing Muslim woman––I was the only hijabi in the
West Wing––and the Obama administration always made me feel welcome and
included.
Like most of my fellow American
Muslims, I spent much of 2016 watching with consternation as Donald Trump
vilified our community. Despite this––or because of it––I thought I should try
to stay on the NSC staff during the Trump Administration, in order to give the
new president and his aides a more nuanced view of Islam, and of America's
Muslim citizens.
I lasted eight days.
When Trump issued a ban on travelers
from seven Muslim-majority countries and all Syrian refugees, I knew I could no
longer stay and work for an administration that saw me and people like me not
as fellow citizens, but as a threat.