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Loolwa Khazzoom

Loolwa Khazzoom

Loolwa Khazzoom is a former Sacramento resident now living in Seattle. She’s a writer, educator and the frontwoman for Iraqis in Pajamas, which blends Iraqi Jewish prayer with alternative rock. “Jew in the White House” is now a global recording project seeking submissions online.

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris,  at a campaign rally in Denver, Oct. 8, 2020. (Photo/Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
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Harris’ stepdaughter accidentally highlights the complexity of Jewish identity

Loolwa Khazzoom by Loolwa Khazzoom February 15, 2021February 15, 2021

On Inauguration Day, I was very emotional, not only because Kamala Harris became the first African American and Asian American and woman to serve as vice president, and not only […]

Iraqi Jews at the tomb of Ezekiel in Kifl, Iraq, in 1932. (Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection/Library of Congress)
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Calling it ‘anti-Semitism’ is itself a form of racism

Loolwa Khazzoom by Loolwa Khazzoom January 7, 2020January 7, 2020

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