Photograph essay: Mahtab Hussain’s Muslims in America

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A photograph of two young women, Malak and Sherouk Morsi, standing side by side in New York, 2021
Malak and Sherouk Morsi, New York, 2021. Photograph by Mahtab Hussain

Over the previous 5 years, the photographer has journeyed throughout the US making photographs of on a regular basis Muslims. Now he’s prepared for extra


Amaal SaidAmaal Said

Photographer Mahtah Hussain has been engaged on his long-term undertaking Muslims in America since 2021. Travelling throughout the US, he has spent numerous hours chronicling the lives of extraordinary Muslims. 

“For years, many Muslims felt they needed to be invisible to survive. But, two decades on, a new generation is not hiding, wanting to be seen and understood, and who are shaping their styles and identities in distinctly American ways,” he says. 

Hussain is now fundraising to finance additional work on the undertaking, with the goal of visiting extra cities. His intention is to “make visible the powerful idea of umma that connects Muslims across geography and background”.

A variety from the sequence is proven beneath, and you’ll help the undertaking via his fundraiser.

A photograph of a young man, Sameen Brown, seated with his palms pressed together in front of him, taken in Baltimore in 2023A photograph of a young man, Sameen Brown, seated with his palms pressed together in front of him, taken in Baltimore in 2023
Photograph by Mahtab Hussain

Sameen Brown, Baltimore, 2023.

A photograph of a young man, Abdoulie Ibrahim Faal, wearing a hoodie and looking into the camera, taken in New York in 2021A photograph of a young man, Abdoulie Ibrahim Faal, wearing a hoodie and looking into the camera, taken in New York in 2021
Photograph by Mahtab Hussain

Abdoulie Ebrahim Faal, New York, 2021.

A photograph of a young woman, Yhana Sibelle, posed holding onto a railing with her left hand, taken in Los Angeles in 2022A photograph of a young woman, Yhana Sibelle, posed holding onto a railing with her left hand, taken in Los Angeles in 2022
Photograph by Mahtab Hussain

Yhana Sibelle, Los Angeles, 2022.

A photograph of a young man, Ahmed Mohamed, sitting on a park bench with his right hand against his chest, taken in New York in 2021A photograph of a young man, Ahmed Mohamed, sitting on a park bench with his right hand against his chest, taken in New York in 2021
Photograph by Mahtab Hussain

Ahmed Mohamed, New York, 2021.

A photograph of a police officer, Raghad Alawazem, in her uniform and hijab standing in front of a police vehicle with her left hand holding her collar and right hand resting on her holstered pistol, taken in Dearborn in 2024A photograph of a police officer, Raghad Alawazem, in her uniform and hijab standing in front of a police vehicle with her left hand holding her collar and right hand resting on her holstered pistol, taken in Dearborn in 2024
Photograph by Mahtab Hussain

Raghad Alawazem, Dearborn, 2024.




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