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Posted on Feb 10, 2016

Muslim American Teen Gives Powerful Speech At Student Assembly

17 year old Ava Sharifi from Spokane WA gave a powerful speech to the student body during a school assembly entitled “We Are All Human”. With passionate eloquence Ava Sharifi speaks about what it has been like growing up on the tightrope of being both Muslim and American in this post 9-11 society. This speech is one not to be missed.