Name: Malak Silmi

Recipient Year: 2019

Description: Malak Silmi majored in journalism and international studies at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She completed multiple internships, including a two-week intensive reporting student institute with the New York Times and a summer digital news internship with local NPR affiliate, Michigan Radio. She was also the News Editor of her campus newspaper, The South End. She identifies as a Muslim Palestinian-American, and has a passion for reporting on politics, culture, and current issues that impact Muslim and minority communities in the United States.

School Name: Wayne State University

Major: Journalism

Sponsor: Abdul Sattar Rydhan Memorial Scholarship