Rania El Mugammar

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Rania El Mugammar
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education York University
Occupation(s)Artist, writer, and activist
Website www.raniawrites.com

Rania El Mugammar is a Sudanese-Canadian Toronto-based artist, writer, anti-oppression and equity activist. [1] [2] She is the founder of SpeakSudan organization and is widely credited for her work The Anatomy of An Apology.

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Personal life

El Mugammar is a Black, queer, immigrant, Muslim woman. [3] [4] She grew up in the Regent Park and the St. James Town neighborhoods of Toronto. [5] She has a son. [3]

Career

El Mugammar is the founder of the not-for-profit SpeakSudan. [6] [7] Collaborating with the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto, she held public workshops called Shut It Uncle Bob! designed to help people tackle racism in their family. [2] El Mugammar writes poetry and performs spoken word and oral storytelling on themes of belonging, Blackness, gender, identity, migration, sexuality, and womanhood. [8]

El Mugammar's publication The Anatomy of an Apology has influenced academics and activists and been used as a benchmark to critique celebrity apologies. [9] [10] [11] [12]

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