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Stand with Ahmed: A Pittsburgh-made shirt benefiting Ahmed and kids interested in STEM

September 20, 2015 Catherine

I stand with Ahmed shirtEarlier this week, the country was simultaneously outraged and captivated by the story of Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Muslim student who was arrested for bringing a clock, which educators and police thought was a bomb, to his high school in Texas. Support for Ahmed flooded in from around the country. His 3-day suspension and arrest was not only grounded in Islamophobia, but actively discouraged the curiosity of a bright, young mind. Tech juggernauts like Facebook and Twitter invited him to tour their companies, and educational institutions like MIT, NASA, and TAMS opened their doors, with the latter offering him a… Read the rest

Filed Under: Made in Pittsburgh, Shop PGH Tagged With: Ahmed Mohamed, Barack Obama, Irving, Mark Zuckerberg, NASA, texas

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