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Angie Azad


Angie Azad is a proud, Bengali, Muslim American. She loves art no matter what form in comes in, whether it be in video games, shows, or through activism and social justice. She feels that art has a way of telling a story and aspires to become an animator and/or video games designer so that she can tell her own stories.

Updated June 2020


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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
What we hold

June 18, 2020 • Asuka Lin , Aaysha Memon , Christie Yamasaki , Angie Azad , Safira Patel , Yukino Torrey , Elise Umetsu , traci kato-kiriyama

Over the past several years, Vigilant Love (an organization working towards safety and justice of communities impacted by Islamophobia and violence), has hosted a community Iftar bringing together hundreds of Muslim, Japanese American, and other Los Angeles community members in the spirit of many years of solidarity practice between our communities. This was the first year the program had to be virtual due to Covid-19, but over 170 people still came together for the online breaking of the fast. I …

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