Portland State Magazine Spring 2016

SPRING 2016 pORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 13 wr i t t e n b y harry e s t eve Seen as outsiders or worse, Muslim students seek acceptance L ike many of her Portland State classmates, Tahmina Karimyar spent finals week of winter term holed up in the main campus library, books open, knee-deep in the details of advanced biology. Unlike most of her classmates, however, Karimyar took regular breaks to find a quiet space to pray. “It does often shock people that I pray five times a day,” she says. As a devout Muslim, she works the rituals of Islam into her daily life as a student. CONTINUED Muslim student experience the Bashar Al-Daomi has found tolerance and respect in Portland and on campus. Photos by NashCO Photography